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The Hess Toy Truck Is A Finalist!

Hess Toy Trucks A Finalist For The National Toy Hall of Fame The following 12 toys are finalists for 2014 induction into The Strong’s National Toy Hall of Fame. Only two will take their honored places in the hall this year when they are announced at a ceremony at The Strong on Thursday, November 6 at 10:30 a.m. Below […]

The New Hess 2014 50th Anniversary Edition Toy Truck

What A Beauty! The 2014 Hess Toy Truck Limited Edition Collector’s Truck Does Not Disappoint. Kudos to the toy designers at Hess Corporation! The New Hess 2014 50th Anniversary Edition Toy Truck is a beautiful tribute to the 50 Year iconic toy.

Hess Sells Gas Stations But Toy Trucks Will Roll On!

Hess Sells Gas Stations But Toy Trucks Will Roll On! Big news this past week when Hess Corporation announced that it was selling its gas stations to Marathon Petroleum’s Speedway. You can read details from Hess on this announcement by clicking here. Right on the heels of the Hess-Marathon announcement, Hess issued another news release stating […]

Moving The Original Hess Truck

The Original Hess Truck Moves To Headquarters If you enjoy learning about the history of Hess Toy Trucks as much as I do, then you will enjoy this video. It is by the company that was responsible for moving the original 1933 Chevrolet truck that Leon Hess used to deliver fuel oil to his customers […]

Vintage Hess Truck Ad From 1964

A Chuck Miller blogpost from 2009 had a great piece of the Hess Toy Truck tradition. It included one of Hess Corporation’s first newspaper ads promoting the toy Hess Transport Truck. I doubt if Leon Hess and his Woodbridge associates had any idea that they were creating an eduring tradition when they decided to manufacture […]