352 ED STRAKER’S CAR
A possible new red metal variant of the 352 Ed Straker’s Car has been identified.
358 USS Enterprise
A new variant of the 358 USS Enterprise has come to light. This has red detailing for engine nacelles and forward radar as well as the shuttle.
7th June 2023
10th February 2023
(1) Uploaded a new video about the 353 Shado Interceptor
(2) New prototype of 267 Paramedic truck
(3) New Starchaser image in Space Prototypes area
(4) 358 USS Enterprise, new red shuttle variant
5th July 2022
An update to an update – see 14th January. New information about this model has come to light. Please go the Angel Interceptor page
14th January 2022
A very exciting update for the New Year. A Captain Scarlet Angel Interceptor prototype has come to light. It was once owned by John King who has provided full details and pictures here
29th October 2021
New ‘The Enchanted House’ TV grabs for 350 Tiny’s Mini Moke
Factory drawing for the original Investigator boat (674 Coastguard Amphibious Missile Launch)
Shuttle bay doors clips variations for 358 USS Enterprise
‘Emergency’ TV series additional pics of John Gay Code 2 Bedford 412
4th June 2021
A new variant of the 105 Maximum Security Vehicle all cardboard box had the radio active isotopes text replaced with imitation ‘isotopes’
31st March 2021
Another version of the 2 large wheels and 4 small wheels 353 Shado 2. This has olive green wheels, the known version had dark green wheels.
24th February 2021
A new Blue Shado 2 variant has been found after a pre-production technical drawing surfaced on eBay. More details are available here on the 353 Shado 2 page.
16th February 2021
A new green engined variant added to the 674 Coastguard Amphibious Missile Launch.
8th January 2021
Happy New Year! And hoping it will be lot better than 2020.
353 Shado 2 white base for bubble box added as well as different letters seen on driver’s canopy markings.
14 December 2020
Images of white shuttle for the 358 USS Enterprise which is normally orange have been sent in. See more info HERE. If anyone has one of these or who can shed more light on this variant please email the site.
2nd December 2020
The owner of a solid silver Fab 100, presented to Gerry Anderson by Dinky, has kindly send in some photos of this very rare model. See HERE for more details.
4th November 2020
New prototype for 120 Happy Cab added.
2nd September 2020
Martin Rogers has provided some excellent images of the original Captain Scarlet SPV, SPC and MSV props that were scanned from small postcard-sized images on thick card and were possibly originally from Century 21.
More pics can be seen by clicking these links: 103 SPC, 104 SPV, 105 MSV.
Also added:
White bubble box base for the 360 Eagle Freighter,
French and Belgian instruction leaflets for 100 FAB1
Trade box for 361 Galactic War Chariots
6th August 2020
Some examples of CODE 3 builds of the Shado 2 Control can be seen here
2nd July 2020
A new version, possibly a prototype or maybe a one-off special of the 353 Shado 2 Mobile has come to light. This version has a radar dish instead of the rocket. Both share the same base and this version can also flip round into the body and be angled like the rocket. More details on the 353 Shado 2 page.
2nd March 2020
A couple more images of the all plastic version of 106 Thunderbird 2. This version was never released commercially but was part of a trial run of various all-plastic models that Dinky manufactured as a way of looking to reduce manufacturing costs. Red and yellow legged variants were trialled. Later production versions of the 106 Thunderbird 2 did have plastic bases, initially in black and then white.
29th November 2019:
Thanks to ‘gameovercat’ for advising that there is in fact a variant for the 357 Klingon Battle Cruiser. The first models had a more pointed rear wing tip with plain detailing on the white plastic underneath rear edging. Later models had a more rounded edge, probably for safety reasons, as the sharp point would have been hazardous on a toy and even more so if the plastic underneath was chipped away. The moulding underneath was also modified to enable a better fit and on the bevelled edge additional detail was added.
7th October 2019:
A new variant of the 108 Sam’s car gold version. This has black detailing.
25th September 2019:
100 FAB 1 additional pictures of box types and fluorescent version.
24th September 2019:
Matthew T a regular expert contributor to this site has unearthed an interesting variation to the 104 Spectrum Patrol Vehicle. The body colour is a darker shade of blue than usual and has no white highlighting of the top air intake.
The other paint colour differences of this new variation are silver air intakes, normally unpainted and no painted front lights, red on the usual variant.
5th September 2019:
See NEWS page for 101 Thunderbird 2, new matt green version
A new variant of the 107 Stripey the Magic Mini has been identified by regular contributor, Martin. This version has spun wheels rather than the more common cast wheels for this model.
