Timpo

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English toy company

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::summary English toy company ::

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Timpo Toys Ltd. was a British toy company created in 1938 by Salomon "Sally" Gawrylovitz (born in Frankfurt 1907, died September 28, 2000, in Zug, Switzerland), also known as Ally Gee.{{Cite web |url= http://www.timpo-artist.de/company/company.html |title= The History of Timpo Toys |work= Timpo Artist website |access-date= 7 November 2010

History

A Jewish refugee from Germany, Gawrylovitz started as Toy Importers Company known as TIMPO in 1938. The company manufactured various toys out of wood, bakelite and composition until the end of World War II.

Following the war, Timpo made hollowcast metal toy soldiers; with soldiers manufactured in plastic from 1954.

The firm ceased operations in 1978.

Timpo Toys series

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Timpo_Toys_Cowboys01.JPG" caption="American frontier series – Cowboys"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Timpo_Toys_Indianer01.JPG" caption="American frontier series – Native Americans"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Timpo_Toys_Nordstaatler02.JPG" caption="American frontier series – [[7th Cavalry Regiment"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Timpo_Toys_Kreuzritter01.JPG" caption="Knight series – Crusaders: The swords, reins and the horse blanket are [[replica]]s"] ::

The assortment of Timpo Toys consisted of several figurine series, with the American frontier series and the Knight series forming the core of the product range. Since Timpo further developed the series in the course of production, some series could be divided into generations (e.g. there are four generations within the Cowboy series).

Overview of the series:

Picture gallery

The following pictures show examples of Timpo plastic figures. File:Timpo Toys Cowboys02.JPG|American frontier series – Cowboys File:Timpo Toys Indianer02.JPG|American frontier series – Native Americans File:Timpo Toys Kutsche01.JPG|American frontier series – Stagecoach File:Timpo Toys Nordstaatler01.JPG|Soldiers of the Confederate States Army File:Timpo Toys Nordstaatler 03.jpg|Soldiers of the Union Army File:Timpo Union Nordstaatler 05.jpg|Soldiers of the Union Army and the 7th Cavalry Regiment series File:Timpo Toys Südstaatler01.JPG|Soldiers of the Confederate States Army File:Timpo Toys Confederate 03.jpg|Soldiers of the Confederate States Army File:Timpo Toys Confederate 07.jpg|Soldiers of the Confederate States Army File:Timpo Toys Araber01.JPG|Arab File:Timpo Toys Deutsche Soldaten01 b.jpg|World War II series – German soldier File:Timpo Toys Schwarze Ritter01.JPG|Knight series – Black knights File:Timpo Topfhelm grün.jpg|Knight series – Timpo Medieval Knight File:Timpo Topfhelm gelb.jpg|Knight series – Timpo Medieval Knight File: Timpo Topfhelm hellblau.jpg|Knight series – Timpo Medieval Knight File:Timpo Toys Silberritter01.JPG|Knight series – Silver Knights File:Timpo Toys Goldritter01.JPG|Knight series – Gold Knights File:Timpo Toys Visierritter01.JPG|Knight series – Vizor Knight

References

Notes

Bibliography

References

  1. (2018-07-13). "Große Jungs und kleine Männchen: Wie ich die Kult-Cowboys meiner Kindheit wiederentdeckte".
  2. (2008). "Plastic Toy Cars of the 1950s & 1960s: The Collector's Guide". Veloce.
  3. p. 257 Mitchell, K. Warren ''Timpo'' in Richard O'Brien's ''Collecting Foreign Made Toy Soldiers'' 1997 Krause Publications
  4. "Timpo Artist - Cowboys".
  5. "Timpo Artist – Indianer".
  6. "Timpo Artist – Nordstaaten".
  7. "Timpo Artist - Südstaaten".
  8. "Timpo Artist – Mexikaner".
  9. "Timpo Artist – Ritter".
  10. "Timpo Artist – Römer".
  11. "Timpo Artist – Wikinger".
  12. "Timpo Serie – Araber und Fremdenleginäre".
  13. "Timpo Serie - Amerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg".
  14. "Timpo Serie – Eskimos".
  15. "Timpo Serie – 2. Weltkrieg".
  16. "Timpo Serie – Farmserie".
  17. "Timpo Serie – Gardesoldaten".

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