Timpo Toys Ltd. was a British

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created in 1938 by Salomon "Sally" Gawrylovitz (born in

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1907, died September 28, 2000 in

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, Switzerland), also known as Ally Gee.

History

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refugee from Germany, Gawrylovitz started as Toy Importers Company known as TIMPO in 1938. The company manufactured various toys out of

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, bakelite and composition until the end of

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. Following the war, Timpo made

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; 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 ** Native Americans und Apaches series **

Union Army During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states. It proved essential to th ...

series **

Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...

series ** Mexican series * Knight series ** Crusader series ** Medieval Knights series ** Vizor Knights series ** Gold Knights series ** Silver Knights series ** Black Knights series * Other series ** Romans series **

Vikings Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and ...

series ** Arabs series **

French Foreign Legion The French Foreign Legion (french: Légion étrangère) is a corps of the French Army which comprises several specialties: infantry, Armoured Cavalry Arm, cavalry, Military engineering, engineers, Airborne forces, airborne troops. It was created ...

s series **

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...

series **

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series **

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series

Picture gallery

The following pictures show examples for Timpo plastic figures. File:Timpo Toys Cowboys02.JPG, American frontier series – Cowboys File:Timpo Toys Indianer02.JPG, American frontier series – Native Americans File:Timpo Toys Kutsche01.JPG, American frontier series – Stagecoach File:Timpo Toys Nordstaatler01.JPG, Soldiers of the Confederate States Army File:Timpo Toys Nordstaatler 03.jpg, Soldiers of the Union Army File:Timpo Union Nordstaatler 05.jpg, Soldiers of the Union Army and the 7th Cavalry Regiment series File:Timpo Toys Südstaatler01.JPG, Soldiers of the Confederate States Army File:Timpo Toys Confederate 03.jpg, Soldiers of the Confederate States Army File:Timpo Toys Confederate 07.jpg, Soldiers of the Confederate States Army File:Timpo Toys Araber01.JPG, Arab File:Timpo Toys Deutsche Soldaten01.JPG, World War II series – German soldier File:Timpo Toys Schwarze Ritter01.JPG, Knight series – Black knights File:Timpo Topfhelm grün.jpg, Knight series – Timpo Medieval Knight File:Timpo Topfhelm gelb.jpg, Knight series – Timpo Medieval Knight File: Timpo Topfhelm hellblau.jpg, Knight series – Timpo Medieval Knight File:Timpo Toys Silberritter01.JPG, Knight series – Silver Knights File:Timpo Toys Goldritter01.JPG, Knight series – Gold Knights File:Timpo Toys Visierritter01.JPG, Knight series – Vizor Knight

History

Timpo Toys series

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