Tyco Toys was an American toy manufacturer. It was acquired by Mattel in 1997, [1][2] becoming one of its brands. The company was established as Mantua Metal Products by John Tyler and Jim Thomas in 1926, producing model boats and electric motors to power them out of Mantua, New Jersey. They began to produce motors for train models of all sizes.

TYCO is an iconic toy company that began in the 1950's and known for producing toy train kits. Upon that success, they advanced into the pre-built trains and slot cars; hugely popular in hobby shops. They later expanded into the electric toys, establishing themselves as the #1 name in remote control (R/C) vehicles.

May 8, 2023 · Complete History of Tyco Toys from 1920s - 1990s from Mantua Tyco HO Train Sets to HO Slot Cars, and Tyco RC, read the epic story of the greatest toy company! They dominated the Global Toy Industry from the 1960s.

Tyco Toys, Inc. ranks as the third largest toy manufacturer in the United States. Having undertaken a ten-year program of diversification, Tyco grew from a maker of toy trains and electric racing sets into a corporation distributing a broad range of toys throughout the world.

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Jan 27, 2023 · Tyco Toys was a toy company that build a small set of BattleTech related products. Tyco was not the big powerhouse American toy companies, but it has been around since 1926 and it had produced some icons of American toys, like electric train and slot cars.

Tyco Toys, Inc. ranks as the third largest toy manufacturer in the United States. Having undertaken a ten-year program of diversification, Tyco grew from a maker of toy trains and electric racing sets into a corporation distributing a broad range of toys throughout the world.

May 8, 2023 · In this chapter we cover the Golden Age of Tyco RC, the late 80s to 90s toys we all loved. For anyone attending Toy Fairs in early 1986, it may have seemed like this was going to be another dud year for Tyco, especially with the videogame wars heating up again, all toy makers were under threat.

Tyco Toys was a North American toys manufacturer founded in 1926 by John Tyler and family. It was formerly called Mantua Metal Products, model trains die-cast was their main business. In 1960 it changed to Tyco and in 1997 it was purchased by Mattel .