Very Rare TYCO TOYS Working Proof

Product Details

Company
Tyco Toys, Inc.

Certificate Type
Working Proof of the company's Common Stock

Time Period
1990's

Printer
American Bank Note Company

Format & Approximate Size
This proof is housed in a traditional 12" x 8 1/2" cardboard folder. The proof is protected by a "flip up" clear protective/editing layer and is adhered to the folder itself.

Images
You will receive the exact proof pictured as it is the only one of it's kind. The first image shows the full flip up folder with the proof at the bottom with the protective plastic editing layer atop the piece. The second image shows the proof with the editing layer flipped up and out of the way.

Guaranteed Authentic
Yes

Additional Details
Historic document dating back to the 1990's from this nostalgic toy company. 

This 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. Then, in 1933, the business was moved to Woodbury Heights, New Jersey. By 1937, Mantua began selling its own ready-to-run HO scale model train.

From 1942 to 1945, the production of model railroad products was suspended as the company participated in the manufacturing of precision measuring and mapping equipment for the U.S. Army and Navy in World War II. The company received the Army-Navy ‘E’ Award for excellence in production in 1945. After the war, they converted the plant back to the production of model railroading equipment. Thomas left the company in 1947 to start his own train line. Mantua began using plastic in its trains starting in the 1950s.

Tyler Manufacturing Company was formed in 1953 by Tyler and marketing director Milt Grey to focus on ready-to-run trains for younger children. This new effort brought them into the toy business, where their offerings were sold at discount stores and toy stores in addition to hobby shops. Tyler's smaller trains also meant they could fit more on a shelf than competitors like Lionel and Marx. A wide range of slot cars and repair parts, track sections, controllers and accessories were also available. By 1957, the company had a roster of 11 locomotives. That year, Tyco became an official nameplate for its line of ready-to-run trains. In 1963, it also began selling HO scale electric racing, or 'slot car' sets.

In 1967, Mantua and Tyler Manufacturing Company were merged to create Tyco Industries. John Tyler's son Norman Tyler was named president of the combined entity. By the 1970s, Tyco shifted sales and marketing to a consumer-oriented, mass marketing focus.