Tonka Trucks were much bigger replicas of contemporary vehicles that put you in the driver's seat long before a license was ...

Tonka toys are displayed at the Toy Fair, in New York's Javits Center, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) NEW YORK (AP) — As toy inventors, toy manufacturers and buyers for stores ...

Using 20-gauge automotive steel for the first toys, “after (the Second World War), steel was widely available and cheap,” noted Thiede, “and Tonka took advantage of this surplus.” The first tires were ...