QUIZ- No 1 Do You Know Who Made This?

[grwebster]

[dasimperator]

I'm gonna go with 'What is Schabak', Alex...

[grwebster]

No, not Shabak.

[Dakota]

I think SCHUCO (Germany)

[grwebster]

That is what I thought, but NO.

[MichaelB]

Lintoy, of course! It's a DynaFlite look-a-like! Actually of better quality than DynaFlite, but in the spirit thereof. These were produced for Swissair and Lufthansa and made available as on board gifts and etc.
They also made a similar 727 for Lufthansa.
These are nice pieces and are usually mistaken for Schabak, who was in the same racket of making "give-away" toy planes for the airlines.
Michael

[grwebster]

Dam- not much gets by you!
Michael is right. Hong Kong made by Lintoy

[MichaelB]

Most folks don't give these a second look figuring they are just another Schabak from the time. These are also the only "small" Lintoys, their other airliners being closer to 1/200.
Surprised that Lintoy did such a thing at all, and doubly surprised that these didn't make it into the "no name" market where the Lintoy molds would become a staple for decades - still are in the Maisto line. I suppose they were excited about working for the airlines and were hoping to open up a new marketing area.
That market has shifted to the 1/400 area, with Schabak, Herpa and the other folks producing a wide variety of planes for a number of airlines. Next time you are flying somewhere, take a look in the Sky Mall and see what's for sale - toy airplane wise. You might be surprised.
What I normally see are Sky Marks (et al) in large scale, then a 1/400 selection, then a pricey 1/200 for the "elite" customer. All at Sky Mall prices which is similar to the marketers at Toys-R-Us: MSRP unless it's even more!

[grwebster]

Do you have one?

[MichaelB]

The computer says I have both the Swissair and Lufthansa DC-10, but not the Lufty 727. The Lufty DC-10 has it's box, but the other is loose.
Where they are is another matter...