Mebetoys

Mebetoys was started by Ugo and Martino Besana in 1959 in Oleggio Castello, Italy. Their brother Mario Besana joined the company in 1967, one year after the company started. A diecast car line was started that same year, rather late compared to the entry of many other companies in the early-to-mid-1950s. In detail and proportion, Mebetoys joined superior model producers of French Solido and fellow Italian Polistil, in many ways these became the triumvirate of diecast models on the European continent, though Danish Tekno and Italian Rio Models also were important. Models were exact to scale with many moving parts, and generally more sophisticated than venerable British producers Corgi and Dinky Toys.

The present list was compiled using Mebetoys catalogues and information from Besana Mebetoys website, The Gran Toros website and the book by Paolo Rampini.

Serie A (Europe)

Note: Gaps in the number sequence are for models that were never issued to our knowledge.