Tri-ang. That's the box-ticking element done! Seriously; it's just to get
them in the tag-list, I think they were also associated with Minic and Mettoy and possibly later under the Playcraft label, so they're all going on the bottom. I call them
'wheelimals' for want of a better title as they follow a tradition going right
back to early hand-crafted wooden toys; of being attached to 'carpet' wheels.
The toys they accompany are 'big box' type
'Christmas & Birthday' toys, the ark being nearly three feet long and
solidly built of ply-wood with metal door hinges, the roof opens to get the
animals out for play and to store them in the meantime or inbetweentimes!
The lorry being more of a garden toy, in
tin-plate with large solid-rubber tyres, and a hinged rear-door/ramp.
I believe there was a Farm Lorry version of
the truck toy, coming with a five or six-inch figure of a farmer which looks
exactly like a Marx cowboy; a sort of reversed Seth Adams pose, striding with a double-barrelled shotgun instead of the rifle, and a distinctly US style
'cowboy' hat! But he may have come with the smaller (two-axle?) horse-box toy
that included the two giant Britains
horses?
Elephants and Rhinos, one of which has been
got-at by poachers! Although; the sad truth is that both animals are at risk of
extinction, not just in our lifetimes, but within a decade or so at the current
rate of predation.
Sheep.
Lions and Tigers, two lions in Noah's Ark
may have raised a few small 'c' conservative eyebrows in the past, but hey, if
they loved each other and considered themselves a couple, why not!
Camel
Considering their core purpose is for use
as hard-wearing playthings for younger children or older infants; they are
surprisingly well sculpted toys, they lose a bit in the leg department, but
even then the outsides of the feet, hooves or toes are well executed.
Sets - known or suspected;
Tri-ang Circus Van (Tin Plate)Tri-ang Noah's Ark (Ply-wood)
Horse Box?
Farm Truck?
Wheelimals - known or suspected;
Donkey
Dromedary
Camel
Elephant
Giraffe
Hippopotamus
Lion
Panda
Bear
Rhinoceros
Sheep Tiger
Cow?
Pig?
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