Toy has been one of Chinese factories' large trade goods. However, while Europe, the United States and other developed countries Set up high technical barrier on the toy exports to their countries, many toy manufacturers in China turn to develope new markets in Asia, Malaysia as a main new market Chinese factory had make effort to expand, have a steady growth in importing toys from China in recent years. Statistics show that exports of toys in Ningbo, China in 2009 worth 410 million U.S. dollars, up 14.9% increase over the same period, Malaysia's export sales 66 million dollars.

If you're a parent and you just saw your son fascinated upon seeing a huge airplane on television, this is a good a sign as any that he will like a model airplane for himself. If you want to further encourage his interest in this field, why not get him an airplane model kit which he can work on during his play time?

And it's not just airplanes, either. Cars, boats, motorcycles, helicopters, trucks and trains are some of the other children's model toys that you can encourage your child to tinker with. There are Many Benefits of Children's Model Toys.

Remember that it is the older kids who might be interested with the model car or airplane kits - although you should be able to see earlier on if the younger kids will take on this hobby as well. The truth is scale models are not for kids. These are meant for people to collect just like stamps or coins. There are so many brands around and these kits vary depending on the person's skill level.

One thing you will notice about these kits is that it never comes with the glue or the paint necessary to make it look like the one in the picture of the box. If you want to make it realistic, you have to buy these separately then study photos which you can download from the web or browse through some scale modeling magazines and then try to make something similar.

But if you don't want to put it together, there is another thing you can do. You can buy die cast assembled kits. When you buy them from the store, you might have to put a few of these pieces together simply because it will not fit in the box. A very good example is the helicopter since the rotor blades will stick out if this is packaged in the box.

Nowadays, this hot trend already expended to all area of Southeast Asia. Here we will take some countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, etc. for example show you the hot trend in model toys, such as die cast toys, scale model toys, etc. all are quite hot.

The industry of toys is still quite attractive. This can be seen from the fact that Indonesia's toy exports have been growing at significant rates. The exports of dolls and their accessories increased thirteenfold, i.e. from US$ 113,680 for the period of January-July 1990 to US$ 1,533,690 for the same period of 1991. This seems to have encouraged investors to pay an active role in developing Indonesia's toy industry.

Toys are playthings intended for not only enjoyment but also creativity and intellectual development of children. In the early days, toys were largely an imitation of pets or wild animals made of carved wood or stone or any kinds of objects available in each community. Some samples of these toys were cockhorse, an imitated horse made of stalks of banana tree for Thai children, and balls made from bladder of goat or sheep for Indian children. Toys of some ancient tribes were used as playthings for children as well as home decorations or for worshipping the sacred images in their beliefs. Toys for sales were mostly made of tin and have been developed all along to metal and plastic nowadays.

Today, toys are vital to the Thai industrial sector since they are directly and indirectly related to other backward linkage industries. The toy industry, though meant for export orientation, still performs unfavorably in overall export value. The main drawback to the Thai toy exports is competition from the key rival, China, in the prominent markets such as the US and the EU. With its lower labor cost, China can capture over 80% share in the world toy market. As a result, the share of Thai toys in major markets, particularly for dolls which do not require high skills, has shrunk.

Apart from the labor cost, problems also arise from raw materials. Certain materials such as plastic resin and cloth that must be imported are charged with high import tariffs, resulting in increased production costs. In addition, raw material like rubber wood is becoming scarce because it is increasingly exported. On the technical front, Thailand has lagged behind Hong Kong, Japan and the US as it must still rely on technology abroad, thus weakening Thai competitiveness in high-tech toy markets.

To bolster competitiveness in the toy industry, the Thai toy producers must develop skills and production technique with a focus on quality upgrading, product diversification, and use of modern and sophisticated production technology. More should also be done to create own unique designs, tap new markets to head off the ever-intensifying competition and upgrade the products to the middle and high-end markets to shift away from competition from China and Vietnam in the low-end markets. The producers should rely more on the local raw materials to ease the high costs incurred from imported raw materials and to create value added to the products, e.g. rubber wood used to produce wooden toys. The Thai model toys have a bright prospect in the global market and have enjoyed a sharp export growth since they are acceptable for quality, safety and beautiful design.