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Many, although not all, bookshops in the U.K. are able to order either “The Bumper Book of ‘Lone Star’ Diecast Models and Toys 1948-88” or “Toys that time forgot” via Nielsen BookNet TeleOrdering Service so it’s a good idea to ask the ‘Customer Services’ assistant or bookseller: Do they deal with “Nielsen BookNet”?  If the answer is “Yes”, please place your order using the International Identity numbers of each book title, as follows:


It may be possible to order either of the above book titles in bookstores in overseas countries by ascertaining whether the bookstore manager can place orders via Nielsen BookNet TeleOrdering Service.  If so, the same procedure can be adopted as in the case of an order placed at a U.K. bookshop.  NOTE: The ‘Special Discount dual Economy pack’ offer is only obtainable by applying to: G. S. Ambridge, P.O.Box 159, POLEGATE, East Sussex, BN26 6AX, United Kingdom.   E/m: lonestar_diecast@yahoo.co.uk

This book details the early post-World War Two metal casting output of Die Casting Machine Tools Ltd. (a.k.a. D.C.M.T.) formerly of ‘The River Works’, 152 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, north London and, from 1956, also at Hatfield, Hertfordshire. From 1945, D.C.M.T. produced steel moulds for various toys on behalf of ‘The Crescent Toy Co. Ltd.’, then of Tottenham, north London.  Also zinc-alloy castings from four moulds which had evidently come into D.C.M.T.’s possession, either from ‘Tootsietoy’ (U.S.A.) direct or had been built by D.C.M.T. from Tootsietoy’s own drawings of at least two cars and two lorries, insofar as we can establish.
 
In 1949, the collaborative partnership which D.C.M.T. had with ‘The Crescent Toy Co. Ltd.’ ceased, probably due to the fact that ‘Crescent’ moved from Tottenham to their new factory at Cwmcarn in south Wales. Why they didn’t take their moulds with them remains a mystery, however, D.C.M.T. retained the dies and began to produce castings from them but, before doing so, any mention of “Crescent” previously engraved on the interior surfaces of the castings was promptly erased.  As time went by, D.C.M.T. marketed toys, tools, etc, made from their own designs (and those formerly belonging to ‘Crescent Toy’) under a nondescript brand-name “Slikka” Toys or Tools. It wasn’t until 1951 that the Directors wisely decided to change the brand-name yet again, this time to the more appropriate - “Lone Star” - reminiscent of Texas and of the ‘Wild West’ generally, as D.C.M.T.’s predominantly Western-themed products became more and more popular.