Midgetoy Die Cast Sport Cars 

1960's Corvettes & Cooper Fords

Dime Store Counter Top Display Box of 36

This extraordinary Midgetoy Dime Store Display Set has 36 distinctive sports cars from the 1960's. All are die cast metal, and have hard rubber wheels. They are 2 inches long. There are at least a dozen Corvettes and many Cooper Fords. There is a good color variety.

Sport Cars were an anomaly of the 1960's and the toy industry was no exception. These distinguished cars were made with exceptional details. The Vette has an open engine with highly detailed components. Check out the side headers! The Coopers have a rear open engine with all 8 cylinder exhaust pipes straddling the motor. These car sets have been sitting in the toy factory warehouse for over a half of a century! Some have minor paint flecks, a few have surface rust on the axles. Other than that, they are in great shape.

This set of vintage sport cars come in the original "Point of Sale" counter-top store display box. The box is the style that you fold the top marquis out and back, and it makes a nice display / sales unit. The sides of the box say, 3 Dozen ~ Midgetoy ~ 36 Toys ~ A & E Tool and Gage Co., Rockford, ILL. The box is red, white and blue. It looks very attractive on a shelf. The car colors vary slightly from box to box, but there are Corvettes and Cooper Fords in various colors. The photo is of a typical box. The brighter colors like pink & orange had a little overspray onto the wheels. It is an original Midgetoy characteristic. When I pointed it out, Al Herdklotz told me, "We Make Toys for Kids on the Other Side of the Tracks, the kids wear it off the first day they have it. It wipes off with paint thinner and a rag." They sold Die Cast cars for less than everyone else. They had the most durable Die Cast toy vehicles made.

The display marquis reads Midgetoy ~ No Sharp Edges, Beautifully Finished, Break Resistant, Die Cast Construction, Ideal size, Built for Hard Play. It also proclaims, Step on it! It won't Break and Wheels Won't Mar or Scratch! The box is 7 ½ inches long, 5 inches wide and 2 inches thick, it has "Egg Crate" style cardboard separators that keep the cars from banging against each other and getting scratched. It is bedecked with the Midgetoy elves, and it says, 5¢ in a price circle with an elf on it.

No zip code, no bar code. The interior of the box has cardboard Egg Crate style separators with 36 pockets, each containing a Midgetoy Sport Car. It also comes with a certificate of authenticity from Midgetoy owners and creators, Al & Earl Herdklotz.

It’s heavy, 2 Lbs. shipping weight. Buyer pays actual priority mailing depending on Zip code.

Notice :

This item is a genuine vintage toy from an era when there were no safety standards. It probably contains, or is, a choking hazard, and probably includes other features that are not suitable for children to play with. It is not being sold as a toy for a child to play with, but as a genuine vintage collectable item for adults.

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