Autos for GI Joe, Home from the War, & Barbie, in their Hometown

This blog is designed to encourage production of one-sixth size miniature collectibles,
that huge interrelated world of Barbie, military collectibles (action figures), and dollhouses, all built to a scale of 2 inches to the foot, sometimes called Playscale ®, but done with civilian orientation and generally covering the nostalgia period of the 20th Century in our history.

Because I also favor the use of Forced Perspective in these dioramas and presentations, it should be possible to use both larger and smaller figure sizes when they are placed appropriately. This allows the use of realistic “fashion dolls” --- from 21 inches down to 14 inches in height --- in the foreground. In addition, by carefully selecting and placing selected figures crafted for model railroads in G Gauge and even O Gauge in the background, another universe of possibilities opens up.

Still, we are surprised that major manufacturers of collectibles have not yet jumped on this bandwagon and produced classic and postwar (WW II) die-cast cars in 1/6th full size.

They would sell to Barbie collectors in place of those awful Barbie cars produced by Mattel; it would sell to GI Joe collectors and all those World War II military diorama guys as an alternative to their tanks and jeeps; it would provide a car to be placed in front of those very well done 2"=1' dollhouses that are being sold now; and it would give creative scope to model car designers and builders because they would have the twin advantages of incredible detail (because of the larger size) and models that are easier to build. The very wide untapped range of autos that flourished in the early and mid 20th century would provide a whole new market for manufacturers and retailers.