The toy manufacturer D. Sebel & Co. Ltd, who made Mobo toys, was based in Kent where they produced toys from 1947 up until 1972 when cheaper products abroad out-produced those made by the British company1 2.
However, proceeding the company’s focus on toy production, the founder David Sebel originally established himself as a wheelwright in 1921, in London (after emigrating from Russia), before gradually expanding the business along with his son, Harry, to produce metalwork for commercial markets. During WWII, D. Sebel & Co. produced metal parts for tanks and aircraft and for buildings including towers and bridges. It was after the war that the company expanded further into furniture-making and then in 1947 into toy-making1. Mobo toys were finally born.
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MoreThe toy manufacturer D. Sebel & Co. Ltd, who made Mobo toys, was based in Kent where they produced toys from 1947 up until 1972 when cheaper products abroad out-produced those made by the British company1 2.
However, proceeding the company’s focus on toy production, the founder David Sebel originally established himself as a wheelwright in 1921, in London (after emigrating from Russia), before gradually expanding the business along with his son, Harry, to produce metalwork for commercial markets. During WWII, D. Sebel & Co. produced metal parts for tanks and aircraft and for buildings including towers and bridges. It was after the war that the company expanded further into furniture-making and then in 1947 into toy-making1. Mobo toys were finally born.
Although the company specialised in metalwork, plastics were adopted in toy production in the 1960s. It has been suggested1 that pressed metal was the bridge linking the development of wooden and plastic-made toys.
America became a strong market for Mobo toys where the sister company Sebel Products Inc. was established.
Subject ID: 98989
Subject ID: 98989