Right! Victorian times were late 1800s/ early 1900s! I was thinking of the early 1800s too, simply because I was watching a jane austen movie while thinking about this, and it's early 1800s.
ah, yes - the Victorian period was between 1837 - 1901
And the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (roughly what the Victorian car is modelled on) was started production in 1906
Which is why Playmobil probably called it the 1900 series, as it was more getting into Edwardian than Victorian, what with items such as the motor powered car and truck in the toy line.
I know we have had this discussion before, and it is only a toy
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