Sixty years ago, on 9 July 1956, seven cars, three vans and two lorries appeared on the shelves of toys shops in Britain. These were the first Corgi Toys, 'the ones with windows' as they were promoted and the collections of thousands of young children began.
To mark this anniversary I shall feature each release, in order, so we can relive the range's development over the first year or two. The photographs will be of models in my own collection wherever possible. I won't feature every variation or I would never finish in some months! I am pretty sure these were the colours first available for the cars - the two-tone finishes came a few years later.
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| 200M Ford Consul |
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| 200 Ford Consul |
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| 200M Ford Consul |
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| 201M Austin Cambridge |
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| 201 austin Cambridge |
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| 202M Morris Cowley |
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| 202 Morris Cowley |
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| 203 Vauxhall Velox |
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| 203M Vauxhall Velox |
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| 205M Rover 90 |
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| 205 Rover 90 |
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| 206 Riley Pathfinder |
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| 206M Riley Pathfinder |
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| 207 Hillman Husky |
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| 207M Hillman Huxky |
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| 207M Hillman Husky |
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| 300 Austin Healey |
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| 300 Austin Healey |
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| 301 Triumph TR2 |
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| 301 Triumph TR2 |
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| 403 Bedford CA Van |
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| 403M Bedford CA Van |
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| 404M Bedford CA Dormobile |
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| 404 Bedford Dormobile |
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| 405 Bedford CA Fire Tender |
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| 405M Bedford Fire Tender |
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| 452 Commer 5T Dropside Lorry |
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| Commer 5T Refrigerated Van |
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