Bburago
Sign in to saveBburago is a large manufacturing company of toys and die-cast scale model cars formerly based in Italy. The company was based in Burago di Molgora, where all products were made from 1974 to 2005. At the height of its popularity, Bburago's main competitors were Politoys and Maisto, the latter of which was to become dominant in the 1:18 market segment in the late 90's.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Bburago
- Company.former_names
- Martoys (1974–1976)
- Company.logo
- Bburago Logo.png
- Company.type
- Private (1974–2005)
- Company.fate
- Company defunct, brand rights acquired by May Cheong Group in 2006
- Company.foundation
- 1974
- Company.industry
- Manufacturing
- Company.num_employees
- 130
- Company.owner
- May Cheong Group
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Martoys
- Models
- Detail and rendering
- Packaging
- Later history
- Bburago
- Early models
- Larger scales
- Smaller scales
- Competition increases and closure
- Scale models 1/24 (Italian production)
- Footnotes
- Sources
- Further reading
- See also
- External links
Bburago is a large manufacturing company of toys and die-cast scale model cars formerly based in Italy. The company was based in Burago di Molgora, where all products were made from 1974 to 2005. At the height of its popularity, Bburago's main competitors were Politoys and Maisto, the latter of which was to become dominant in the 1:18 market segment in the late 90's.
In 2006, Hong Kong–based May Cheong Group (owner of the Maisto and later Polistil brands) acquired rights to the "Bburago" brand, taking over the manufacturing operations, which were then shifted to China.