Benbros Explained

Benbros (London) Ltd was a British toy company in existence from the late 1940s^[1] to 1965.^[2]

The company was founded by two brothers, Jack and Nathan Benenson,^[1] the name, a contraction of "Benenson Brothers", was adopted in 1951^[1] and the company was based at 145, Gosport Road, Walthamstow.^[3]

Benbros produced:

• Die cast metal model cars and farm machinery under the names of "Qualitoys" and "T.V. Series" that came packed in a box that looked like a television set that were later retitled "Mighty Midgets".
• "Zebra Toys" that came in black and white striped boxes that were better quality models.^[4]
• Hollow cast metal Robin Hood, cowboy and Indian figures^[5] and toy soldiers.

Timpo Toys sold several of their moulds to Benbros, which can lead to collectors to having difficulty identifying which company made some figures.^[6]

References

Footnotes

Sources

• Joplin, Norman The Great Book of British Hollow Cast Figures 2000 New Cavendish Books
• Newson, Robert Benbros T.V. Series and Mighty Midgets 2002 R. Newson

Notes and References

1. Book: Ramsey, John. British Diecast Model Toys Catalogue. Swapmeet Publications. 1995. 21. 0950931993.
2. Web site: Benbros Ltd. fabtintoys. 5 March 2018.
3. Web site: Benbros . 21 October 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081024171034/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.jones7317/public_html/3index/benbros.htm . 24 October 2008 .
4. Web site: Model Collector Magazine . 21 October 2008 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071101094410/http://www.modelcollector.co.uk/content/a_z/z.htm . 1 November 2007 .
5. Web site: Betal benbros BMC . 21 October 2008 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080821042326/http://www.knightsofavalon.com/beta_benbros_bmcl-wild-west.htm . 21 August 2008 .
6. Web site: Model Collector Magazine . 21 October 2008 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081005183648/http://www.modelcollector.co.uk/content/a_z/t.htm . 5 October 2008 .