Below is a list of key events in the 67 year history of TimMee, Processed Plastic and B-Line Toys.
1948 - Processed Plastic Company
Founded by Ross Bergman & partners in Aurora, Illinois to produce toy vehicles.
1948 - Tim-Mee Toys
Founded by John Baumgartner of the Anchor Brush Company - Aurora, Illinois
Began producing toy figures to keep machinery in use during factory inactivity.
1956 - Ross Bergman Takes Over
Buys out partners and becomes sole owner of the Processed Plastic Company.
Sons Robert and David join the company.
1961 - Bergman Manufacturing Company
Organized as the manufacturer of all Processed Plastic products.
1961 - Aurora to Montgomery
The companies moved from 500 Rathbone Ave. in Aurora, Ill to a new and larger factory
at 1001 Aucutt Rd, Montgomery, Ill.
1964 - Buy Out
The Bergman Manufacturing & Trading Company, Inc. (PP) purchases TimMee Toys
effective January 1st, 1965. Sons Robert and David join the company.
1968 - Moldrite Plastic & Engineering Co.
Created to produce molds (for Processed Plastic toys) in Addison, Ill.
1969 - Ross Bergman Steps down
Robert S. Bergman becomes president of Processed Plastic Co.
1993 - Robert S. Bergman Steps down
Robert R. Bergman becomes president of Processed Plastic Co.
1998 - 50th Anniversary
The company celebrates 50 years in the toy business.
2004 - The Merger
Strombecker Corporation and Processed Plastic Co. merge to become Tootsie Toy.
2005 - End of the Line
Processed Plastic sells its intellectual property assets at auction during the summer.
J. Lloyd International Inc, (based in Grand Rapids, Iowa and established in 1984) begins reissuing classic figures and vehicles from their factory in Kalkaska, Michigan.
2019 - New Moniker
J. Lloyd International Inc. changes its name to Alpha International Inc.
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2 comments:
Hey, I would of posted this under the Large Scale Army section, but unfortunately it did not have a commenting area, for the Dune Buggy I was able to find a sealed (sold) verison on ebay, which may be more accurate considering the photo shown is missing the turret on top. https://www.ebay.com/itm/204293264351?hash=item2f90d3d3df%3Ag%3AfaYAAOSw9cxkKgzU&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwKxPIeyXwXkZIzT%2FhAW05VzWhiDYTGOW6qkVH0I6KhOoD8f7HWe7ZF73OrFDl9ZFMDKMJ0q28r2%2FSsTONMX4y%2BmqyZf27ohHAq57OgGOQpUhJnzVJ1IsjhLdyWCo6uR%2BWPZbUO1mmj5Wu7mSfsIzJwlxdZUgL0M9chiqsiyV6LSWlKULVCt13iXvCNjSFZUkF8lNRy9MejpJfZwRidXhRg%2BbhtrhE9kE9v3mvFTD7IjEmFs4LtsGNmZwX5rIpUupaQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_zf67SfYg&nma=true&si=DJ51sqoM7velPdW8WnYipy9LYgg%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
There is the link to the item, if you wouldn't like to click on it I understand, so here is the description of the (sold) ebay listing New in Box NIB Tim Mee Plastic Military Dune Buggy Desert Blaster Timmee USA
That's definitely a more suitable photo. I've always wanted to get one for the blog but I rarely see them on Ebay.
I'll fix the comment section on the Large Scale section.
Thank you for pointing these things out. :)
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