Tonka gets Tougher, Sort of

Childhood. Trucks. Tonka. No questions asked. Well, at least not for us reading today who probably grew up with, or grew up wanting, one of those heavy, badass steel Mighty Tonkas that felt indestructible in our tiny hands — a far cry from today’s wussier Mighty Dump. Or anything else that Tonka makes these days, for that matter. Cute, chubby and safe, I’ll admit, but certainly not the vintage brand association that one makes with Tonka, the company that began making trucks in cold-as-hell Mound, Minnesota in 1947 manufactured by Mound Metalcraft Company. Part of Hasbro since 1991, Tonka’s line of toys are friendlier and have more plastic than steel, and somewhat recently they introduced a new logo that is slowly appearing in new packaging. Original logo by Erling E