The tinplate clockwork toys on this page are not children's playthings but collectors items and do not comply with Toy Safety legislation. There are several small factories in India which make fascinating clockwork tinplate toys from time to time.
Production is always spasmodic, though, and at present the range is very limited.
The small patrol vehicle races round the bends and in and out of the tunnel completing at least three laps when fully wound. The workmanship is not the world's best, and there are many small scratches and flaws in the printing. But they are packaged in nicely-dated if not very sturdy packaging, and include a pipet for injecting water into the pipes, oil tray, wicks, and they have an adjustable rudder. POP POP TUG BOAT Unusual deep-bow design. Teruhisa Kitah, a Japanese sports-goods dealer, is also a fanatical collector of clockwork tin toys, and after obtaining the tooling is now reproducing these clockwork models.