Metal Toys & Automata.
By DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6732)
United Kingdom
May 19, 2020 5:11am CST
I have always been interested in old things , and funnily enough, as I get older I seem to have developed and interest in old toys. This book gives the reader information on old and antique metal toys like cars, boats trains etc. It also has some lovely photos and information on automata.
Automata is the name given to things like clockwork toys , dancing figures etc. These toys were made before the time when children`s toys required batteries to make them work. They just had to be wound up with a key and off they went.
Of course this was okay until the key got lost.
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@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
19 May 20
I also like old toys that to made with wood..
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@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
20 May 20
Old wooden toys were lovely, and they lasted for years.
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@Miss_Leafy (4296)
• Colombia
19 May 20
That's interesting. My toys when I was a kid were all made of plastic or fabric.
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@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
19 May 20
I think most toy makers stopped using metal sometime around the 1950s or 1960s, a long time before you were born.
@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
19 May 20
I love seeing old toys. They have good quality 
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@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
19 May 20
They were built to last and that is why they are still in working order today. These toys were made from metal which is not easily broken.
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@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
20 May 20
They were fun and easy to use, unless you overwound them.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
19 May 20
Vintage toys are often valuable.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
19 May 20
Yes...I remember those toys but sadly they are hardly available now.
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@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
20 May 20
It is a shame they cannot be made these days , but I don`t think some of them would meet modern health and safety requirements.