8th August 2019 and updated again 9th August 2019:
See NEWS page for new version and a variant of 102 Joe 90’s car page or go directly there via this link.
23rd April 2019:
A regular contributor, Martin, has pointed out that on the first version of the 359 Eagle Transporter, the version with the yellow side thrusters, the base colour of the plastic underneath the chrome rear thrusters and the underneath/pod thrusters could be yellow or red.
26th March 2019:
Updated information about the different variants of the first version of 102 Joe’s Car including the rear fin rod covering which identifies the first version of the model. Thanks to Gary Cooper for this.
25th March 2019:
Shane Mace has pointed out that the rear of the 353 SHADO 2 model changed early on in the production run. Initially they has six holes on each of the vertical struts but these went and were replaced by a smooth and slightly thicker and longer base version. Internally two new braces were added so it looks like this was for strengthening purposes.
18th March 2019:
More photos of a rare 108 Sam’s Car have been added. This is in fluorescent orange and was for export only.
14th March 2019:
103 Spectrum Patrol Car: There is an ongoing debate about whether there were definitive different red paint shades or whether these differences were due to a combination of the usual paint colour tolerances and/or sunlight or similar exposure. One ‘bright’ red version was definitively discounted due to it being photographic colour reproduction issue. Perhaps someone could provide pictures of different versions photographed together on a white or other neutral background.
Additional images of different versions added and also painted or unpainted rear lights variants
11th March 2019:
At the very end of Dinky Toys existence a few new space toys found their way into the last of the released 1980 catalogues. One was a new line of pocket sized space toys called Star Chasers and although prototypes and images have been seen it is generally considered that they were not commercially released. I have just acquired one on eBay that appears to be a production release, possibly a salesmen’s sample. Are there any more out there?
5th March 2019:
351 UFO Interceptor: Additional information about the featured pre-production / prototype model sold at Christies.
104 Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle: New blue/white missile image added and new bubble box variation added.
361 War Chariots: Tweaks and error corrections to text.
367 Space Battle Cruiser: Additional info noting the prototype version’s lack of wing tips.
25th February 2019:
361 Missile Firing War Chariot: The mystery of the spacemen with lugs on their feet has been solved. The spaceman came with the final version of the 361 chariot series and was probably packaged in Italy, where the last versions were made. They usually were fitted with red spacemen, previously used with the 367 Space Battle Cruiser or racing drivers from the 226 Ferrari racing car.
Some however had spacemen with lugs on their feet and were obviously not Dinky figures.
An eagle eyed reader, Adrian Smith, has identified them as figures from the Tente company, who were based in Spain and made building bricks and sets similar to Lego. The range was very popular across Europe and it seems that during the production run of the Missile Firing War Chariot, the assemblers ran out of spacemen. Perhaps a quick call to the sales people at Tente managed to solve the problem.
15th February 2019:
108 Sam’s Car, a new variant which is missing the red detailing has been submitted. Thank you to Patrick Collins
358 USS Enterprise, the first version and probably during 1976 only, had decals on the main engines. These were replaced by paper stickers for the rest of the production run. Thank you to David Penn.
Finally, Jacques du Jardin has suggested that the 602 below which is sporting a stiff aerial would have been contravening British Safety standards for children’s toys in place at the time, and so is probably a code 3.
27th November 2018:
602 Armoured Command Car, This is a version with an unusual aerial. Purchased from a reputable auction house, this came taped to the bottom of the vehicle and is a perfect fit for the hole. Are there any more out there?
Also recently unearthed was a 352 Ed Straker’s Car provided in a tall carded bubble box. This was sold by Astons Auctions in 2014.
22nd November 2018:
Gary Cooper, a UK collector, has provided images of his all green 353 SHADO 2.
Additional pictures have been added of the cream interior for this model and some minor text edits as well.
22nd October 2018:
I’ve been advised By Mike Piggott that the Corgi version of the 803 Enterprise and 804 Klingon ship were bespoke and did not use the Dinky dies and molds. The entry has been updated.
15th October 2018:
The cream interior version has been spotted, with a white interior as a comparison. Thank you, Matthew.
Any other interiors out there? Please advise!
10th October 2018:
- Added silver chrome version of this model
10th October 2018:
- Additional image of recently acquired 361 with red/black missile
9th October 2018:
- New version of white base version with yellow legs added
- Update to blue model colour explanation
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