., ▁Saf ir , ▁Br umm , ▁D ug u ▁Min ia ut oto ys , ▁L led o , ▁Min ial ux e ▁and ▁C ursor ▁Mod els ▁took ▁off ▁on ▁the ▁original ▁Match box ▁' Models ▁of ▁Y est ery ear ' ▁theme ▁producing ▁rep lic as ▁of ▁veter an ▁and ▁classic ▁cars ▁that ▁appe aled ▁to ▁older ▁collect ors ▁( R ixon ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁p .   1 1 ). ▁Of ▁these ▁companies , ▁only ▁R . A . M . I . ▁appears ▁earlier ▁than ▁R IO . ▁According ▁to ▁Edward ▁Force , ▁the ▁first ▁four ▁R IO ▁Mod els ▁were ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁– ▁two ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁Ital as ▁and ▁two ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁FI AT s ▁( For ce ▁ 1 9 9 2 , 2 6 3 – 2 6 4 ). ▁These ▁to ys ▁also ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁made ▁under ▁the ▁earlier ▁St amp opol ast ica ▁name ▁and ▁manufact ured ▁for ▁D ug u ▁Min ia ut oto ys . ▁So on ▁however , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁producing ▁its ▁own ▁vehicles , ▁and ▁not ▁as ▁contract ▁work . ▁Thus ▁R IO ▁became ▁an ▁independent ▁die cast ▁name . ▁ ▁A ▁few ▁new ▁models ▁a ▁year ▁were ▁sp or ad ically ▁produced ▁until ▁the ▁company ▁had ▁a ▁line ▁of ▁over ▁ 3 0 ▁cars ▁by ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁and ▁over ▁ 6 0 ▁by ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁(