Do you have an interest in early Tonka Toy trucks? Do you have difficulty identifying vintage Tonka trucks? Maybe you've had this experience. You find a super looking antique Tonka truck at your favorite antique store or flea market and the well intentioned person guarding your potential prize informs you that the vintage Tonka truck you are drooling over was definitely manufactured in 1958, when you saw the exact same Tonka truck on the Ebay auction website listed as a 1962? Who's right? And possibly more importantly, who's wrong? Before you whoop out your trusty credit card or lay down those hard earned greenbacks, you need to know.

It's time for you to become a well informed Tonka truck enthusiast. Featured within the confines of Neat Old Toys, you will find extensive information on early Tonka pickup trucks, manufactured from 1955 through 1965. Want to see some of the special order private label trucks Tonka manufactured from the mid 1950's to mid 1960's? Maybe you have an itch, and a few extra dollars hidden under the mattress, to nail down a Desalle collectible Tonka truck. They're here too. Tonka collector or enthusiast, you want to be able to make well informed, knowledgeable decisions the next time you stumble across an old Tonka truck at a garage sale, flea market or on-line auction site. This is the website you've been looking for.

Want to take a shot at restoring an early Tonka pickup back to its original glory. It's a personal choice to be sure, whether your prized Tonka truck should be kept in its as found condition or to add a little color to an old Tonka that may have seen its share of haulin' the goods over the years. Guess the bottom line here is if you're interested in restoration, there's a section just for you.

While the focus of the information displayed on this website relates to Tonkas regular truck series, it would be just downright blasphemous not to mention something about Tonka's big, yellow trucks, the Mighty Tonka construction series. To narrow the focus, I will feature Tonka's best selling truck of all time, the Mighty Tonka dump truck.

In an effort to make as much information available to the Tonka collector as possible, this website includes a section on Tonka Look Books. If you have ANY vintage Tonka truck manufactured between 1955 to 1975, this section is undoubtedly the best early Tonka truck reference available on the web today. You've got to check it out!

If you have a question related to Tonka Toys in general or you just want to say howdy, there's an email link in the menu box on the left. It's always a pleasure hearing from Tonka fans.

Being the shy type, I've always been slow to toot my own horn, if at all. But it's time to step up to the podium and do a little old fashioned crowing. Neat Old Toys was recognized and referenced as an "INTERNET RESOURCE" in 2004 by Maloneys's Antiques and Collectibles, 7th Edition. And more recently, an entire article on Tonka Toys as collectibles; based on information from Neat Old Toys; was published in the March 2005 edition of Great Lakes Trader, a monthly publication for antiques, fine arts and collectibles serving Michigan and the upper mid west. Thank you very much!