CARZOL PLASTICS

Wotan onced mentioned a company or product called Carzol. Until then I had never heard of the company. Well, apart from an insecticide, what I came up with was a Canadian toy company.

Carzol Plastics Corp., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Apart from the Carzol name, some of their products were marked C.P., and Made in Canada, or Carzol - Canada. Some versions of the address say Carzol Plastics Corporation, Montreal, P.Q. (Province of Quebec, or Province du Quebec), with no mention of Canada. I do not know the dates the different versions were used.

They made toy vehicles, toy soldiers, tea sets, plastic musical instruments, at least some TV related toys, and sold American Pyro plastic kits in the Canadian market - the ones I have seen on Worthpoint all have the name CP rather than Carzol on the box top, but Carzol Plastics Corp., appears on the side of the box.

Scalemates only list one kit, a 1930s Hall-Springfield "Bulldog" Thompson Trophy Racer, as kit number 1102, with a scale of 1/32nd. Ex-Pyro.

Worthpoint also has the Laird-Turner Pesco Special Thompson Trophy Racer. Kit 1103. Ex-Pyro.

A Japanese Fishing Boat was kit 1106. Ex-Pyro.

Carzol also produced versions of the Pyro Design-A-Plane and Design-A-Car sets. The plane set was sold in Britain by Eaglewall.

From Alphadrome, an undated Carzol catalogue, giving the address as Carzol Plastics Corporation, 8490 Jeanne Mance St., Montreal, Canada. It also shows some of the other products the company made.

http://alphadrome.net/forums/topic/23533-carzol-plastics-catalog-canada/

The Antique Toys Library shows a wonderful, and very colourful Paladin Gold Mine Adventure set, based on the US television programme Have Gun Will Travel (1957-63).

https://antiquetoyslibrary.com/toys/carzols-1959-paladin-gold-mine-adventure-no-1119/

Various other toy figures and vehicles are listed on Worthpoint and Ebay. Other than that, there is very little information around on this obscure company.

Paul Adams from New Zealand