Timpo
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Timpo Toys is an English toy company created in 1938 by Sally Gawrylowicz (born Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

 1907 died September 28, 2000), also known as Ally Gee,A Jewish refugee from Germany, he started as Toy Importers Company known as TIMPO in 1938. The company manufactured various toys out of wood, bakelite and composition until the end of World War II.

Following the war Timpo made hollowcast metal toy soldiers
Toy Soldiers
A toy soldier is a miniature figurine that represents a soldier, but the term may also refer to:In film and television:*Toy Soldiers , an action/drama film in which terrorists take a school hostage...

with soldiers manufactured in plastic from 1954. The firm ceased operations in 1978.
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