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Metal toy vehicles were a mainstay of boys' toys in the west. Wesee these toys of all sizes. there were big ones the boys could sit on and then after World War II match Box tiny ones. This seems a major difference during the Soviet era. We suspect that this was due to the focus on heavy industry and the decision to use metal for other pirposes than toys. Another issue was the fact that the Soviets produced so few cars. Some of the metal toys we see are utilitarian vehicles such as trucks. Snazzy stylish cars were not a fact vof life for Russian children and we not see them appearing as toys that the children played with, even in well-equipped kindergartens. You might think there would be a lot of tractors as well, biut we do not see many. The toy focus was on industry, not agriculture. Which of couse mirrored the policies of the Soviet Five Year Plans. We think a lot of toys like electric train sets that required industrial production were much less common than in the West--basically the kid version of notable Soviet shortages of consumer goods.
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