Bburago
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Bburago is an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 model car
Model car
A model car or toy car is a miniature representation of an automobile. Other miniature motor vehicles, such as trucks, buses, or even ATVs, etc. are often included in the general category of model cars...

 manufacturer, that was based in Burago di Molgora
Burago di Molgora
Burago di Molgora is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan....

, Italy, which made mostly diecast cars from 1976 to 2005, and then under the May Cheong (Maisto) group since 2007.
Called Martoys
Martoys
Martoys was a diecast toy car company founded close to Milan, Italy, in 1974.-Between Mebetoys and Bburago:Martoys was founded by the Besana brothers, Ugo, Martino, and Mario, who sold their first well-known brand Mebetoys to Mattel . For this brand new line, only models in 1/24 scale were produced...

 from 1974 to 1976, the company was founded by Mario, Ugo, and Martino Besana, who had previously started Mebetoys
Mebetoys
Mebetoys was an Italian toy manufacturer that produced die-cast model cars during the 1960s and 1970s. For most of that time the company was owned by Mattel.-History:...

, which they sold to Mattel
Mattel
Mattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from...

. Martoys, however, focused on larger sizes of toys and was renamed Bburago in 1976.
 
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