The yellow Tonka Truck. Instantly recognizable ... he was able to bring this vintage toy back to the present. The first step was to disassemble the truck. Before they switched over to Chinese ...

My Little Pony, Littlest Pet Shop, and Pound Puppies. Funrise also owns the Nylint name, and that license gave it access to the lights-and-sounds technology that it applied to Tonka trucks.

Using 20-gauge automotive steel for the first toys, “after (the Second World War), steel was widely available and cheap,” noted Thiede, “and Tonka took advantage of this surplus.” The first tires were ...