Which Tonka truck is best? Tonka has long been known for making steel toys focused on trucks and machinery from the construction industry. These rugged, metal, to-scale model vehicles are the toughest ...
It’s perhaps too easy to get all misty-eyed and wistful about the past, especially when it concerns our old toys, but there really is something different about Tonka. Here were tough trucks, cranes, ...
Toyota and Funrise Toy Corporation, manufacturer of Tonka toys for Hasbro, have teamed up to build another life-size Tonka truck for their stable. The Tonka 4Runner joins other Tonka-themed Toyota ...
In 1946, a company called Mound Metalcraft was founded in Mound, Minnesota, near the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Although Mound Metalcraft was primarily fixated on manufacturing garden tools, a former ...
They’re called Tonka Toys, and early models now reside in the National Toy Hall of Fame, bumping up against the likes of Mr. Potato Head, Silly Putty, Slinky – and, from time to time, even earning sly ...
KERRVILLE, Texas - Remember the gigantic yellow Ford F-350 Tonka concept truck that cast a big shadow on the auto show circuit in 2002? Many laughed off the flashy pickup with the massive chrome ...
Ford Motor says it teamed with toy maker Tonka for a really big "toy" truck -- a full-size, fully functional, diesel-power, F-750 dump truck. Ford will exhibit it at the National Equipment Association ...
Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. An animated feature film about Tonka Trucks is ...