Antique, 1930s, Wyandotte Pressed Steel Lockheed P-38 Lightning Crusader Airplane.

Antique, 1930s, Wyandotte Pressed Steel Lockheed P-38 Lightning Crusader Airplane.

Size: 15 cm L x 22 cm W

All Metal Products Company was an American toy company founded in 1920 and based in Wyandotte, Michigan for most of its history. It produced inexpensive pressed metal toys under the Wyandotte brand name, and was the largest manufacturer of toy guns in the US for several decades in the 20th century. The company's slogan was "Wyandotte Toys are Good and Safe." To keep costs down, the company used scrap and surplus raw materials whenever possible, often manufacturing their toys from scrap metal obtained from local auto factories.

In 1929, the company added girls' toys and toy vehicles, as well as lithographed novelty toys in 1936. Metal toys were banned during World War II because metals were needed for the war effort. The company survived by producing wooden toys and die-cut cardboard "build-your-own" play sets during the war. All Metal Products also manufactured en bloc clips for the M1 Garand rifle; clips of this type were stamped with "AMP1" on the rear.