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

Pyro Small Army Flatbed Auto w-Star - OD HP

Yesterday we posted the HP OD Army staff car without the star on the roof, today we've got its brother, the car with the satr heat stamped on the roof. 'Nuff said! Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Pyro Small Army Flatbed Auto w/o Star - OD HP

ubiquitous

[yoo-bik-wi-tuh s] 

 

adjective

1.

existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time;omnipresent:

ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.

...or these little plastic cars

I don't know when this type of toy vehicle first hit the market but the Pyro version of it has been around since the early 1950s. Toy collectors see these pop up in sales of trains, military, doll houses, and just about everything else. They're all over the place and one day we'll try to do some comparison pics when I have time. If anyone has a definitive answer as to who first made these let us know please. They follow the very distinctive late '40-s/early '50s 'upside down bathtub' automotive design ethic of the era. The car measures 2 1/8" (5.39cm) L x 1 1/8" (2.85cm) W x  3/4" (1.90cm) H. Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina