Muky was an

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brand of

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s. The brand was popular in Argentina between the 1970s and the 1980s. Most were diecast seconds or knockoffs of early Mattel Hot Wheels. At its peak, the factory produced 50,000 to 60,000 models by month until 1991, when the factory closed due to competition from imported products.

Company

Muky was made by Induguay S.A. "Fábrica de Juguetes Muky" ("Muky Toy Factory"). Established by Libio Conti and his brother,Historia de los Muky
interview to Bruno dell Arciprette, published on Toy Museumm, 10 Oct 2015 the company was located in the city of Gualeguay, in

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, 145 miles north-west of Buenos Aires. Virtually all of the models made by Muky were copies of early

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like the Custom Corvette, the Lola T70, the Custom Eldorado, or the Dodge Deora. Thus the company is often called the "Hot Wheels of Argentina". Muky were not as popular, or as collectible today, as the country's Buby toys, which made Argentine

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and

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and other vehicles that may have been more familiar to children there.

Change of Management

In the late 1970s, because of the worsening economic environment in Argentina, the DeConti brothers moved to Brazil and began manufacturing toys there called "Superveloz". In 1984 or 1985, a certain Dell Arciprete bought Muky, and using most of the same dies, again began making Mukys. Arciprete's Muky line added a few new vehicles. The Arciprete family ran a fumigation business at the same time as Muky. The later Mukys were numbered from eight to forty, numbers one through six having been lost along the line somewhere. Also, these later models' chassis were cast in plastic, and Mukys were distributed also to Uruguay and Spain.

Questions on Tooling

How Induguay came to possess the Mattel dies is uncertain; one story is that the DeConti brothers stole the dies from Mattel, but two other prevalent theories exist, both logical. One is that the models were carefully copied from blueprints. Another is that third party agents, with the approval of Mattel, sold some dies to the De Contis. In any event, perusal of catalogs of old and new models shows that few of the 37 models originally manufactured by Induguay were ever reissued by Mattel. Apparently, the Arciprete family has kept the tooling and doesn't deny that they might again someday make more Mukys.

Products

List of Muky diecast cars, by number:Listado Muky
on Galgo Diecast * 7 -

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* 8 -

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GT Spoiler * 9 - Ford MKN Turbo * 10 -

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* 11 - Chevelle SS * 12 -

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* 13 - Arenero Muky * 14 - Lola GT 40 * 15 -

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* 16 - Corvette Special * 17 -

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* 18 - Ford MK IV * 19a - Transporter Van * 19b - Mc Laren MCA Turbo * 20 - Ford GT 40 * 21 - Cadillac Eldorado * 22 - Lamborghini * 23 -

Tank truck A tank truck, gas truck, fuel truck, or tanker truck (American English) or tanker (British English) is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquids or gases on roads. The largest such vehicles are similar to railroad tank cars, which are also desig ...

* 24 -

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* 25 - Cattle truck * 26 - Super Turbo * 27 - Furgón (truck) * 28 - Chaparral 2 G * 29 - Skoda Baby * 30 - Ford Coupé 36 * 31 - Volcador (truck) * 32 - Lancia 3000 * 33 - Rapit Urbano (truck) * 34 - Mc Laren MGA * 35 -

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* 36 - Servicio Médico * 37 -

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* 38 - Volkswagen * 39 - Ferrari 308

References

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