Thrifting is an economical way to find vintage and rare products, like tinware. These metal items are typically made of tinplate, a combination of steel and tin. While first appearing as early as the ...

Gaily painted or printed up-vehicles, characters and creatures in tin-plated steel, were the mainstay of toy making for over a century. Available in commercial form since the 1850s, vintage tin-plate ...

SINGAPORE — For Chang Yang-Fa, toys are not playthings. His search for the first series of Tamagotchi, the small, handheld digital pet that first appeared in Japan in 1996, is serious business. Mr.

Can you remember your favorite toy growing up? Do you still have some of your toys? Most of us don't, so this is why so many toys are now considered collectible. My son had the rocket with the ...

Vintage Fisher-Price toys have become sought-after collectibles, with many early pieces now selling for notable auction prices. From paper-on-wood toys made in the 1940s to character pull toys and ...

In the world of collectible figures, Marvin Chan stands out for his love of mechanical tin toys — a passion that is a compelling reminder of China's baby steps to becoming a manufacturing giant. Born ...

As an international business hub, Hong Kong in the 1960s and 70s had a wide selection of toys from around the globe on sale. Japanese tinplate robots, American action figures, mechanical toys made on ...