Obscure Brands #3 

I growing up with VW-Kabriolets........love this stuff. My Dad still has a 1953er Convertible....... Have al lot of this Italy Polytoys Beetle when I was a kid........I had this in blue, black and yellow. Honestly, i forgotten the brand......now I know again 🙂 Very nice throwback ....memories comming back. Thanks a lot !!!

I've heard of Polistil, but rarely see them. It's always exciting to discover new brands. Thanks T. 👨‍🚒👍

So many I’ve never seen before. Very interesting, Tyrone. Polistil makes my kind of cars!

Tyrone, I personally owned one of those Polistil Beetles as a child.... What a memory rabbit hole seeing that model sent me down! Great job as always! Had that Honda as well! I shouldn't comment while watching the vids!

I'm a proud owner of two Lego vehicles. My onkel gave me them in the 70s. He played with them in the 50s-60s. Now they are wery expensive.

Polistil is the second brand I got this summer to add to my manufacturers collection. It’s a Fiat 131 police car in really well taken care of shape. I like the company, they made a lot of nice castings of tons of cars. Thanks for sharing these

Moin 👋 Well... These are unusual brands. Okay, Lego is really world-famous, but car models like this are the exception rather than the rule. Judging by the whole appearance, I would put the Beetle in the early 70s. When I was a child, I saw something like that in the shop (as an addition to toy sets). Polistil is something completely different. Of course I know the models. They were very well known here in the 70s and a (low-cost) alternative to Bburago. The models were very nicely detailed and "survived" even playing in the sandbox 🙄🤣 The Beetle convertible (3:46) was a "star" of Polistil at the time. The interchangeable soft top got "lost" (very often) but.... Hey, we were boys. We "endured" the loss "like men"...😭🤣 (5:24) Corvette I'm not familiar with the manufacturer ad hoc, but the 1/85 scale is not that unusual. A popular scale for model railways is 1/87, so very similar. The company Wiking used to produce (plastic) models in 1/90, which were often used for model railways. Today Wiking makes die-cast models in different scales (since the company merged with Siku). (5:56) Buick Elettra If I'm not mistaken, Husky is the predecessor company of Corgi. The models had a bad reputation of not being very stable. (I can't confirm this. The few Huskys I had were just as sturdy as my MBs). (6:51) Corvette Errr... the manufacturer Roadmaster Flyers doesn't ring a bell with me now...🤔. But the Vette looks a lot like early MBs of the 60s. (7:12) Honda Z In the early 70s, these cars were often seen on the roads here. I'm sure they would have been even more popular with a bigger boot. It's interesting that you know the driving licence thing.😁 It's true that in the old days you didn't need a direct car licence here for such small cars. A licence for small motorbikes (called class 4) was enough. Unusual brands... JOU, you can say that 😁 A great show, T, definitely a thumbs up from me for that 👍🏼 Thanks a lot for sharing 🙏🏼 Happy Sunday to you, your missus and your sofa tigers. Stay safe and sound and keep up the good work, mate 😁 Greetings from the DCcoB at the lighthouse end of the Elbe River. 😎👍🏼🇦🇺✌🏼🇩🇪👍🏼🤠

Here in Italy every boy of '60s - '80s era know Polistil, and the slot-car tracks "Policar", a big hit at the times.

Hi Tyrone. I can help here, too! Huskys were made in Great Britain and were marketed almost exclusively at the FW Woolworth 5 and 10s here in the states. My mom got me one every time we went in there; they always had a lunch counter and were everywhere in the US. I'd open my new car while having a chocolate malt. Huskys were, I believe, in circulation from around the early 60s to around 1970 when they simply became Corgi Jr's. Alas, I only have one of my originals but when my mom passed I went on ebay and obtained nearly the whole range in her honor. I think originally they were 15 cents and later 25, a huge jump. Now, of course, they are much more, even in play wear condition which most seem to be. There were only around 30 or 35 in the range total, but i think most kids had a few Huskys in the US. LOL 😆 Anyway , as always, thanks for this video. You make me, and I am sure many others, happy with these things. You are a good man and what you do here matters, especially with the world in such a state. Thanks again. PS: my favorite Husky was the Guy Warrior coal truck from England. Check out Paul Restorer's channel from Poland. He has many of these obscure brands, including lone star, which he brings back to like new or better. You'd like it. Most are Matchbox. I sent die-cast loonie(Michael) there for a look and I think he likes it. Paul does great restorations and customizing, the best I've seen.

I also had a Volvo 240 from Polistil. It had opening 4 doors, hood and trunk.

Interesting to know that polistoy became polistil, thanks for sharing Tyrone

Never hear of this brand, thanks for sharing Tyrone

Some very interesting pieces there Tyrone I think the husky brand was something to do with corgi or at least the company that manufactured corgi interesting👍👍

Very cool mix of models there Tyrone..

So awesome model bro

Nice model cars, buddy 😉

these 1:87 scale Lego cars are from the 50's and they were included in some sets

after the Tuf Toft Lone star did the roadmaster super cars lineup which put your beloved matchbox of the same period to shame , they had multiple opening parts , jeweled lights and steering. Well you show one at 6:15