Lot 154:
Tonka Gas Turbine Cement Mixer w/ Box
Description
A Tonka pressed steel gas turbine cement mixer, model number 2620. The toy features a red cab-over chassis with a rotating white and black cement drum and is accompanied by its original corrugated fibreboard box. The box displays lithographed graphics of the vehicle on multiple sides. The packaging bears several printed marks. The primary logo features the name Tonka in a stylized black font within an oval cartouche above wavy lines, accompanied by the text U.S.A. The sides and top of the box are printed with the identification TONKA CEMENT MIXER No. 2620. A black and white circular logo containing a four-pointed star and the word Steel is visible on the side panels. The bottom of the box contains a detailed manufacturer block reading Tonka, MOUND, MINNESOTA, MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Additional technical text on the bottom states THIS CORRUGATED FIBREBOARD TESTS NOT LESS THAN 200 POUNDS. HOERNER WALDORF CORPORATION ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. The end panels repeat the identification as TONKA CEMENT MIXER/NO. 2620. One end panel retains a green adhesive price label from Super Center, Inc. with handwritten ink characters that are partially illegible but appear to include the numbers 2 and 5.
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