Once Were the World: Dinky Toys, etc.

from Michael Moore: "I was taking some shots of the collection for my brother in Italy and thought to them along to you as well…
The idea of Dinky Toys reaching across an ocean and a continent to end up on the shelves of tiny five-and-dimes in obscure American suburbs [La Canada still had dirt sidewalks then] in the fifties continues to amaze me.…of course they’re not all Dinks, either, and some [as above,] predate me going to that five and dime

"…but they had Matchbox too...
"These little cast lead deals were a nickel, came on a piece of printed cardboard, I think. U.S. made. The carhaulers were above my paygrade back then;

"…coupla Tootsietoys from Chicago U.S.A. there in the middle....Matchbox compressor truck; 

"…Dinky ambulance [quite antique] and Jeep. Most of these are not survivors of MY [+ my younger brothers’] childhoods, but gathered later from various sources. I’ve more or less quit doing that [TOO much stuff] but my bro occasionally finds some gem in a European flea market and passes it on…"--MSM