The Wayne I know is a friend with a great sense of humour and a passion for collecting Dinky Toys, die-cast miniature model cars and trucks. He can spout the history of Dinkies—the manufacturing firm in England operated from 1934 to 1980—and he can talk about the pre-war and post-war model differences. In fact Wayne can wax eloquent for hours about many aspects of Dinkies—sometimes yawning or interrupting is needed to change the subject!
As a kid in his country setting Wayne played with the popular toys. When he went to town he drooled over displays of the cars and trucks; he worked and saved to have more. He added Corgis because they started making cars that were part of the pop culture, like the batmobile or chitty-chitty-bang-bang car. Some of the toys he had as a child are in his collection, but most were worn out or left behind as he matured—girls probably consumed his interest instead. Still, he maintained his infatuation for the little cars.

As an adult Wayne started collecting again, and he now has more than 400 Dinky and Corgi toy vehicles. In fact he has a room in his house just for them. He concedes that part of his passion for collecting them may be to compensate for having only a few as a poor kid in the country. Part, too, relates to him being always the educator. Dinkies add to his knowledge about more cars than he can afford to keep in his garage… he drives a Volkswagen but can claim to own an Austin Healy, a Rolls Royce, a Daimler and many more! I think his Dinky models give him more pleasure than the real models might!