Morris & Stone, Modern Products, Morestone Series, Essem, Esso Petrol Pump Series

Budgie Toys, Budgie Models, Budgie Miniatures, Morestone & Budgie Noddy Toys

Benbros TV Series & Mighty Midgets, Benbros Qualitoys & Zebra Toys

Britains Miniatures & Lilliput World Vehicle Series     Kemlows Sentry Box Series

NEW!

Britains Lilliput World Vehicle Series

Complete guide to the early Miniatures, Motorcycles, LV Series and vehicle Sets

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Images and photos, model details, colours, variations, boxes

Welcome to NICHOLAS MARTIN DIECAST, the leading site for Morestone, Budgie and Benbros diecast toys. Happily, there are now tens of thousands of followers of the website worldwide and many thanks to all of you who have been in contact. It is always a pleasure. 

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We have recently added a completely new section devoted to Britains Lilliput Vehicles. These started in the late 1930's with two military models but the launch of the LV Series of Lilliput World vehicles in 1950 started a ten year run of 'OO/HO' scale (1:76) models of Farm, Military and Civilian items. Britains was renowned for its figures and animals but we have concentrated on looking at the Lilliput Vehicles, their details, colours, variations and boxes, with, of course, plenty of photos. 

As usual we aim to give you as much information and detail as possible about all the models and especially about their often overlooked boxes. Each model has a separate page with photos and images, a full description and a list of variations which is constatntly being updated as fresh details are discovered. There are also brief histories of the people who created them and the catalogues that they issued.

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To improve the site we are gradually upgrading with new font and layout. The buttons at the top of each page now have drop down menus to improve navigation. With over 530 pages, there is much to see but the Index Menus for each range or group of models provide all the links. Detailed links to these are also listed below. 

Continue to enjoy NICHOLAS MARTIN DIECAST! Come back often! Hopefully you will always find something new to discover.

• Morestone Series   large-scale models including Modern Products and Essem

• Essem Stage Coaches   Direct link to page on Essem Wells Fargo Stage coaches

• Trucks of the World International Series   photos and descriptions

• 'Esso' Petrol Pump Series   Guide to all 20 models in the Morris & Stone miniatures range

• Morestone Catalogues & Leaflets    illustrated guide to early publications

• The Story of Morestone   a brief history of Morris & Stone Ltd 1946-1959

• Noddy Toys   Morestone and Budgie models based on the childrens' storybook character

• Early 'Morestone' Toys  Diecast toys attributed to 'Morestone' 

• Budgie Toys   authentic index and guide to large scale Budgie Toys & Budgie Models

• Budgie Boxes   a new classification of large-scale Budgie boxes

• Budgie Miniatures   the complete collection of 41 models made from 1956-1970

• Budgie Models 1969-1985    large-scale models made by Modern Products & Starcourt

• Wagon Train Toys & Miniature Stage Coach   Miniature toys by Morris & Stone and Budgie

• Budgie Gift Sets   large-scale and miniatures

• Budgie Catalogues & Leaflets   illustrated year by year guide 

• The Story of Budgie Toys   a brief history of Budgie Diecast Toys 1959-1970

• Noddy Toys   Morestone and Budgie models based on the childrens' storybook character

• Benbros TV Series & Mighty Midgets    indispensible guide to the full range of miniatures

• Benbros Qualitoys   index and guide to large scale models 

• Benbros Zebra Toys   models produced from 1960-65

• The Story of Benbros   a short history of Benbros Toys 1951-1965

• Britains Lilliput World Vehicle Series   full guide to vehicle Miniatures, Motorcycles, LV Series and Sets

• Kemlows Sentry Box Series   all the models and boxes