A collection of information on the different manufacturers of our Ride On Toys

DIRT KING - Made in the USA

The Best Tricycles, Wagons, and Carts for all Ages... The world’s best tricycle is for kids that say- “Forget the nap. Let’s go get dirty!” The Dirt King is virtually indestructible. Hand welded and constructed of heavy duty 14 and 16 gauge steel. The Dirt King comes equipped with all terrain pneumatic tires mounted on heavy duty steel rims with 5/8 inch steel ball-bearings. The adjustable seat and tilting handle-bars allow the Dirt King to adapt with your growing youngster for years of thrills and healthful fun and exercise. For Big Kids and Adults, Dirt King offers a big kids tricycle and adult trike ride that is sure to impress and be the envy of the neighborhood. Unlike with typical solid tire trikes, rugged ground is no match for the Dirt King. Thanks to its air-filled floatation tires, making old and uneven sidewalks and gravel yards just another Sunday drive.

The Dirt King comes in two sizes – childrens tricycle (ages 3 to 6) and big kids tricycle / adult trike (ages 7 to mature). We offer the heavy duty tricycle for those that seek double the fun and easily upgrades to the Big Kids Tricycle for additional years of outdoor play and exercise (Call the factory for pricing.). So if you’re tired of frail and little wimpy trikes, it’s time to move on up to the smooth riding Dirt King. It’s the trike your kids will pass-on to their grand kids! That’s why customers continue to tell us “we build the world’s best tricycle.” Dirt King Tricycles are built by the innovative and hard working people of WaKeeney, Kansas, owned and operated by MCM Manufacturing, Inc. We appreciate your patronage and purchase of a product that is made right here in the USA, American hand crafted and assembled and you have our promise that we will continue to build "The World’s Best Tricycle"!

BIG Toys (Germany)

The most successful ride-on vehicle in the world is one of Germany’s leading toy brands. Trust and praise from parents and dealers are based on its accredited safety, the latest manufacturing technology and the use of environmentally-friendly materials.

But BIG is much more than just the BIG BOBBY CAR.The range includes original licences such as the Porsche Boxster and Mercedes SLK, the BIG Bobby Quad in “The Wild Soccer Bunch” design, boats, toboggans and lots more – BIG has the whole range of outdoor play accessories covered.

All of these heavy duty products are made using a unique production process – in their own high tech factory – made in Germany. In this way the legendary toys bearing the sign of the buffalo point the way set a leading example for the future in the toy market.

BIG Bobby-Car's success takes us deep into the country, to the idyllic hamlet of Burghaslach in central Franconia.
The factory's striking façade, featuring the buffalo logo, is visible from miles away along the Nuremberg to Frankfurt freeway. This 320,000-square-meter site houses one of Europe's most modern toy factories: production halls, engineering and logistics departments all under one roof.
The set-up, like the company name, is seriously big. The BIG Bobby-Car on the hill in front of the administrative head quarters measures 8 x 4 x 2.8 meters (26.5' x 13.25' x 9').You can often see the sheep and goats that live in the special habitat here enjoying a lie-down in its shade.

It dwarfs the ten silvery silos in front of the assembly hall. They house the raw material – granulate. Tons of these tiny white balls are processed every year. Machines suck in the polyethylene granulate, which is measured out with computer-driven accuracy, mixed with colored granulate and heated to 200 degrees centigrade. Just under 2,000 grams are needed for the chassis of a BIG Bobby-Car. In the old days, children were put on wooden rocking horses or tinplate dogs covered in fur or cloth. But the wheels of progress were spinning faster and faster and children's toys were no exception. Scooters gave way to tricycles and then came the first kiddy-cars, made of tinplate. The Bobby-Car first saw the light in 1972, as more and more people found they could afford an automobile. That meant the toddlers had to have one too – just like the adults.

The basic shape of the kiddy-car hasn't changed in 36 years – something unusual in the fast-moving toy industry. But why meddle with success? This rotund oldtimer with the friendly headlights has been taken to the hearts of generation after generation. It has grown up a bit though: one brilliant idea was to add a hollow for the knee, so that older children could support their weight on one leg while pushing themselves along with the other.

Little cars please BIG people

Every day about 2,000 kiddy cars start their journey here to go through the manufacturing halls – and then out into the world. There are countless variants nowadays: police cars, fire engines, Automobile Club patrol cars, tractors... Big automobile firms such as Volkswagen, Porsche, Jaguar, Ferrari, and Mercedes have had cars developed based on their own models; famous designers, including Philippe Starck, Kitty Kahane and James Rizzi, have been immortalized in "art editions".

