Where to buy toy trucks and diggers?

[Tyre Smoke]

Simple enough question, but seems to have no simple answers!

I want to buy my son (17 months old) a few (preferably plastic) toy dumper trucks (Tonka type thing) and diggers.

Now you would think this would be simple enough to find, but unless it's Bob the Bloody Builder or in the good ole US of A you can't get them! I've tried Toys R Us, Amazon, etc ,etc. Nothing!

I just want a decent quality toy that he can use and abuse for a year or two without risk of it falling apart after a couple of hours.

Can anyone help me out????

Rich

[trevorw]

How about this place,

www.toysforthought.co.uk

A few things on this page, my Son (22Months) has the Trevor Truck (ironic) on page 2 and loves it.

Edited to add the link

>> Edited by trevorw on Thursday 12th May 11:37

[andy400]

Tyre Smoke said:

(Tonka type thing)

Yay, Tonka! Don't they still exist then? Found all my old Tonkas in a corner of my Dad's garage last time I was home - Happy memories, hours of playing in the dirt in the back garden. I even had a mobile crane on caterpillar tracks that was still intact - thought the rubber tracks would have rotted away by now!?

>> Edited by andy400 on Thursday 12th May 11:51

[Tyre Smoke]

Yeah, you can still get Tonka - in the States!

That's all I want, a sturdy chuck anywhere tipper truck and digger.

[Trooper2]

I loved my Tonka's when I was a kid, played with them all the time!


Tyre smoke, Sir have you tried here?




www.nurseryandtoys.com/asp/prodtype.asp?prodtype=53&recorprod=81&ph=&keywords=&recor=1&SearchFor=

>> Edited by Trooper2 on Thursday 12th May 12:29

[ProPlus]

How about:

Large Metal Tonka Mighty Dump / Dumper Truck

[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=56354&item=6959882998&rd=1[/url]

or

Large Metal Tonka Mighty Front Loader

[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=56354&item=6959883028&rd=1[/url]

That any good for you?

Si

[Piccy mate]

Try here:
www.themodelcentre.com/dept.jsp;jsessionid=744073420D2A8B1E2E840849BCFF0C9D?dept_id=2
Also got some cracking Radio controlled Construction stuff!
Piccy mate

[Tyre Smoke]

Cracking stuff chaps!

Thanks very much.