by Tone » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:46 pm
ICHIMURA
Japanese maker that specialized in small, simple toys marked with Plains Indian's head with stylized feather war bonnet as trademark. The small jetliner caricatures were sometimes sold in boxed sets with “PLAYING TOY” inside an oval. See also Saito S2 Toy.
Airliners, Jet:
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde, 8”L, friction, in the following color schemes:
American Airlines, silver, red cheat line, blue leading edges, red/black markings with AA in circle logo, N1970.
TWA, chrome silver.
Boeing 707, caricature, 5" WS, wind-up, mold also used for Saito S2 Toys, in the following color schemes:
Alitalia, white/chrome silver, blue/green multiple cheat lines, green winged bow symbol in circle on upper fuselage, green block letter titles, red leading edges, "Alitalia I-DIWA" on wings.
BOAC, chrome silver, blue and yellow details.
KLM, PH-DDE, two shades of blue, red Royal Dutch Airlines titles.
USAF, silver with red upper fuselage and engines.
Boeing 727, caricature, 5" WS, friction, in the following color schemes:
American, silver with dark blue/red/yellow markings, N7270A.
American, later red/black markings with yellow arrow on upper fuselage, N1970.
Eastern, silver/white, aqua/dark blue cheat lines.
Northwest, silver, blue/white cheat lines, red tail fin.
Pan American, silver/white with blue and yellow markings.
TWA, silver/white, dark blue leading edges, red “TRANS WORLD AIRLINES” titles with two red cheat lines on fuselage and tail fin, “BO720.”
TWA, silver/white, red and blue markings.
United, silver/white, dark blue or medium blue and red markings.
Boeing 727, 7" WS, friction, in the following color schemes:
American, chrome silver with red and black markings.
American, silver-grey with red and black markings.
Pan American, silver/white, light blue markings, N700PN.
Pan American, chrome silver with blue/red markings.
TAA-Trans Australian Airlines, blue markings, "THE NATION'S JETLINE" titles, "TAA" in red, VH-TJA.
TWA, silver/white, red markings, N7317W.
United, silver/white, red and light blue markings, N7003U.
Boeing 727, 7" WS, friction, tricycle landing gear like that of the smaller toys, later 1970s, in the following color schemes:
American, white fuselage, red cheat line, silver tail fin, blue/silver/yellow wings, “AA” logo in circle on tail and wing.
TWA, chrome silver, red markings with golden globe symbol on wing, red tail fin with white letters, light blue wing leading edges.
Boeing 727, 11 1/8” L, 10 1/2” WS, friction, main wheels under lower fuselage, red plastic exhausts:
American Airlines, silver with red/black details, roundel logo on tail fin and wings, “Astrojet,” N-1970.
Pan American, silver/white with medium blue markings.
Boeing 727, friction, Pan American, metal jet pods, open rear fuselage, main wheels under lower fuselage, nose wheel, medium blue markings with red lower cheat line, N700PN. Suspected.
Boeing 747 (?), caricature, 4” WS, friction, pink plastic with aqua tin lithographed upper parts, KLM.
Four Motor Plane, 4 1/2" WS, friction, silver/white, flat red engines, mold also used for Saito S2 Toys, in the following color schemes:
Air France, dark blue markings.
Alitalia, green and red, 60s green/white/red striped tail fin, I-DIWA.
Alitalia, bright green and red livery, 70s stylized "Λ" symbol on tail fin.
BOAC, dark blue markings, red titles.
British airways, pale blue cheat line, red titles, dark blue/red markings (after 1974).
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, blue and red livery.
Lufthansa, blue and yellow 1960s livery.
Swissair, red markings, Swiss cross in circle on wing.
Supersonic Jet, similar to or same as S2 toy with pinwheels in wings, blue/red/yellow/white, cartoon comic graphics (Mirror Man).
Fighters:
WWI Biplane, "Niew Port Air Prane," 7" WS, friction, 2-bladed plastic prop, tube-shaped tin gun atop upper wing, yellow, red nose, lithographed pilot, French insignia, N 5814.
Single-engine Fighter, 7" WS, friction, 3-bladed plastic prop, dark brown with yellow and red details, Army.
