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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Italy is for Politoys!

So I had these two Ferrari's which were marked Italy and I knew nothing about them, beyond the fact that they must be Italian toys, therefore when I received the Sam Toys stuff (previous post) from Angelo, I sent him a couple of shots (immediately below) and asked him who they were suggesting Dulcop as a maybe (my Politoys military are clearly marked with the brand so I'd rather ruled that out as a possibility!) because the Dulcop army lorries I have are unmarked.

APS Italy; APS Racing Cars; Formula One; Grand Prix; Grand Prix Racing; Italian Toys; Made In Italy; Plastic Racing Cars; Politoys N. 1 - Cooper Norton; Politoys N. 1 - Porsche; Politoys N. 10 - Maserati; Politoys N. 11 - Mercedes; Politoys N. 11- Maserati; Politoys N. 12 - Vanwall VW Grand Prix; Politoys N. 2 - Ferrari 500; Politoys N. 3 - Connaught; Politoys N. 3 - Cooper; Politoys N. 4 - Connaught; Politoys N. 5 - B.R.M. P25; Politoys N. 6 - Ferrari 156; Politoys N. 6 - Lotus; Politoys N. 7 - Cooper Norton; Politoys N. 8 - Ferrari 156; Politoys N. 8 - Vanwall; Politoys N. 9 - B.R.M. G.P.; Race Cars; Racing Cars; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;
The two cars's garnered the following from Angelo . . .

"The cars were made by Politoys in the sixties.

Politoys made two series of these cars in 1/77 scale.

The first series was composed by only seven cars and on the bottom reported "Sistema Dep" the name of the model and "Made in Italy".

APS Italy; APS Racing Cars; Formula One; Grand Prix; Grand Prix Racing; Italian Toys; Made In Italy; Plastic Racing Cars; Politoys N. 1 - Cooper Norton; Politoys N. 1 - Porsche; Politoys N. 10 - Maserati; Politoys N. 11 - Mercedes; Politoys N. 11- Maserati; Politoys N. 12 - Vanwall VW Grand Prix; Politoys N. 2 - Ferrari 500; Politoys N. 3 - Connaught; Politoys N. 3 - Cooper; Politoys N. 4 - Connaught; Politoys N. 5 - B.R.M. P25; Politoys N. 6 - Ferrari 156; Politoys N. 6 - Lotus; Politoys N. 7 - Cooper Norton; Politoys N. 8 - Ferrari 156; Politoys N. 8 - Vanwall; Politoys N. 9 - B.R.M. G.P.; Race Cars; Racing Cars; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;
These were:

N. 1 - Cooper (Norton)
N. 2 - Ferrari (500)
N. 3 - Connaught
N. 5 - B.R.M. P25
N. 6 - Ferrari 156
N. 8 - Vanwall
N. 11- Maserati

APS Italy; APS Racing Cars; Formula One; Grand Prix; Grand Prix Racing; Italian Toys; Made In Italy; Plastic Racing Cars; Politoys N. 1 - Cooper Norton; Politoys N. 1 - Porsche; Politoys N. 10 - Maserati; Politoys N. 11 - Mercedes; Politoys N. 11- Maserati; Politoys N. 12 - Vanwall VW Grand Prix; Politoys N. 2 - Ferrari 500; Politoys N. 3 - Connaught; Politoys N. 3 - Cooper; Politoys N. 4 - Connaught; Politoys N. 5 - B.R.M. P25; Politoys N. 6 - Ferrari 156; Politoys N. 6 - Lotus; Politoys N. 7 - Cooper Norton; Politoys N. 8 - Ferrari 156; Politoys N. 8 - Vanwall; Politoys N. 9 - B.R.M. G.P.; Race Cars; Racing Cars; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;
The second series was composed of 12 cars and on the bottom only "Made in Italy" and the name of the model.

These were;

N. 1 - Porsche
N. 2 - Ferrari (500)
N. 3 - Cooper
N. 4 - Connaught
N. 5 - B.R.M. P25
N. 6 - Lotus
N. 7 - Cooper (Norton)
N. 8 - Ferrari 156
N. 9 -  B.R.M. (G.P.)
N. 10 - Maserati
N. 11 - Mercedes
N. 12 - Vanwall VW Grand Prix
"

For which I thank Angelo profusely, it's always nice to ID something, but to get the other 18 with pictures takes the biss'quit!

APS Italy; APS Racing Cars; Formula One; Grand Prix; Grand Prix Racing; Italian Toys; Made In Italy; Plastic Racing Cars; Politoys N. 1 - Cooper Norton; Politoys N. 1 - Porsche; Politoys N. 10 - Maserati; Politoys N. 11 - Mercedes; Politoys N. 11- Maserati; Politoys N. 12 - Vanwall VW Grand Prix; Politoys N. 2 - Ferrari 500; Politoys N. 3 - Connaught; Politoys N. 3 - Cooper; Politoys N. 4 - Connaught; Politoys N. 5 - B.R.M. P25; Politoys N. 6 - Ferrari 156; Politoys N. 6 - Lotus; Politoys N. 7 - Cooper Norton; Politoys N. 8 - Ferrari 156; Politoys N. 8 - Vanwall; Politoys N. 9 - B.R.M. G.P.; Race Cars; Racing Cars; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;

APS Italy; APS Racing Cars; Formula One; Grand Prix; Grand Prix Racing; Italian Toys; Made In Italy; Plastic Racing Cars; Politoys N. 1 - Cooper Norton; Politoys N. 1 - Porsche; Politoys N. 10 - Maserati; Politoys N. 11 - Mercedes; Politoys N. 11- Maserati; Politoys N. 12 - Vanwall VW Grand Prix; Politoys N. 2 - Ferrari 500; Politoys N. 3 - Connaught; Politoys N. 3 - Cooper; Politoys N. 4 - Connaught; Politoys N. 5 - B.R.M. P25; Politoys N. 6 - Ferrari 156; Politoys N. 6 - Lotus; Politoys N. 7 - Cooper Norton; Politoys N. 8 - Ferrari 156; Politoys N. 8 - Vanwall; Politoys N. 9 - B.R.M. G.P.; Race Cars; Racing Cars; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;
The second set of twelve, as sixes, 1-6 and 7-12.

Now, from the photographs, I think it's fair to say the main change was to the base section, but obviously some of the bonnet numbers were changed in the second set/issue, the numbers Angelo has given which explains the quirky-nature of the first seven's numbering.

Also I'm not sure which-is-which in the second collage, but it gives a good idea of the colours available, through both sets

Cheers Angelo!

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