- Being featured in a national magazine, such
as Popular Science, was a real advertising
victory for any company. Being on the cover
was even more of a triumph!
Without a doubt, Nylint's clever Mechanical
Lift Truck was perfect subject matter for a
publication devoted to the "magic" of how
mechanical things worked. The story inside,
complete with diagrams, explained how this
marvelous Nylint toy could do what it did.
Pinions, levers, cams, gears, and clockwork
springs, all in perfect synchronization,
produced not only fun for the young owner,
but also fascination for his parents.
It certainly didn't hurt sales, or the company's
reputation, to have such an article appear in
hundreds of thousands of households and on
newsstands around the world.
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