This book
is pure gold. It was edited in Ibi in 2005 for the first 100 years of toy industry
in the town, 1905-2005, and includes two pages for each toy company (up to 52
companies) that has ever existed there. The first of those two include a short
history of the company, told by their founders, or their families, the second
page has some pictures related to that company.
The pages in this book includes information on the following toy companies (among many others):
- Payá
- Rico
- Jyesa
- Mecánica Ibense
- Picó
- Coloma y Pastor
- Gozán
- Industrial Juguetera (Injusa)
- Joal
- Vercor
- Clim
- Feber
- Sanchis
- Moltó
- Gonher
- Guisval
- Pilen
- Mira
- Palau
- Payvá
- Guiloy
- Román
- Obertoys
- Chicos
- Game Movil
When
looking for information on the internet, I always wonder how much of truth
there is in what people write, where did they get the information, etc. With
this book I can be sure that everything told is true, so it makes a great
starting point for many of my articles in this blog.
When
reading the book, I have noticed, that many of the texts in this book have
already been (literally) ripped off by blog authors, websites and books,
without changing anything.
A hard-to-find
book recommended for people interested in Spanish toys. Next step for me is to
visit the town of Ibi and the ultra-interesting
“Valencia Toy Museum”.
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