Toys may come and go, but Tonka trucks keep rolling

A #406 Tonka dump truck, evidently never played with, achieved $2,800 plus the buyer’s premium in January 2022. Image courtesy of Milestone Auctions and LiveAuctioneers.
A #406 Tonka dump truck, evidently never played with, achieved $2,800 plus the buyer’s premium in January 2022. Image courtesy of Milestone Auctions and LiveAuctioneers.
A #406 Tonka dump truck, evidently never played with, achieved $2,800 plus the buyer’s premium in January 2022. Image courtesy of Milestone Auctions and LiveAuctioneers.

NEW YORK — Ever since the first Tonka toy truck rolled off the manufacturing line in Mound, Minnesota in 1947, it has been a perennial favorite with boys and girls of all ages. Today, the Tonka line, which is now owned by Hasbro, has released hundreds of thousands of toy vehicles, and more than a dozen new trucks are in the current production line.

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