TinToys / Lido

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Canadian promotions
Tins' Toys
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TinToy WT227 Tiger	TinToy WT228 AMX 30	TinToy WT229 Chieftain	TinToy WT230 M551 Sheridan
RTinToyWT305.jpg M60A1, 1:83	TinToy WT308 Panzer III, 1:68	TinToy WT309 Hunting Tiger	TinToy WT310 Sherman M4A3E8 1:89
TinToy WT311 T-55	TinToy WT312 KV-1	TinToy WT313 Jagdpanther	TinToy WT314 T-10
TinToy WT315 M42 Duster	TinToy WT316 Panther	TinToy WT317 Tiger	TinToy WT318 AMX 30
TinToy WT319 Chieftain	TinToy WT320 M551 Sheridan	TinToy WT 401 Saladin Mk II	TinToy WT402 M8 armored car
TinToy WT403 BTR40	TinToy WT404 Daimler MK II	TinToys Card WT403 BTR40 armoured car	Back of M6A1 Tin Toys card, showing the larger tanks in this line
Box for "Mighty Midget" release Chieftain Tank, 1:100?, WT-319	Mighty Midget Chieftain 1:100?	Mighty Midget Rear of Box	Tiger Boxed Photo Courtesy of Dave at So-Many-Cards eBay
Jagdpanther Boxed Photo Courtesy of Dave at So-Many-Cards eBay	TinToys WT 230 Sheridan Boxed	TinToys WT 230 Sheridan	TinToys WT 230 Sheridan Boxed
Char AMX (WT317) and Chieftain (WT319)	Tiger (WT317) and Sheridan (WT320)	Base of box	Tin Toys Sherman WT310 base
	Tiger, W.T.227 and M551 Sheridan, W.T.230	Chiftain, W.T. 229 and Char AMX 30, W.T. 228

Lido Leopard WT-307   1:50	Lido Leopard Rear of Card	Lido Leopard	Lido Leopard
Lido Leopard	Lido Leopard	Lido Leopard

A boxed example of a Tin Toys Automobile

TinToys Jet Fighter

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Summary

TinToys (also Lido) released a series of small scale (1:100?) and larger scale tanks in the 1970's and 1980's. They are typically characterized with W.T. followed by a three digit number found on the base of the model (e.g. W.T. 320). TinToys also manufactured a variety of diecast cars and military aricraft.

The tanks are diecast metal with plastic accessories and rubber treads. They are "free wheeling" with four wheels in the base allowing the tank to roll. The tanks were released under the TinToys name. Four of the tanks are 1:100 scale, and at least four larger tanks released (see below). The larger tanks range from 1:50 to 1:83. The larger tanks are also free wheeling. The remaining tanks seem to be about 1:72 to 1:90, i.e. smaller scale. Someday I will measure them all and determine the scale of each :-)

TinToys also made a series of (at least) four armoured cars: Saladin Mk II. M8, BTR 40, and Daimler MK II. These are also smaller scale (1:100?)

These tanks were also distributed by Imperial Toy (1974) and under the Mighty Midget name. The Mighty Midget tanks were imported by George Borgfeldt & Co. of New York, a well known imported of toys (including kewpie dolls and teddy bears) from the 1920's through the 1960's (?). The Mighty Midget box mentions 8 different tanks five of which were the Chieftain, Char AMX 30, Tiger, and M551 Sheridan, and the Daimler scout car.

Canadian Tin Toys

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Canadian Tire Corporation released several of the Tin Toys models as promotional items. Two I had not seen before were the Jeep and the Ambulance

Tins' Toys

According to Kimmo Sahakanga, Tintoys models were also issue under the "Tins' Toys" name. One of the key differences being the model number prefix. Tintoys were release with the "WT" prefix, Tins' Toys with the "T" prefix. Below are some pictures of the Tin's Toys Super Tank series, courtesy of Mark Foster.

Commander (Soviet) T265 - base Thanks Mark	SU85 T269 Thanks Mark
Commander (Soviet) T265 - base Thanks Mark	SU85 T269- base Thanks Mark
Front of Card Thanks Mark	Rear of Card Thanks Mark

For more information, read Kimmo Sahakangas' nice article on TinToys at Breithaupt Miniature Motorcar Collection and Kimmo's followup articles: Tintoys: The Sequel and A Tintoys Triquel

Tintoys Listing

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