Lots of grown-ups are mad about the kiddy car as well. There are official Grand Prix, clubs, lots of record attempts and betting. (The speed record is 105 km/h.(65.25 mph) How do we explain this phenomenon? Is it because the BIG Bobby-Car is perfectly capable of bearing the weight of a full-grown adult? Or maybe because it's made in Germany? Or because it's still going strong after 15 years? Which raises the question why the stuff it's made of is so very strong.

Guarantee and Seal of Approval

Polyethylene is light and weatherproof, resists breaking, splitting, and denting, and repels sweat and saliva. It's using this plastic, plus the blow molding technique, that makes BIG products so robust. On top of that, they're UV-stable, physiologically impeccable and eco-friendly. That's guaranteed by the BIG quality passport. Since 1976, all BIG products have been subjected to all the toughness tests instituted by the TÜV (an independent association for technical inspection) and the Bavarian Landesgewerbeanstalt (trading agency) and bear the GS ("safety tested") mark – the highest guarantee of product safety. Naturally, every product has a three-year warranty.

Here's another reason why the BIG Bobby-Car can be said to have made toy history: there are no seconds and no second chances. If a BIG product has the slightest defect, it is picked out and recycled; along with any left-over material it is shredded, dyed black, mixed with 10 percent fresh granulate for extra durability, and used to make wheels – 8,000 of them every day. If a BIG Bobby-Car eventually gives up the ghost, the owner can return it to BIG for recycling. Which means it may end up as a "whisper wheel" – a "soft" wheel for kiddy racers that's kind to the nerves of their long-suffering parents. A stamping machine is used to affix the red and-white "hubcaps" to these wheels.

Rated Physiologically Valuable

Do you still need another reason why this bright red kiddy car is so popular? It's medically valuable. Some years ago Jürgen Krämer, Professor of Orthopedics in Bochum's St. Joseph Hospital, declared that "Because of the way it holds the legs apart, the BIG Bobby-Car can help healthy hip development. If a child has a dislocated hip, which is treated by fitting a Pavlik harness, we recommend putting the child on a Bobby-Car." People are always asking why there isn't a motorized version of the kiddy-powered car. But the firm's philosophy is against this. "Kids need to let off steam and discover the world through their feet," says Michael Sieber. That's why the BIG Bobby-Car is so well suited to a time like the present, when we always seem to be hearing about lack of exercise. The end of the success story is nowhere near in sight. By the way, the German opinion poll institute GEWIS states that just 72 percent of Germans would recognize Chancellor Angela Merkel but 85 percent know the Big Bobby Car.

Toys Toys (Formerly Berchet) ( Italy)

Toys Toys, an Italian factory, has for the past 30 years, successfully managed to pull together parents and children around the same passion for beautiful cars. Toys Toys reproduces models of the most prestigious cars. The cars comply with the safety European Community norms and are approved by a recognised European Institute. the special care excercised at the conception and at the realisation stages and the choic of high quality material result in exceptoinal toys enjoyed by the whole family.

Injusa (Spain)

The origins of the company go back to the forties, a time when it was dedicated to the manufacture of wooden toy trucks combined with details in metal, but it was not until the early 50's that the company was given the name Industrial Juguetera, S.A. (INJUSA). It was at this stage that the company embarked upon the challenge of manufacturing metal bicycles and tricycles and INJUSA remained the leader of the domestic market in this range of goods for many years. In the decade of the 60's, the company embraced a period of expansion, while maintaining its increasing penetration on a national and international level. Towards the end of the 70's, INJUSA launched a line of jumbo size battery operated vehicles in kit format, and is today the world's leading company in this field. Now, at the dawn of a new century, the enterprising spirit of the company still continues. It has now diversified its production with a new line of outdoor articles which are expected to please all customers.

Feber International (Spain)

The company was established in 1956, by Mr. JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ ZURITA, father of the present president Mr. JOSÉ MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ FERRE. There are 50,000 square meters of modern premises, on 60,000 square meters of land, which is separated into three units, that can be accessed by underground tunnels. The plant is situated in Ibi, in the province of Alicante (Spain), in the so-called toy valley, which has a tradition of more than 100 years experience in manufacturing toys. There is a staff of more than 250 people, including directors, engineers, technicians, managers and specialists. The company obtained the ISO 9001 certificate in 1995, which was awarded by TUV MANAGEMENT SERVICE, and was one of the first European toy companies to obtain this recognition and the first Spanish one to do so.

Mini Motos (China)

A manufacturer and trading company, which is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. Their main products are baby products such as tricycle, bikes and toys such as battery operated cars and motorbikes for children. They have 3 factories in Zhejiang province, equipped with complete sets of production lines and testing equipment, with strong design ability. Every year they release dozens of new models with annual productivity of 300,000 sets.