Fake 1980 Tonka Mites No 149 Sanitary Truck

Fake (Read below)1980 Tonka Mites No 149 Sanitary Truck in playworn condition and missing the rear door.
The year these toys hit the market in 1976 their marketing slogan was “fun to play with alone or together, fun to collect as a whole fleet”. There were 10 original Tonka Mites vehicles released that year and manufactured in Japan for Tonka. Cabs were made of press steel and the rest of the vehicle were plastic. Later years the vehicles were switched to die-cast or a combination of metal and die-cast. Measuring in dimensions slightly under 4 inches and smaller than Tiny Tonkas, these were branded Tonka Mites. Sometimes you will see folks referring to them as miniature Tonka Trucks or small Tonka Trucks. They are generally talking about Tonka Mites.
They were produced for a short number of years and then production ceased due to copyright issues. There are of course fakes of these on the market that do not carry the Tonka name on the wheels. This is what defines an original Tonka Mites from a fake one.