Timpo Explained

Timpo Toys Ltd. was a British toy company created in 1938 by Salomon^[1] "Sally" Gawrylovitz (born in Frankfurt 1907, died September 28, 2000, in Zug, Switzerland), also known as Ally Gee.^{[2] [3]}

History

A Jewish refugee from Germany, Gawrylovitz started as Toy Importers Company known as TIMPO in 1938. The company manufactured various toys out of wood, bakelite and composition until the end of World War II.^[4]

Following the war, Timpo made hollowcast metal toy soldiers; with soldiers manufactured in plastic from 1954.

The firm ceased operations in 1978.

Timpo Toys series

The assortment of Timpo Toys consisted of several figurine series, with the American frontier series and the Knight series forming the core of the product range. Since Timpo further developed the series in the course of production, some series could be divided into generations (e.g. there are four generations within the Cowboy series).

Overview of the series:

• American frontier series
  • Cowboy series^[5]
  • Native Americans and Apache series^[6]
  • Union Army series^[7]
  • Confederate States Army series^[8]
  • Mexican series^[9]
• Knight series^[10]
  • Crusader series
  • Medieval Knights series
  • Vizor Knights series
  • Gold Knights series
  • Silver Knights series
  • Black Knights series
• Other series
  • Romans series^[11]
  • Vikings series^[12]
  • Arabs series^[13]
  • French Foreign Legions series
  • American Revolutionary War series^[14]
  • Inuit series^[15]
  • World War II series^[16]
  • Farm series^[17]
  • Guard series^[18]

Picture gallery

The following pictures show examples of Timpo plastic figures.

References

Bibliography

• Book: Brown, Kenneth Douglas . The British Toy Business: A History since 1700 . Hambledon & London . 2003 . 1-85285-136-8 .

Further reading

• Plastic Warrior Special - Timpo, Plastic Warrior magazine (accessed 2019-02-04)
• Book: Maughan, Michael . The A to Z of TIMPO . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform . 2015 . 126 . 9781514315040 .

Notes and References

1. Große Jungs und kleine Männchen: Wie ich die Kult-Cowboys meiner Kindheit wiederentdeckte. stern. 2018-07-13. 2019-03-07. de.
2. Web site: The History of Timpo Toys . Timpo Artist website . 7 November 2010.
3. Book: Mike Forbes . Ralston, Andrew G. . Plastic Toy Cars of the 1950s & 1960s: The Collector's Guide . Veloce . 2008 . 10 . 978-1-84584-125-6 .
4. p. 257 Mitchell, K. Warren Timpo in Richard O'Brien's Collecting Foreign Made Toy Soldiers 1997 Krause Publications
5. Web site: Timpo Artist - Cowboys. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
6. Web site: Timpo Artist – Indianer. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
7. Web site: Timpo Artist – Nordstaaten. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
8. Web site: Timpo Artist - Südstaaten. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
9. Web site: Timpo Artist – Mexikaner. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
10. Web site: Timpo Artist – Ritter. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
11. Web site: Timpo Artist – Römer. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
12. Web site: Timpo Artist – Wikinger. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
13. Web site: Timpo Serie – Araber und Fremdenleginäre. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
14. Web site: Timpo Serie - Amerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
15. Web site: Timpo Serie – Eskimos. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
16. Web site: Timpo Serie – 2. Weltkrieg. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
17. Web site: Timpo Serie – Farmserie. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.
18. Web site: Timpo Serie – Gardesoldaten. Timpo Artist. de. 2019-06-22.