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716 makers

DentUnited States · since 1894Dent Hardware Company was an American maker of refrigerator and cold-storage hardware that also produced cast-iron…

DesseinFrance · since 1963Dessein was a French toy marque owned by Georges Potier. Dating from 1878, it was combined…

DiapetJapan · since 1965Diapet is a Japanese brand of miniature vehicles introduced by Yonezawa Toys in 1965. Its first…

DietzelGerman Democratic Republic (GDR), Germany · since 1927Dietzel was a model railway maker based in Leipzig, East Germany. Its products included H0-scale goods…

Dinky ToysFrance, United States · since 1934Dinky Toys was a range of miniature vehicles made by Meccano Ltd in Britain and France.…

Dinky Toys (Hongkong)China · since 1934Dinky Toys was a British toy brand whose die-cast vehicles were also made in Hong Kong.…

Distlersince 1895Distler was a Nuremberg maker of tinplate toys and mechanical models. Its early products included inexpensive…

DitmarDitmar was an Austrian toy brand used by Austria Email for mechanical and electric toys made…

Ditmarsince 1948Ditmar was an Austrian toy brand whose postwar range included tinplate 0 gauge model railways. Made…

Dittmarsince 1952Ditmar was a model railway brand used by Austria Email in postwar Austria. From 1948 to…

DJH Model LocoUnited Kingdom · since 1983DJH is a British maker of metal model locomotive kits, with production documented from 1974. Its…

DollUnited States · since 1923The Alexander Doll Company, later known as the Madame Alexander Doll Company, is an American maker…

Doll & CieGermany · since 1898Doll & Cie. was a Nuremberg toy maker founded in 1898 by Peter Doll and John…

DoMoUnited Kingdom · since 1946DoMo was an Italian toy maker based in Bologna. Founded in 1946, it specialized in motorized…

Dorfansince 1924Dorfan was an American toy company based in Newark, New Jersey, specializing in O-gauge and Wide…

DouglassGreat Britain · since 1948Douglass Models was a Halifax, England, maker of 0 gauge locomotives and rolling stock active after…

Dr. Rudolf Spitaler (RS)Austria · since 1948RS (Dr. Rudolf Spitaler) was a German maker of hand-built miniature buildings and landscape models for…

DuguItaly · since 1961Dugu was an Italian maker of miniature vehicles based in Varallo Sesia. Founded in 1961, it…

DumasUnited States · since 1946Dumas Products was an American maker of model boat kits, founded in Milwaukee in 1946. Its…

DuquesitaSpain · since 1960Duquesita was a doll line made by Duque Hnos. in Uruguay. A Duquesita doll made in…

DursoBelgium · since 1938Durso was a Belgian maker of composition toy soldiers, established in Liège by sculptor Michel Klimov…

Duvazsince 1950Duvaz was a short-lived producer of 0 gauge trains in Argentina.

DuxGermany · since 1904Markes & Co. of Lüdenscheid, Germany, made toys under the DUX name, including metal construction sets,…

DynamChina · since 2005Dynam RC is a distinguished name in the world of vintage toy enthusiasts. Associated chiefly with…

E.T.C.United States · since 1924E.T.CO. was the mark used by the Japanese toy maker Tomiyama Toy Seisakusho, founded by Eiichiro…

EdobaudFrance · since 1920Edobaud was a French maker of scientific toys and O-gauge model railway equipment. Its range included…

EffelFrance · since 1945Effel was the name used for the Spur 0 model railway trains of the Paris firm…

EheimGermany · since 1949EHEIM is a German maker of aquarium equipment whose origins lie in technical toys and model…

Einfalt (Technofix)Germany · since 1922Gebrüder Einfalt was a toy maker based in Nuremberg, Germany, founded in 1922 and later associated…

EkoSpain · since 1956EKO was a Spanish maker of plastic miniature vehicles, founded in Barcelona in 1956 by Industrias…

ElastolinGermany · since 1906Elastolin was the figure brand of O. & M. Hausser, a German toy maker whose best-known…

ElectrainsUnited Kingdom · since 1922Electrains was a name used for French H0 passenger cars made with tooling previously used by…

ElectrotrenSpain · since 1951Electrotren is a Spanish model railway maker whose range focuses mainly on trains representing Spanish railway…

Elektro KeiserGermany · since 1940Elektro Keiser was a Swiss maker of electric model locomotives and track based in Zug. The…

Elektro- und Apparatebau GmbH Arbeitsbetriebsgemeinschaft (EAW)German Democratic Republic (GDR), Germany · since 1945Elektro- und Apparatebau GmbH Arbeitsbetriebsgemeinschaft, or EAW, is celebrated primarily for its robust production of electrical…

Elektromechanische spielwarensince 1950Elektromechanische Spielwaren was a German brand producing model trains and electromechanical toys during the mid-20th century.…