Fighters, Jet:
McDonnell F3H-2 Demon, 5 1/8" WS, friction, silver with red trim, dark blue/yellow/white details, wing tip tanks, Navy markings, see also Line Mar Toys.
Helicopters:
Police Helicopter, 8" L, friction, 3-bladed metal main rotor, metal pilot in clear canopy, black/grey.
Light Aircraft:
Cessna 172, plastic two-blade prop, cream colored plastic motor housing, light green plastic with dark green/yellow/red tin inlays, "N6987S CESSNA" lithographed above upper wing.
IDEAL
New York's Ideal began manufacturing the original Teddy bears in the 1900s and was in business for almost the entire 20th century. The Flying Boxcar dates from the 1960s.
Military Transport:
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 16" WS, silver-colored tin wings with white rivet markings, blue plastic body with silver painted windows has opening nose, red plastic 3-bladed props/cowlings/tail fins, black plastic wheels, US Army titles, star-in-circle with bars insignia, with plastic soldiers.
IGRUSHKA ELEKTROMEHANICHESKAYA LENINGRAD
A factory in Leningrad, Soviet Russia produced transportation toys in the 1970s. The Tupolev 104, an early jet airliner with engines located in the wings near the fuselage, first flew in 1956.
Airliner, Jet:
Tupolev Tu-104A (Twin jet) #LG 085-01-3019, 14 1/2" WS, battery, runs continually, amber lights in engine exhausts, tin plate with white plastic lower parts, large black motor box, grey wings/tail, off-white upper fuselage, blue cyrillic AEROFLOT markings, “SSSR-L-1965” on wings.
INAKITA
Helicopter:
Alouette or Bell 47, wind-up, metal three-blade main rotor, four-blade tail rotor with bent wire guard, plastic canopy, white with red tail boom, Swiss cross in shield, black "SCHER PILOT" titles. (A Lasance)
IND ARGENTINA
Cristián Gandolfo notes that "Industria Argentina" is not any particular brand name. Many toy makers in Argentina produced small batches of tin toys to distribute locally. All of them went out of business when imports from China began in the early 1980s. Some were also exported, as the jumbo jets below illustrate.
Airliners, Jet:
Boeing 747 #108, 7 1/2" L, friction, yellow plastic with tin upper fuselage and wing inlays, silver/white with red and yellow Iberia markings, see also Jimmy Toys.
Boeing 747, 11" L, friction, pink plastic including wheels, green plastic jet pods, blue plastic tail fin, white tinplate upper fuselage with blue cheat lines, silver tin upper wings, Aerolineas Argentinas LV-ALX.
INGAP - Industria Nazionale Giocáttoli Automatica Padova SpA
To collectors, INGAP is the best-known Italian tin toy manufacturer. In the early to mid 50s INGAP made a very pretty Constellation #1220 that was fitted with four plastic discs to simulate the revolving propellers.
Airliners:
Lockheed Constellation, 15" WS, wind-up, four plastic propeller discs, in the following colors:
Deep red with blue/white transfer decals, LAI (Linee Aeree Italiane), I-LINE on wings.
SABENA decals, OO-SAB (possibly a custom)
Silver with red/white/blue transfers, Alitalia, no registration on wings, green/white/red tricolor flag on tail fins, friction drive replaces wind-up motor.
Silver with red/white transfer decals, LAI, I-LINE on wings.
White with red/white transfer decals, LAI, I-LINE on wings.
Fighters, Jet:
F-101 Voo Doo, 19 3/4" L, battery, plastic canopy with pilot figures, red with blue/white details, USAF 214.
F-101 Voo Doo, 19 3/4" L, battery, plastic canopy with pilot figures, silver with red/yellow/dark blue details, USAF 215.
F-101 Voo Doo, 19 3/4" L, battery, plastic canopy with pilot figures, silver/pale metallic blue with dark blue details, "USA Air Force" 802 on fuselage.
Fiat G-91, 12 1/4" WS, friction, red/yellow I-CABE markings and shark mouth with teeth.
Swept-wing Fighter, 11" WS, friction
-Red/cream, Italian insignia, 212
-White with red nose cone, USAF insignia, "212-PS."
