Buffalo Road Imports

Buffalo Road Imports (aka BRI) has been officially serving the collector since 1978. Initially starting by exhibiting at toy shows and as a small mail order business that was an off shoot from collecting. During the 1970's it was very difficult to find construction models which spurred the need to start the family business (to help our own collecti... ng interests) Although BRI specializes in construction scale models, many other types of collectible vehicles, soldiers, ships and more are stocked. Being a collector as well, Brandon Lewis, owner of BRI is considered one of the leading experts in the field of construction scale models. Brandon Lewis has been a collector all his life. He inherited the collecting bug from his father who started collecting when Brandon was born. Originally the collection started out with a single Matchbox model, it soon included Corgi, Dinky and similar toys that were available at the time. During the 1970's they discovered the construction models made by NZG and Gescha (now Conrad). The business officially began in 1978 and the last stock of the US importer for NZG & Conrad was purchased from Schuco Toy. Since there was no longer a distributor for the construction models produced by NZG and Conrad, they set off for Europe and literally knocked on the doors of NZG and Conrad, thus starting the importing business for construction scale models. The interest in construction scale models grew over the years and the models by NZG and Conrad were of prime interest. With very little information on the history and models produced by these companies, Brandon compiled and published the NZG and Conrad "Collector's Guides" which were a complete listing of all known models produced by these companies up until 1988. The year 1988 was a big year with the initial startup of EMD (Engineering Model Developments). This was a sister company for the production of models. The initial model was of the Caterpillar RD8 with a Hyster winch and logging arch.Read More