These tinplate (te collectors clockwork toys do not comply with current Toy Safety requirements, and we have always had to observe many procedures to ensure that they were sold to and for adult toy collectors only.

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These tinplate (or tin plate)late)plate collectors clockwork toys do not comply with current Toy Safety requirements, and we have always had to observe many procedures to ensure that they were sold to and for adult toy collectors only.

 The following pages shows a collection of some of the best sellers from our range of ' tinplate (or tin plate)plate (or tinplate (or tin plate) plate)plate Clockwork Toys for Collectors'

Nowadays more clockwork tinplate (or tin plate)plate (or tinplate (or tin plate) plate) toys are made in China than anywhere else. Very few, if any, are original concepts, and many are indisputable copies of European or Japanese originals. They are still comparatively cheap, although prices are now beginning to rise. Some of the early ones are not particularly well finished. This doesn't detract from their collectability, in fact is part of their charm: we mention it only to warn those who would find the occasional scratch or paint blemish unacceptable. Certainly Chinese toys should not be overlooked: some of their movements are extraordinarily ingenious.

These tinplate (or tin plate)plate (or tinplate (or tin plate) plate)plate collectors clockwork toys do not comply with current Toy Safety requirements, and we have always had to observe many procedures to ensure that they were sold to and for adult toy collectors only.

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Josef Wagner operates in a village near Nuremberg, the original clockwork toy-making centre of Europe. It's a real family business: two generations, both living on the premises. From outside it looks like the smithy, and perhaps was. Inside, improbable machines clank and whirr. One cannot believe that anything complies with current regulations concerning Health and Safety, but the staff seem happy enough, with all their limbs in place, as does the cat. "All is how it was," says Herr Wagner, and we believe him.

These tinplate (or tin plate)plate (or tinplate (or tin plate) plate)plate collectors clockwork toys do not comply with current Toy Safety requirements, and we have always had to observe many procedures to ensure that they were sold to and for adult toy collectors only.

 The following pages shows a collection of some of the best sellers from our range of ' tinplate (or tin plate)plate (or tinplate (or tin plate) plate)plate Clockwork Toys for Collectors'

Dirty and smelly with sharp edges! What more could you ask of a tinplate (or tin plate)plate (or tinplate (or tin plate) plate) toy? An Indian company has recently started producing small quantities of unusually designed, oil-burning pop-pop boats. The workmanship is not the world's best, and there are many small scratches and flaws in the prin tinplate (or tin plate)plate (or tinplate (or tin plate) plate)g. But they are packaged in nicely-dated if not very sturdy packaging, and include a pipet for injec tinplate (or tin plate)plate (or tinplate (or tin plate) plate)g water into the pipes, oil tray, wicks, and they have an adjustable rudder. None of the other pop-pop boats we have found over the years have been comparable, in size or design, and these boats are already 'making waves' in the world- tinplate (or tin plate)plate (or tinplate (or tin plate) plate)-toy collectors' market.

These tinplate (or tin plate)plate (or tinplate (or tin plate) plate)plate collectors clockwork toys do not comply with current Toy Safety requirements, and we have always had to observe many procedures to ensure that they were sold to and for adult toy collectors only.

 The following pages shows a collection of some of the best sellers from our range of ' tinplate (or tin plate)plate (or tinplate (or tin plate) plate)plate Clockwork Toys for Collectors'