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Looking for Tin toys online? At Uncle Al’s vintage toy shop, you’ll find a huge collection of the best Tin Toys & Tin Toy Parts to repair them.

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  • The Buffalo Toys Hy-Lo Ferris Wheel was the very first Ferris Wheel toy known to be produced in the United States. The toy was produced from the mid to late 1920's. The toy was created to resemble The Great Ferris Wheel, built for the 1893 World Fair. The toy has six revolving carriages, and each car is shown with eight people in the standing position, which was how passengers were carried in the Great Ferris Wheel. The toy is all tin and utilizes a spring and twisted metal rod propulsion system. As the twisted rod is pulled straight up through the trap doors, tension from the spring pulls the rod back down into the tower, turning the two-inch gear and spinning the wheel. Buffalo Toys used this mechanism in several of their other toy offerings. This Ferris Wheel has been in my personal collection for several years and is in very fine condition for a 100-year-old toy!
  • 1956 Vintage Bandai 579 Messerschmitt KR200 Bubble Top Tin Toy Friction Car, in very nice, played with condition. The friction drive works well, and the top can be opened to view the interior.
  • Cragstan Firebird Speedway Racer

    $316.25 IL Sales Tax 8%
    This is a Cragstan Firebird Speedway Racer friction powered tin toy with RC airplane tires.
  • Cragstan Great Astronaut Robot

    $1,719.25 IL Sales Tax 8%
    Beautiful, Cragstan Great Astronaut robot toy in excellent, original condition. Great Astronaut is very similar to the Alps Television Space Man Robot, featuring a rotating space scene in his chest, with swaying arms as he walks. He operates on 2 'D' cell batteries in his back oxygen tanks. This is a must have 'holy grail' robot for true vintage robot and space toy collectors.
  • Custom Robot Super Cycle

    $862.50 IL Sales Tax 8%

    This is a brand new custom toy manufactured by Uncle Al's Toys and is called Robot Super Cycle. Color stylings are reminiscent of the vintage tin Bandai Super Cycle. Robot Super Cycle features a die cast metal cycle with rubber tires and a tin, seated robot. The cycle and robot are hand embellished with lacquer paints, colored rhinestones and a real, working compass! Each unit is unique and serialized by Uncle Al. Toy measures approximately 7" x 4" x 2.25 ". The Uncle Al version is a special order item and requires a 4 week delivery time. 

  • Vintage Handmade Bronze Wiking Ship by Edward Aagaard for Copenhagen Iron Art. This listing is for a patinated bronze Viking Ship made by Edward Aagaard for Iron Art in Copenhagen, Denmark. Beautifully crafted and detailed model with a dragon head on the bow and its tail on the stern. Fourteen individual shields are attached to each side of the boat using ropes made of metal wire. The mast and bench seat are made of wood and the sail is made of copper with a depiction of a bird in the center of the sail. The boat is intact and complete. It is stamped Iron Art Copenhagen on the rudder.  Measures approximately 16 inches long and 13.5 inches tall. Wooden boat stand included.
  • Vintage Handmade Bronze Wiking Ship by Edward Aagaard for Copenhagen Iron Art. This listing is for a patinated bronze Viking Ship made by Edward Aagaard for Iron Art in Copenhagen, Denmark. Beautifully crafted and detailed model with a dragon head on the bow and its tail on the stern. Shields are molded into each side of the boat and are not removable. The mast and bench seat are made of wood and the sail is made of copper with a depiction of a bird in the center of the sail. The boat is intact and complete. It is stamped Iron Art Copenhagen on the rudder.  Measures approximately 16 inches long and 13.5 inches tall. Wooden boat stand included.
  • A very nice Jenny the Balky Mule tin litho windup toy with built-in key by the Ferdinand Strauss Corporation. Circa late 1920's, the toy is wound with a key located on the underside of the cart.  Wind the key and watch the wheels turn, the mule balk and the farmer rock back and forth.
  • A 1960's Marx Colonel Hap Hazard battery operated robot in excellent working condition. The Colonel is sporting new replacement oxygen tanks, a new antenna ring and insulator and a replacement antenna from an unknown source. Hap walks with correct arm movement and spinning, flashing antenna. Haps arms can be positioned as desired. This toy has been thoroughly cleaned and restored to top condition by my professional restoration business, with the exception of minor paint chips, scratches and blemishes. Black boots have minor touch ups as well as other black features on the toy.
  • Marx Roy Rogers Double R Bar Ranch Tin Litho Bunk House, for the Marx Ranch playset. The house is in excellent condition with no fade to the lithography.
  • This RARE, Wuco Racer comes from the private collection of a dear friend who has been collecting toy cars for over 50 years. This is a nearly flawless, RARE race car and is 100% all original. The friction motor  mechanism is strong and smooth. It is huge at 20" in length and 7" high to the top of the driver's helmet. This is the last known use of the Yonezawa Champion's Racer stamping dies from the 1960's. Prior to this offering by Wuco, the dies were used by Gem of France, who created and sold the #42 Super Racer. As I have owned and sold all versions of this large toy, this particular example is one of the finest I've ever seen. Zero disappointments and an absolute 'must have' for the serious Indy car collector. Additional photos will be provided to interested buyers. Please feel free to ask. Due to the nature of this item, interested buyers need to contact me for purchase. Payment may be made by cash, good personal check, money order / cashier’s check or bank wire transfer ONLY. Arrangements can be made for personal pick up or professional packaging and shipping. The price for this toy is $15000.00 or you are welcome to negotiate an offer.
  • Shooting Cowboy in a Barrel is a rare, battery-operated, wired remote-controlled tinplate toy made by Swallow Toys, Japan. Features 3 actions: the barrel moves forward; the cowboy raises up and shoots the guns that also light up. Then, he drops back into the barrel and moves a little closer to his target! This is a next to impossible to find, rare cowboy battery operated toy that becomes a hallmark piece for serious collectors!

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