Helicopter:
Helicopter, wind-up, 5 ½” L, wheel pants, 4-bladed metal rotor, green/white or white/yellow, 500-11.
ITAL TOYS
Made in Argentina, 1970s or 1980s.
Airliner, Jet:
Boeing 747, 8 1/2" WS, friction, grey plastic with tin upper fuselage, white plastic tail fin, red plastic jet pods, in the following color schemes:
Aerolineas Argentinas, lighter and darker blue cheat lines.
Cruzeiro, pale blue-green and dark blue markings, blue label with diamond-shaped Southern Cross logo on tail fin, "Cruzeiro" "Jumbo Jet" titles.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Suspected), blue cheat line, light green upper fuselage, "KLM" with crown in blue on tail fin, "KLM" stickers on wings.
JNF
JW see WAGNER, Johannes.
JAGUAR
Noted by Michael West (A30yoyo), who has this rare plane in his collection. The German Tipp Co Caravelle molds were used to make a toy plane in realistic LAN Chile color scheme with accurate registration lettering.
Airliner, Jet:
Caravelle, Tipp Co tooling with tail wheel, red plastic jet engines, silver with white crown, red stripe and tail decoration, blue "LAN CHILE" (Linea Aerea Nacional) titles, CC-CCP.
JAYLAND PRODUCTS (DALIAN) COMPANY
This Chinese factory produces “handmade” nostalgic models of airplanes, autos and other vehicles. The painted sheet metal models, never completely accurate, have become more commonly available in the 2000s, and are intended as decorations, not toys.
JIMMY TOYS
Jimmy Toys is one of the last toymakers to sell tin toys. They are small to medium size, have much plastic in their construction, and were produced in China. Mark Driver reports that Jimmy Toys used the tooling from a Japanese brand, Kashiwai, to make its helicopters.
Airliners, Jet:
Boeing 727, friction, tin upper wings and body, in the following color schemes:
Air France, red plastic, red/blue/yellow/green.
Air France, yellow plastic, red/blue/yellow/green.
Japan Air Lines, yellow plastic, red/blue/yellow/green.
United, red plastic, blue/red/orange.
Boeing 747, friction, tin upper wings and body, in the following color schemes:
Pan American, yellow plastic, white/blue.
TWA, white plastic, red/blue.
Northwest Orient, 6 1/8" WS, blue plastic, yellow cheat line, blue wings, red/yellow detail.
Northwest Orient, 6 1/8" WS, red plastic.
Lockheed JetStar, 6 1/4" WS, friction, South N502T, tin upper wings and body, red/blue/yellow details:
Red plastic.
Yellow plastic.
Fighter:
F-15 Eagle, friction with "Spinner" spiral and BB:
4 ½” L, 3 1/2" WS, North Pole Jet Express, red plastic, tinplate inlay, red/green showing Santa and two gifts,. Card: "Santa's World, Kurt S. Adler." (NYC toy distributor).
4 ½” L, 3 1/2" WS, Yellow plastic with red and blue tin inlay.
7”L, 4 ½” WS, blue plastic with blue tin inlay with red and yellow details, green shield with knight helmet, “Super Fighter F-15.”
Helicopters:
Flying Star, 7" L, friction, tin/plastic two-bladed rotor, red tinplate cabin with passengers:
Blue plastic body and skids.
Red plastic body and skids.
White plastic (Kashiwai Japan).
JOUEF
A French manufacturer that issued a small high-wing somersaulting novelty toy plane similar to those from Marx, Rico, Japanese etc.
JOUETS DE PARIS (JeP)
This brand was active in the 1930s and according to Marchand, in the 40s into the 60s, made toy planes using existing molds. These have a "classic" look and feel. After Air France was one of the few airlines to order the original DeHavilland Comet, this well-known toymaker produced a fine scale model, not lithographed, but painted, and decorated with decals and stenciled lettering.
Airliner, Jet:
DeHavilland Comet, 11 1/2" WS, scale model, wind-up, painted white or silver with Air France decals, "F-B JEP" stenciled on wings.
Fighter:
Junkers Ju-87 Stuka, constructor kit, made from 1930s Dux tooling, unpowered, green with French insignia.
