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France Toy Manufacturers
A complete guide to 5 historic and current French toy manufacturers. France played a defining role in toy-making history — explore each company's founding, toys, and legacy.
5 manufacturers listed.
Citroen (toy division)
The Citroen automobile company produced an authorized line of scale model tin and die-cast toy cars of their own vehicles as promo…
Fernand Martin
Fernand Martin was the foremost French maker of whimsical mechanical tin toys. His double-action clockwork figures depicting every…
JEP (Jouets en Paris)
JEP was one of France's most important toy manufacturers, producing fine lithographed tin clockwork cars, trains, and mechanical t…
Joustra
Joustra was a significant French tin toy manufacturer producing lithographed battery-operated and friction vehicles, robots, and n…
Solido
Solido was France's most important die-cast toy manufacturer, producing accurate scale models of French and European vehicles. The…