History
The Gran Toros website says that Mebetoys was started by the Besana family in 1959 as a toy die casting company, in Oleggio Castello, Novara, Italy (80 km north of Milan). The name comes from MEccanica BEsana TOYS. A diecast car line was started in 1966, rather late compared to the entry of many other companies in the early-to-mid-1950s. In detail and proportion, Mebetoys joined the triumvirate of superior model producers which included French Solido and fellow Italian Polistil. Models were exact to scale with many moving parts, and generally more sophisticated than venerable British producers Corgi and Dinky Toys.
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