Light Aircraft:
F-250 High-wing Parasol Monoplane, 11 1/2" WS, wind-up, metal 2-bladed prop, squared-off wingtips, pale blue/red sunburst color scheme, reissue of 1930s toy.
F-252 High-wing Parasol Monoplane, 15 3/4" WS, wind-up, metal 2-bladed prop, rounded wingtips, reissue of 1930s toy.
F-255 High-wing Parasol Monoplane, 19" WS, wind-up, metal 2-bladed prop, rounded wingtips, silver with blue/red markings and French insignia, stork on fuselage, reissue of 1930s toy.
F-260 Low-wing Monoplane on Floats, 19" WS, wind-up, metal 4-bladed prop, two large pontoons, red overall, French insignia, goose on fuselage, reissue of 1930s toy.
JOUETS MAGNIN LYON-JML
This prolific French toymaker probably did not export its products to the United States in any great quantity as the toys are rare. Some toy airplanes using existing 1930s tooling were reissued in the 1940s and 50s. One of these was a tri-motor airliner with wind-up motor and metal propellers and a 19 1/2" wingspan.
JOUSTRA
Joustra began its postwar production using existing 1930s tooling, with slight modifications to render its planes slightly more realistic. By the late 1950s, however, the firm had introduced its excellent tin airliners. Author Frédéric Marchand has listed a bewildering variety of Joustra toy aircraft in his book Avions-Jouets 1945-1970.
Airliners:
Four-engine Airliner, 23 1/2" WS, four plastic three-bladed props, two tail fins, small tin flags near flight deck, blue/white, Air France "Croix du Sud," ALBA on wings.
Lockheed 1049 Super Constellation, 19" WS, friction, plastic props, wing tip tanks, similar to Arnold toy, silver/white, Air France markings.
Lockheed 1049 Super Constellation, 19" WS, friction, plastic props, no wing tip tanks, similar to Arnold toy, silver/white, Air France markings.
Lockheed 1049 Super Constellation, 19" WS, battery with remote control, plastic props, similar to Arnold toy, silver/white, Air France markings.
Six-engine Airliner, 23 1/2" WS, six plastic three-bladed props, three tail fins, small tin flags near flight deck, red/cream, Air France "Croix du Sud," ALBA on wings.
Airliners, Jet:
Boeing 707 "Cadet," 12" WS, friction, metal jet pods, silver/white, blue Air France colors F-BHSB.
Boeing 727, red plastic jet intakes, silver/white, red cheat line, black "Boeing 727" titles.
Boeing 747, 19" WS, battery with remote control, red/white plastic jet pods, white, red lower fuselage, medium blue cheat line, "Boeing 747" titles in black on fuselage and "Boeing" "F747" on wings in red.
Boeing 747, silver/white, blue Air France markings.
Comète, 12 1/2" WS, wind-up, straight wings, yellow, three cylindrical jet engines-one atop each wing and another atop fuselage.
Concorde, silver/white, blue Air France markings with dark blue cheat line and crescent on tail fin.
Concorde, silver/white, blue Air France markings without cheat line, blue/red stripes on tail fin.
Fusée, 23 1/2" WS, wind-up, straight wings and twin tails, three cylindrical jet engines-one atop each wing and atop fuselage, silver/red/blue, "Paris-New York," "Air France" titles on fuselage.
SE-210 Caravelle, friction, silver/white, blue Air France colors.
SE-210 Caravelle, friction, silver/white, blue Air France colors, opening cabin door.
Fighters, Jet:
Jet Fighter F50, 15 1/2" L, wind-up, clear canopy, two tin pilots, Caravelle tail, two cylindrical motors atop wings, white/red, blue lower fuselage, red wolf head insignia.
Jet Fighter F50, 15 1/2" L, wind-up, clear canopy, two tin pilots, Caravelle tail, two cylindrical motors atop wings, red needle nose, pale blue/yellow, parachute symbols, X 115 in red on wings and in black on fuselage.
Jet fighter, 7 1/2" WS, friction, delta wings, red with yellow details, ejecting pilot with parachute.
Jet trainer Joustra Jet, 16" WS, friction, large clear plastic canopy with pilot figurine, two plastic jet engines near tail, mildly swept wings, silver with orange control surfaces, “J.666” in black on fuselage, “JET J.666” in black on wings.
