Matchbox (toy)

A toy car or toy car is a an automobile similar to sighted object which is used mainly as a children's toy use in most cases.

History

As in 1885, Karl Benz invented the car, developed very soon also the first toy car. But long before children received the rolling movement in games and with accessory after. Wooden wagons, carriages and wagons later presented the precursors of toy cars dar. While in the toy cars wood was the preferred material (similar to the rocking horse ) first came with industrialization, more and more the tin toys in fashion.

Small models

After the first World War, a great demand for mechanically moving, mostly beruhendem on a tense spring toys, including cars and trains came in many sizes and shapes. Märklin and Schuco were well-known manufacturers for the German-speaking countries. Produced even in the 1950s Schuco wind-up children holding large car models who could move on fine wires, similar to the electric locomotives on rails, in self-designed cars and represented a cost-effective alternative to that expensive model train hobby.

From the 1960s, when the automobile density increased in Europe, found in the toy sector, more and more race cars, model cars, for example, Matchbox and even later, with the invention of the remote control and remote-controlled toy cars more and more sales. Even action games such as car Darda -Bahn or Hot Wheels - series are becoming increasingly common in the children's rooms.

Pedal, seat, roll and slip models

Toy cars for placing therein were already on the 1900s - turn of the century and were given according to their manufacturing principle the name soapbox. From 1904 races were thus discharged even in Germany Oberursel. Later the company introduced Kettler was named after her and the bicycle drive modeled Kettcar ago. The Bobby Car is designed to facilitate the learning of young children running and has been produced since 1972. Today you meet on playgrounds also battery-powered electric cars, but like all toy models, as well as the electric scooters are not approved for road traffic.