Have any notable toys come out of this region?
Bonus points if they aren’t Polish or bootlegs.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 12:37:39 AM
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>>11601535 (OP)
Just traditional wooden toys.
Merkur is made in Czech Republic. It's a bit like Meccano.
>>11601584
Seems like a knockoff. Or at least heavily inspired by.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 2:08:41 AM
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>>11601584
>>11601595
Bootlegs and knock-offs are two different things, right? Either way, I don’t think it should matter. Lego went from wooden toys to copying some other two and getting famous. Then you have stuff like CoD and Oreos which were also originally copies that surpassed the original.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:43:37 AM
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>>11601842
>>11601535 (OP)
Toycon uk in May if you are into sofubi and vinyl. Tfnation next month if you are into transformers
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:47:13 AM
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>>11601779
Tfnation in Eastern Europe?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:07:26 AM
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Polish toy companies:
>Cobi - klocki known for war sets
>Trefl, Castorland - puzzles
>Wader - sturdy plastic toys for todlers
>Bajo - wooden toys
There is a lot of wooden toy makers there, if you count table top games as toys, then there are tons of those.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:11:34 AM
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>>11607178
>>11601535 (OP)
Not exactly toys, but Czech guys made a ton of great board games.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:13:21 AM
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>>11601535 (OP)
Maybe they got Gormiti there. the good one i mean
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:59:26 AM
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>>11607178
>>11601535 (OP)
Rubik's cube is from Hungary.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 3:44:51 PM
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>>11601595
Merkur is its own brand with original designs not copying an existing toy. It's thicker more sturdy steel pieces than Meccano. More industrial and technical. Similar concept though right.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 4:50:23 PM
No.11602020
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>>11607178
Check out Czech's various checkers manufacturers. Most of them take cheques for payment.
>>11601535 (OP)
Well there is Copper State Models which is based in Latvia that make WW1 armored cars and planes
Anonymous
10/24/2025, 5:16:02 AM
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>>11603699
icm makes ww1 soldiers and some vehicles and they're based in ukraine
Anonymous
10/26/2025, 8:42:47 AM
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>>11601535 (OP)
the shittiest 1/35 model I've ever tried to built came from Moldova, boxed in 2021 from a mold that dated back to the '60s
>>11601535 (OP)
Igráček - founded in Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic
Anonymous
10/26/2025, 5:35:59 PM
No.11607178
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>>11601852
>>11601871
>>11602020
>>11603699
So, from what I gather the Czechoo Republic is second, with Poland being first, for Eastern Europe. Other than that the rest of countries do smaller things like board games and models.
>>11606888
Are these guys still around? Looks cool.
