Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars were definitely cool, but with a heavy hand, you'd shoot them under the refrigerator never to be seen again. Tonka Trucks were much bigger replicas of contemporary ...

The yellow Tonka Truck. Instantly recognizable by any child of decades past, that big metal beast would always make you popular around the sandbox. There were no blinking lights to dazzle ...

Using 20-gauge automotive steel for the first toys, “after (the Second World War), steel was widely available and cheap,” noted Thiede, “and Tonka took advantage of this surplus.” The first tires were ...

Tonka Pizza in Minnetonka is boarded up Thursday after city officials say a vehicle crashed into the building. A large hole can be seen in front of the business, located on the 14000 block of ...