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Towards the end of World War 1, a new technique for metal die casting was developed as a result of the war effort. Then, in the immediate post-war period, some enterprising toy manufacturers adapted the new process to a more wholesome end.
In the new method, a mixture of metals was heated to the melting point in a specially designed crucible, and then injected under pressure into carefully prepared metal dies, or moulds. The dies were designed to be opened, after the molten mixture had cooled, allowing the
