Wednesday, September 29, 2010

History of Diecast Trucks

History of the die-cast trucks
I have found a truck models die cast nearly as long as the trucks they were modeled. Have benefited improvements in the die casting industry, mining, and die-cast cars for the game industry since its beginnings in the 20 century earlier. Purpose and marketing themselves to play have changed as well. However, the collection of these replica die-cast car hobby remains widespread with the growing appeal than ever before.




Early die-cast trucks
Been marketed as die-cast toys in the early 20 century. The first model of simple designs and crude oil, which is composed of metal or car, truck bodies with no internal structures or windshield. And cast vehicle models of a mixture of zinc and aluminum, called Zamak. Zamak alloys in many cases, a bug, and was prone to cracking or deterioration with the passage of time and deal with it. Because of this fact, it is hard to find die-cast trucks or other types of vehicles from this era in good condition. Included the first manufacturers of die-cast vehicle line Mecano games for England in an elegant line Dowst Brothers Games Tutsi in the United States.
The production of die casting of all games, but stopped during World War II, while it is converting raw materials to participate in the war effort. However, given the innovations in mining and production tools developed during the war, the practical benefits of the toy industry in the post-war era. In 1947, began manufacturing a series of Lensey matchbox cars, which will become more recognized on a large scale die cast car brand in the world. Arrived Mattel Hot Wheels in the brand in 1968 and challenged the dominance of Hot Wheels. All vehicles have been designed Matchbox Hot Wheels 1:64 scale.




Marketing and trucks, die-casting
In the 1960s, marketers began to develop cars with brand advertising. Such vehicles bearing the company name or logo, and the goal is to influence the purchasing power of parents. In the 1980s, large numbers of adults started collecting die-cast trucks as a hobby, and manufacturers responded by generating a replica models more accurate than many of the vehicles, since amateur adult willing to pay more money than the father of the child. Sizes were introduced more widely, such as 1:18 or 1:12 and Collectibles and marketed towards adults.

While trucks have always been part of the auto market die-cast, gained a significant foothold in the 1970s. Issued manufacturers such as Matchbox corgi multiple versions of the same compounds, described in many different ways. The trucks were the perfect items for customization, and many of the brand name of large companies.
Saw the economic downturn of the 1980s the disappearance of many popular brands of die-cast truck. Some of the brands in a new breed of new companies. For example, change the name of a matchbox Lensey when it went bankrupt and hands several times, and now owned by Mattel, who markets matchbox cars in parallel with the line of Hot Wheels them.

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