| A diecast toy is a toy made of plastic and a special | | | | manufacturing industry. People who own a nice car or |
| metal called Zamak which is a mix of zinc and | | | | have a dream car most of the times want to have it |
| aluminum. Most of the usual toys made through the | | | | at least at a smaller scale. The usual scales are 1:12, |
| die-casting method are the scale models of cars, | | | | 1:18, 1:24 and 1:64. The 1:12 is a large model that is |
| trains, plains and construction equipment. Most of | | | | usually intended for collectors. The 1:24 is the most |
| these toys are usually collectible toys like for example | | | | common scale for the models intended for children |
| the very famous Mach 5 from the Speed racer | | | | for playing. Also pretty popular are the 1:64 scaled |
| animated series. Nowadays most of the real means | | | | toys though these are not intended for small children |
| of transportations as well as some fictional ones are | | | | because of the tiny pieces that they are made from. |
| made through this method. | | | | Famous cars like the cars from Need for Speed or |
| The good thing about the diecast toys is that they | | | | the animated movie Cars or the animated series |
| can be identical with the real size original. They can | | | | Speed Racer - Mach 5 are usually available in most of |
| have all kind of features to describe the real thing. | | | | the existing scales. Of course the price varies from a |
| These kinds of toys became popular as collectibles | | | | scale to another. Also if a toy was produced in a |
| during the 50s when the detail and quality of the | | | | limited edition its price is going to rise over the |
| toys rose. In the beginning the most popular diecast | | | | advertised price especially amongst collectors. |
| toys were the Matchbox series and the Hot Wheels | | | | You find pretty much any car you can think of at a |
| series. In fact Matchbox was so successful that | | | | smaller scale than the real one. All the car producers |
| when people referred to a toy as a Matchbox toy | | | | have their old and new models scaled down. Also |
| they meant any toy made of plastic and Zamak. | | | | military vehicles are more and more popular both as |
| Since these toys are exact copies of the real thing | | | | toys and as collectibles. You can even get cars and |
| at a smaller scale a lot of companies realized that by | | | | other vehicles at the 1:87 scale so that you can have |
| reproducing a vehicle or piece of equipment at a | | | | them as a key chain. If you like these kinds of toys |
| smaller scale, as a toy, could mean good advertising | | | | you have to be careful not to become dependent. |
| for them. Thus nowadays you can find different | | | | This hobby can be a very expensive one and you |
| airline plains at different scales, cars, trucks, | | | | might need a lot of space for your cars and such. |
| helicopters, buses and even construction equipment | | | | There are several websites apart from the toy |
| and agricultural machinery. | | | | stores that sell different models and scales of cars. |
| All the car producers have their models reduced at | | | | Collectors’ sites offer information and photos of |
| different scales. This 100% reproduction at a smaller | | | | their collections and most of the times the models |
| scale became a very successful part of the toy | | | | they buy are still in the original packaging. |