Die cast toys or die-cast toys were produced by manufacturers like dowst brothers in United States that produced tootsie toys and meccano in the United Kingdom that produced dinky toys early in the twentieth century. Dinky toys are die cast toys used as die cast small model trucks and cars. They were first produced in 1934 when meccano limited of Liverpool in England initiated a line called modeled miniatures under the meccano dinky toys trade mark. Starting days of dinky toys range ships and airplanes. These formed a important part of the output of the road factory next to models of vans and cars. In 1947, meccano limited, as a element of post war expansion of range and development, bring in a range of lorries model. These were also modeled to the common dinky scale of 1:48 and referred as range dinky super toys.

Under dinky banner, some of the models that were produced include:

• 502 foden flat truck produced in 1947
• 501 foden 8 wheel wagon produced in 1947
• 503 foden truck provided with tailboard produced in 1947
• 505 foden flat truck provided with chains produced in 1952
• 504 foden tanker called as mobile gas produced in 1953