You have to be aware of the quality nowadays of toy-cars, often the older ones are better. So the old, well known German company SIKU let the most toys produce in China or somewhere else. They are more expensive, but much worse than in the past. The bottoms are made of plastic, not zinc any more, so the toy will broken very soon.

So friends of mine are buying for their small children SIKU- and Majorette-toys on flea-markets, because the old ones from the 70ies are better made.


The most toys nowadays are produced in China, so a collector should think about a bit, how they were produced, and why they are so cheap, especially when you look at the plenty of single parts and details. In Europe or USA this wouldn't be possible to produce it for that selling prices.
My Japanese friend (he deals with toys and VW-extras) once has visited the Chinese factory of Minichamps - the worker's situation over there was not nice (really bad, you can say). The circumstances at Anson shall be even worse...