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Renault were the first designs from the Jadali S.I.F.M.A. enterprise, before Safir became involved. Though the Safirs had more plastic, the two eras of Model T and Renault Paris-Vienne are nearly identical. Veteran collector Cecil Gibson called the model of the odd upright 1900 Renault 10 "a rather ugly little model of a rather ugly little car". One final outrageous model was the 1910 Gregoire Triple Berline, a triple arched roof, triple compartmented limousine with a huge storage trunk on the roof.
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Some Safirs came with special packaging aimed at promoting different companies. Mobil Oil was one client and special rust colored or blue boxes with white trim said "Mobil" on the end flaps. Later, the clear plastic cases had "Mobil" embossed on the lower part of the display plastic. Other promotions
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Peugeots, Delahaye and Decauville models. These were easier to construct because they shared parts (fenders, seats, etc.) which damaged accuracy and realism. A further
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Victoria, 1900 Peugeot Coupe, 1901 Fiat 8 hp, 1901 Decauville, 1901 Delahaye, 1901 Mercedes, 1901 Daimler, 1899 Renault, 1902 Renault K24CV
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Peugeot, Delahaye, and Decauville models shared seats, parasols, fenders and body parts which the original vehicles did not – and so did not appear as uniquely designed models – with reduced realism. For all these models, rear fenders flared upward, as did front fenders as well,
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Gouttman drifted to other diecasting products and Safir concentrates on plastics. Safir continued production of vehicles until about 1978. Thus most Safir assembly was done in Montreuil, just east of central Paris with diecast metal parts supplied by the former Jadali diecasting site in
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Gouttman shifted toy production to Barcelona, Spain, in Catalonia, where the toys were known as Jadali Metamol. In 1957, the son, Jacques-Henri Gouttman, meanwhile, had established a diecasting business in Langeac in Haute-Loire in southeastern France. This company was called
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crudeness, was the melted plastic evident at the joints of plastic parts and the wheel hubs. The models were offered in clear plastic display boxes almost identical to those that previous Safirs came in. The models and the boxes were marked "Hong Kong" on the bases.
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models. Unique to Safir and only seen elsewhere on a few Minialuxe models, were the clear plastic discs with radial 'spokes' appearing simply as etched or molded lines. The look is somewhat similar to jeweled headlights on
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165:Ziss Modell
65:scale model
1475:Toy brands
1454:Categories
1018:Corgi Toys
839:Scalextric
809:Powertrack
674:Hot Wheels
654:Greenlight
624:Corgi Toys
582:Auto Pilen
255:References
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774:Morestone
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987:Aircraft
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909:Military
804:Polistil
769:Monogram
754:Mikro'67
734:Mebetoys
729:Matchbox
659:Hasegawa
169:Champion
58:die-cast
54:Products
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1363:Meccano
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286:Padukah
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1239:Revell
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709:Lesney
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699:Kenner
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614:Conrad
609:Code 3
587:Aurora
572:Airfix
557:trucks
545:brands
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47:France
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1320:Mezco
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1186:Ships
1156:Jouef
1103:Tekno
1023:Dinky
922:Dinky
879:Tonka
864:Tekno
834:Safir
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714:Lledo
679:Husky
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84:Safir
1335:SOTA
1325:NECA
1305:Jada
1295:Hawk
1267:Siku
1262:Ertl
1234:Pyro
1214:Hawk
1209:Frog
1171:Lima
1161:Kato
1088:Siku
1073:Pyro
1038:Hawk
1033:Frog
1028:ESCI
993:List
952:Pyro
927:ESCI
899:Ziss
849:Siku
819:RAMI
814:Pyro
779:Muky
689:Jada
649:Frog
644:ESCI
639:Ertl
634:Efsi
604:Buby
562:List
553:Cars
290:ISBN
206:Ziss
147:and
68:cars
60:and
34:1978
27:1978
1068:MPC
784:NZG
764:MPC
592:AFX
577:AMT
555:and
267:SBN
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