During the 1920s, in Spain, Manuel de Jesús Garcia produced, among other things, toy aeroplanes for younger children.
By rolling the aeroplane with a wooden rod fitted into a cylinder, connecting rods operated the propeller or wings, or a noisy rattle.
Painted sheet metal – Push toy – 20 x 24 cm
Painted sheet metal – Push toy – The propeller turns – 22 x 26.5 cm
Rico took up the torch of these “postillon” toys, as they were called in Spain, with a pivoting wings’ biplane.
Circa 1925 – Lithographed sheet metal – Push toy – 16 x 14.5 cm
Using elements from the autogyro and the RSA 33 aircraft, Rico produced this “postillon” toy with a rattle.
1933 – Lithographed sheet metal – Push toy – 23 x 21.5 cm
French toymaker JML took up the idea, using elements from the “Paris.Tokyo 31” and then the “New-York-Paris”;
on the latter, the wings flap, activated by rods connected to the wheel axles.
1925 – Lithographed sheet – Push toy – 20 x 23 cm
1927 – Lithographed sheet metal – Push toy – 20 x 23 cm
In this way, the little brother could have the same toy as his elder brother, well adapted to the games of his age.