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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Board Game
1975 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

THE GAME IS SEALED IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND HAS NOT BEEN OPENED
Board game contained in a card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations and photographs of the game being played.
Instructions are printed on the inside of the lid; box bottom is plain white card

Playing surface top is printed in colours to show colour coordinated paths along which the players move, obstacles to be met and safe areas - these are the surfaced positions; following the paths are cut out areas which allow the markers into the submerged positions. Below the top is a card disc printed in blues to represent water; disc is mounted on a yellow plastic stand. In the centre of the stand is the base of the control tower which passes through the brown plastic 'mountain' in the centre of the top and is capped by a yellow plastic knob; the knob ultimately turns the disc. The playing surface and disc is housed on a plain card base.

PLAYING PIECES
dice - one white marked 1 - 6; one black marked 1 - 3
8 gunboats, red plastic hulls on rings which fit into the cut away areas on the playing surface, blue plastic deck, yellow plastic gun
4 Nautilus (players' markers), in two parts - blue, red, yellow and green


Object details
Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
card printed in colours, moulded plastic in different colours
Brief description
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea board game made in the US by Lakeside Industries in 1975
Physical description
THE GAME IS SEALED IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND HAS NOT BEEN OPENED

Board game contained in a card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations and photographs of the game being played.

Instructions are printed on the inside of the lid; box bottom is plain white card



Playing surface top is printed in colours to show colour coordinated paths along which the players move, obstacles to be met and safe areas - these are the surfaced positions; following the paths are cut out areas which allow the markers into the submerged positions. Below the top is a card disc printed in blues to represent water; disc is mounted on a yellow plastic stand. In the centre of the stand is the base of the control tower which passes through the brown plastic 'mountain' in the centre of the top and is capped by a yellow plastic knob; the knob ultimately turns the disc. The playing surface and disc is housed on a plain card base.



PLAYING PIECES

dice - one white marked 1 - 6; one black marked 1 - 3

8 gunboats, red plastic hulls on rings which fit into the cut away areas on the playing surface, blue plastic deck, yellow plastic gun

4 Nautilus (players' markers), in two parts - blue, red, yellow and green
Dimensions
  • Length: 15½in
  • Width: 15½in
  • Height: 3in
Production typeMass produced
Copy number
No.8332
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
full title: "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Race your Nautilus to safety past the moving gunships"

Part of the Palitoy Archive

Inspired by Walt Disney World, Lakeside Industries Inc, a division of Leisure Dynamics Inc
Historical context
This game was based upon the feature ride at WALT DISNEY WORLD in Florida, USA rather than directly on the story. The ride was closed in 1994 to be redeveloped with another theme.
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Collection
Accession number
B.847-1999

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Record createdAugust 20, 1999
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