Defunct Toy Manufacturers - Lionel Corporation, Palisades Toys, Mego Corporation, Ives Manufacturing Company, Meccano Ltd (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Lionel Corporation, Palisades Toys, Mego Corporation, Ives Manufacturing Company, Meccano Ltd, Louis Marx and Company, LJN, Charles Martin Crandall, Jesse Armour Crandall, Lone Star Toys, Polistil, Ideal Toy Company, Larami, Popy, Entertech, Remco, Auburn Rubber Company, Aurora Plastics Corporation, A. C. Gilbert Company, Hafner Manufacturing Company, Frog, Nichols Industries, Inc., Takatoku Toys, Barclay Manufacturing Company, Marvin Glass and Associates, Lionel Kiddie City, Deluxe Reading, John Hill & Company, Doepke Toys, Rosso Corporation, Unique Art, Trendmasters, Azrak-Hamway, Porter Chemical Company, Chieftain Products, Crescent Toys, Eldon, Canada Games Company, Dorfan, Benbros, Clover, Manoil Manufacturing Co., Skybirds, Yaboom Toys, Fandor, Waco. Excerpt: Lionel Corporation was an American toy manufacturer and retailer that did business from 1900 to 1993. Founded as an electrical novelties company, Lionel specialized in various products throughout its existence, but toy trains and model railroads were its main claim to fame. Lionel trains, produced from 1901 to 1969, drew admiration from model railroaders around the world for the solidity of their construction and the authenticity of their detail. During its peak years, in the 1950s, the company sold $25 million worth of trains per year. In 2006, Lionel's electric train, along with the Easy Bake Oven, became the first two electric toys to be inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. They ran a television advertisement in the mid 1980's with a very well known and remembered theme "Lionel Kiddy City, turn that frown upside-down." Lionel remains the most enduring brand name associated with model trains in the United States, its products prized by collectors. Lionel, LLC now owns all of the trademarks and most of the product rights associated with Lionel Co...