It's a Small World After All: Pyro Small Army Auto with Star

This olive drab Pyro car differs from the one featured yesterday in that a white star has been heat-stamped on the roof making it beyond doubts an Army staff car. We're a few posts into this series and I should mention that some of these cars make appearances in Bill Hanlon's book, "DIMESTORE DREAMS, Plastic Toys of the '40s &'50s". They are all shown as being part of a set with either a service station or a simple plastic garage, etc. Had I shown more foresight years ago when I was photographing these, I could've placed these in a grouping along with some of the toys shown in that book because I have the other pieces as well. Oh well, we'll plow through what I do have. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Pyro's 'DPT189' marking on the trunk

It's a Small World After All: Pyro Small Army Auto without Star

It seems I have posted these small Pyro auto way back in 2016, but now is a good time to re-introduce them as we roll through all of these tiny cars and trucks and whatever. Fortunately, the old posts had dimensions for these. This measures: 2 1/8" (5.39cm) L x 1 1/8" (2.85cm) W x  3/4" (1.90cm) H. Whenever a car or truck is molded in olive drab or olive green I immediately refer to it as an 'army' vehicle because hey, who in their right mind would drive such an unexciting looking car around? The Army would! 😂   Enjoy! Opa Fritz

'DPT189' visible on the rear trunk

This version has no star on the roof

Marx 1950 Studebaker Army Staff Car - OD HP

Even though we've pretty much wrapped up our series on small Army vehicles Marx used as flatcar loads, this wasn't included with those for a reason. Those six vehicles - as far as I know - were only available in Marx's O-gauge train sets, however this sedan was part of an early series of plastic cars Marx included in train sets, Marxville plastic buildings, and even in their large tin-litho service center playsets. These cars were multi-tasker's to be sure. So far I've managed to get two different sedans with Army staff car markings, the problem is I can't find my other car!! This one here is either a 1950 Starlight Coupe, Champion, or Commander, they all look similar. Toy companies tended to make cars that looked very similar to their real life counterparts but made just enough changes to give them a rather generic look while still being identifiable as, let's say, a Cadillac or Buick or in this case, a Studebaker. Enjoy! Der Spielmeister Opa Fritz und Bettina Berg

Here, an original Marx Military Flatcar Load tank is posed with the multi-tasking Studebaker