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 Posted - May 29 2019 : 10:47:54 PM
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In searching around on Google Images, I was led to this online article on the "Flashbak" website. Incredible archive photos taken at the Tyco Toy Factory located in Hong Kong, in 1976. In some shots you can see Power-Torque motors being assembled, while in others, Tyco slot cars and trains, as well as the workers that built them. Wow.
https://flashbak.com/faces-tyco-toy-factory-1976-hong-kong-390310/
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven." - Matthew 5:16
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Posted - May 30 2019 : 12:30:32 AM
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A very interesting post with several curious things: the rotary dial phone,
the cigarette and ash tray, the rather battered look of the whole place, like
it was sort of a low rent back shop, and the two Anglo guys. For them to
function meant that either the former British colony descendants spoke
enough English, or the two guys had translators and had taken to living
abroad. I don't know much of the backstory, but Hong Kong took a lot
of business out of the US with cheap labor, and now Red China seems to have
surpassed us all. Red China, about that time, was generations behind
the rest of the developed world having murdered most of their
professional class in the "Cultural Revolution" back in the late 1960's.
Also note the complete absence of desk top computers- they didn't exist
yet. Everything on paper.
How curious that Red China, where ox carts outnumbered automobiles,
has surged to beating our collective asses. I am sure a number
of my generation, in here, know exactly what I am talking about.
How the worm turns...
Edited by - Chops124 on May 30 2019 12:34:04 AM
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Posted - May 30 2019 : 01:45:50 AM
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| Really neat photos there Robert! Thank You, for posting that link!
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Posted - May 30 2019 : 10:03:59 AM
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Thanks Walt!
Yes, I agree, Chops...there certainly is a "ramshackle" appearance to the entire factory....but what I find the most interesting is not only the workers, but also the following:
- The GP20 locomotive shell blueprints that one worker is analyzing (I would pay a fortune to hang-up that piece of paper next to RETRO TYCO!)
- Several "Midnight Special" Sharknoses newly placed in foam, lined up on a shelf
- A Canadiana Alco C430 on the wall in one of the office scenes
Certainly interesting pieces of Tyco history...
UPDATE:
Thanks to searching on Google once more, I found yet another website that contained the same photos, save the following - of the exterior of the Tyco Factory in Hong Kong. (Photo credit to Original Photographer.) Amazing.
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Posted - May 30 2019 : 12:36:29 PM
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Good eye, I missed some of those details. Hey Busss, what is that
white van in the foreground? It looks like a VW, but I am not
familiar with that outline.
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Posted - May 30 2019 : 3:02:16 PM
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It is a VW Chops... Some year after 1967... 
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Posted - May 30 2019 : 3:10:24 PM
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| I never seen a VW bus cargo van, thanks Walt.
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Posted - May 30 2019 : 7:57:13 PM
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quote:I never seen a VW bus cargo van, thanks Walt.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â May 30 2019Â :Â 3:10:24 PM
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they hard to find anyway
I seen a VW cargo van & it had double sliding doors on it!
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Posted - May 31 2019 : 04:36:41 AM
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Honestly, one of my favorite cars of all. The pre 68 VW 23 window bus...
 
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Posted - May 31 2019 : 11:07:12 AM
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| I heard those particular ones go for a mint!
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Posted - May 31 2019 : 12:23:27 PM
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quote:I heard those particular ones go for a mint!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â May 31 2019Â :Â 11:07:12 AM
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that one would since it has Bullet type indicators
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Posted - May 31 2019 : 1:09:30 PM
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| ALL of the 23 windows sell high even in not so nice condition...
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