This one is fun....





The May Cheong Group includes models sold originally as M.C. Toy, which became Maisto. The May Cheong Group currently owns control of Bburago, Polistil and Muscle Machines, and licensed (from Hasbro) Tonka issues, and frequently contracts for other makers such as Edocar and Grell as demonstrated in these images. Maisto models have populated house brands for Wal*Mart (Kid Connection) and Walgreens (Speed Wheels). I am sure there are other global connections I'm not aware of.
The Maisto casting catalogue isn't very large compared to Matchbox or Hot Wheels, and paint / decoration seem to stay the same for years of issues - though minor variants are pretty frequent. Sometimes new paint schemes will be issued under one of the contract production runs such as the carded Grell shown here. The Trabant itself hasn't been covered by many makers in 1/64, the only others I am aware of are High Speed - also sold as Grell and I speculate the reason this model was created after High Speed closed shop.
The May Cheong Group includes models sold originally as M.C. Toy, which became Maisto. The May Cheong Group currently owns control of Bburago, Polistil and Muscle Machines, and licensed (from Hasbro) Tonka issues, and frequently contracts for other makers such as Edocar and Grell as demonstrated in these images. Maisto models have populated house brands for Wal*Mart (Kid Connection) and Walgreens (Speed Wheels). I am sure there are other global connections I'm not aware of.
The Maisto casting catalogue isn't very large compared to Matchbox or Hot Wheels, and paint / decoration seem to stay the same for years of issues - though minor variants are pretty frequent. Sometimes new paint schemes will be issued under one of the contract production runs such as the carded Grell shown here. The Trabant itself hasn't been covered by many makers in 1/64, the only others I am aware of are High Speed - also sold as Grell and I speculate the reason this model was created after High Speed closed shop.
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