Jet trainer Joustra Jet, 16" WS, friction, large blue plastic canopy with pilot figurine, two plastic jet engines near tail, mildly swept wings, dark green/tan camouflage with orange nose and wingtips, "X1/9."
Swept-wing Rocket Plane, red/white, "H 27."
Helicopters:
Bölkow 105, 14" L, friction or battery remote control, 4-bladed plastic main rotor, plastic skis.
Camera helicopter, 13 1/3" L, wind-up, 3-bladed plastic main rotor, plastic canopy with panning moving cameraman, with or without skis.
Côte d'Azur, 13" L, wind-up, 2-bladed plastic main rotor, white/red/yellow.
Super Frelon, 16 1/2" L, battery with remote control, 6-bladed plastic main rotor, white/red/yellow, plastic canopy, opening door.
Light Aircraft:
Beechcraft Duke, battery remote control, plastic 3-bladed props, fuselage is orange-yellow/blue/red, tail has white/blue fin and red horizontal stabilizers, wings are white with blue stripes, F-BHX.
Beechcraft twin, friction, plastic 3-bladed props, swept tail fin, plastic bubble canopy with pilot figurine, white, orange stripe on fuselage, yellow/blue markings on tail, red stripes on wings with F-XN4 in black.
Beechcraft twin, friction, plastic 3-bladed props, swept tail fin, plastic bubble canopy with pilot figurine, yellow/orange-red with black markings, F-POUX.
Rallye, 14" WS, friction, two plastic props, plastic bubble canopy, red/white.
Rallye, 14" WS, friction, two plastic props, plastic bubble canopy, yellow with red and black details, F-RAL, Securité Civile.
Rallye, 14" WS, friction, two plastic props, plastic bubble canopy, green camouflage finish.
#555 Single-engine Monoplane, 12 1/2" WS, friction, 3-bladed plastic prop, large plastic canopy.
Other:
X-15, 9" L, friction, stands up when it strikes a wall, grey with white plastic fin, see also Masuya-Fine Toy.
JUGUETES ROMAN
Juguetes Roman issued a twin-jet "biz jet" in the 1980s that resembles the 1979 Tonka Lear Jet, but with a higher degree of plastic.
Airliner, Jet:
Jet plane, friction, white molded plastic underparts, twin engines near T tail, white upper fuselage and wings with orange/yellow Iberia livery, V-171 in black near flight deck.
JUGUETES Y ESTUCHES (JyE)
Spain's JyE is best known for a lovely Super Constellation in Iberia colors, made of plastic. This firm also made at least one all tin toy airplane, a very nicely-modelled Hawker Hurricane fighter, and issued tin and plastic Boeing 727s based on Masudaya's large toy.
Airliner, Jet:
Boeing 727 based on large size Masudaya toy, 18" WS, accurate scale model, silver/white in the following airline liveries:
Air France, blue cheat lines and curving design on tail fin.
Iberia, red cheat line with red "IB" inside a golden globe on tail fin.
Lufthansa, blue cheat line with blue/gold crane logo on tail fin.
Fighter:
Hawker Hurricane, 13" WS, wind-up, metal 2-blade prop, silver overall, Spanish "X" markings stencilled on wings and body in medium blue.
Hawker Hurricane, 13" WS, wind-up, metal 2-blade prop, medium blue overall, Spanish "X" markings stencilled on wings and body in silver.
JUNIOR TOYS
Spotted in an on-line auction in 2015, a Boeing 747 SP in plastic with tin upper fuselage from the Japanese firm "Junior Toys," packaged in a box with Arabic writing. Supposedly, it was a sample for export to Libya. The toy rises and lowers on a black triangular plastic base under which is molded "Original Junior Product." The toy is similar to all-plastic 747SPs made in China in the late 1980s. According to the seller, "sindbad," "it has kadhafi's regime propaganda in arabic language."
Airliner, Jet:
Boeing 747SP, battery, 12" long, plastic with lithographed tin upper fuselage, dome light above fuselage and red and green wing lights.
-Iraqi Airways markings, two-tone green fuselage.
-Libyan Arab Airlines markings, gold cheat line.