Talk:Die-cast toy

White Rose link
I removed the link to White Rose in the company section. There is no indication on that page they did diecast toys. None of the links in the White Rose (disambiguation) page looked like toy makers either. VikÞor (talk) 00:09, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Brands and other die-cast toys
I don't know where the comment " British die-cast toy fans were particular in that they called every die-cast model, no matter what company they were produced by, a "matchbox"" came from, unless it refers either to "nerdy" collectors, or to the period after 1970 or so. The brands Dinky, Corgi, Spot-On and Matchbox in particular were always clearly separated. There were a number of other brands in the car field, usually cheap, low- quality imports, but they were just toys for the little kids.

I'd also like to see separate sections about non- road transport die- cast toys. Like Lone Start miniature tools and push-along trains (TrebleO), and toy guns- I was really jealous of my big brother's friend who had a revolver with real separate bullets, that you had to load with caps separately, instead of the long strip that cheap guns had. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.10.169 (talk) 10:30, 8 May 2007‎

List of die cast toy brands
I do not see some major producers in the above-mentioned list, such as Anson, Welly, Ricko, Cararama, Highway 61 and others. If there is no objection, I would like to add them and if possible create some pages for them. I am collector of 1:64 and 1:72 scale die-cast models, while my son is a master of 1:43 and larger scales. --Aynabend (talk) 07:37, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

How!
How is it possible that an exact replica can be made and then reduced to a smaller scale? Is it photo-reduction? Is it some kind of early tomography? (not likely) Is it just an artists rendition of the original? The miniatures seem extremely close to the original full-scale versions. (the real things) This article would be improved if something along these lines could be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Longinus876 (talk • contribs) 14:49, 1 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I can't find the words "exact" or "replica" in the article, so I'm not sure what you are actually asking. Techniques have differed depending on quality, price and era. Early models were carved out of some material (wood, metal, clay?) and from that a mould was made. Some may have carved the mould directly. Some models were made at an intermediate size and then transferred to a smaller size using a 3D Pantograph. Recently, the real object is 3D scanned into a computer or the design is done on a computer (or a blend of both) and then the mould is made by a CNC machine. Many different techniques - none of which I have good references for.  Stepho  talk 20:58, 1 June 2019 (UTC)