| 词条 | Buddy L |
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HistoryBuddy "L" toys were originally manufactured by the Moline Pressed Steel Company, started by Fred A. Lundahl in 1910.[2] The company originally manufactured automobile fenders and other stamped auto body parts for the automobile industry.[2] The company primarily supplied parts for the McCormack-Deering line of farm implements and the International Harvester Company for its trucks.[2] Moline Pressed Steel did not begin manufacturing toys until 1921.[2] Mr. Lundhal wanted to make something new, different, and durable for his son Arthur.[2] He designed and produced an all-steel miniature truck, reportedly a model of an International Harvester truck made from 18- and 20-gauge steel which had been discarded to the company's scrap pile.[2] Buddy L made such products as toy cars, dump trucks, delivery vans, fire engines, construction equipment,[3] and trains.[4] Fred Lundahl used to manufacture for International Harvester trucks.[1] He started by making a toy dump truck out of steel scraps for his son Buddy. Soon after, he started selling Buddy L "toys for boys", made of pressed steel.[1] Many were large enough for a child to straddle, propelling himself with his feet.[1] Others were pull toys. A pioneer in the steel-toy field, Lundahl persuaded Marshall Field's and F. A. O. Schwarz to carry his line. He did very well until the Depression, then sold the company.[1] From 1976 to 1990, Buddy L was owned by Richard Keats, a well-known New York toy designer who went to work for Buddy L the day after he graduated from Brown University in 1948.[1] By 1978 the company was located in Clifton, New Jersey. In 1990, Keats sold Buddy L to SLM International. SLM sold Buddy L off in 1995 under bankruptcy protection. By 2010, Buddy L it was owned by Empire Industries of Boca Raton, Florida,[1] a subsidiary of Empire of Carolina.[5] In the 1990s, Buddy L made Splatter Up, a wet version of T-ball.[6] On 31 August 2000, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall for about 113,000 battery-powered children's riding vehicles, marketed as "Power Drivers" or "Buddy L", for repair. The vehicles' battery chargers can overheat, presenting fire and injury hazards to children.[7] In November 2000, Empire of Carolina and its wholly owned subsidiary, Empire Industries, Inc., filed for bankruptcy and, in July 2001, Empire Industries was sold substantially to Alpha International, Inc,[8] also known as the Gearbox Pedal Car Company, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa[5] (renamed as Gearbox Toys and now owned by J. Lloyd International). References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/02/arts/antiques-a-fleet-of-boys-daydreams.html ANTIQUES; A Fleet Of Boys' Daydreams], Wendy Moonan, The New York Times, 2 March 2001 (retrieved 16 September 2010) 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 Freed, Joe and Sharon; [https://books.google.com/books?id=V2EqAAAACAAJ Collector's Guide to American Transportation Toys, 1895-1941], Freedom Publishing Company, 1995, 424 pages, {{ISBN|978-0-9646847-0-6}} (retrieved 16 September 2010 from Buddy K Toys) 3. ^American on the Move | Buddy “L” Toy Steam Shovel, National Museum of American History (retrieved 16 September 2010) 4. ^Buddy L Trains, The Train Collectors Association Western Division (retrieved 17 September 2010) 5. ^1 About Empire Industries Inc, The Action Figure Archive (retrieved 16 September 2010) 6. ^Splatter Up Baseball from Buddy L, Shoot the Moon (retrieved 10 February 2012) 7. ^CPSC, Empire Industries Announce Recall of Children's Riding Vehicles {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907075648/http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml00/00176.html |date=September 7, 2010 }}, 31 August 2000 (retrieved 16 September 2010) 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/250/0001116502-01-500702.pdf |title=EMPIRE OF CAROLINA INC, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Jul 3, 2001 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =May 15, 2018}} External links 5 : 1920 establishments in Illinois|East Moline, Illinois|Toy companies of the United States|Toy cars and trucks|Toy train manufacturers |
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