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Play Gallery, Build It, Case 1

This object consists of 17 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Romper Room Build and Play Tiles

Building Block
1971 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Airfix Products Ltd (manufacturers)
Hasbro, Inc (designers)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

Card box, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of children playing with the toy. The box base is printed to show a range of Romper Room toys. Inside are 20 assorted plastic tiles, 13 posts and 13 pegs together with a printed instruction sheet.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Children & Childhood
Games
SCRAN
Construction Toys
Play
Object type
Building block
Parts
This object consists of 17 parts.

  • Construction Set, Base Tile
  • Construction Set, Floor Tiles
  • Construction Set, Roof Tiles
  • Construction Set, Archway Tiles
  • Construction Set, Window Tiles
  • Construction Set, Wall Tiles
  • Construction Set, Half Wall Tile
  • Construction Set, Support Post
  • Construction Set, Support Post
  • Construction Set, Pegs
  • Construction Set, Black Pegs
  • Construction Set, Instructions
  • Construction Set, Packaging
  • Construction Set, Packaging
  • Construction Set, Packaging
  • Construction Set, Packaging
  • Display Arrangement
TitleRomper Room Build and Play Tiles (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Plastic, printed card and paper
Card
Plastic
Printed
Moulded
Brief description
Build & Play Tiles, Romper Room, 53012-7, Airfix Products Ltd under licence from Hasbro
Physical description
Card box, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of children playing with the toy. The box base is printed to show a range of Romper Room toys. Inside are 20 assorted plastic tiles, 13 posts and 13 pegs together with a printed instruction sheet.
Dimensions
  • Length: 15¾in
  • Width: 14¾in
  • Depth: 1½in
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'THE NEW KINDERGARTEN TOY RANGE / Made under license from Hasbro Industries' (base of box; printed)
  • '©Airfix Products Ltd 1971 / Made in England / Ages 3 -7' (packaging; printed)
  • 'FAST BUILDING / £2.20' (white price label written in biro)
  • 'AIRFIX' (Manufacturer's logo, at top of front of box)
  • 'ROMPER / ROOM' (Printed on front of box)
  • 'Build & Play Tiles / Easy to fit shapes designed for large-scale construction' (Printed on front of box)
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Production
Romper Room was a trademark of Hasbro, Inc.

Reason For Production: retail
Other numbers
  • 1856 - catalogue number
  • 53012-7 - catalogue number
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.383:1 to 16-1999

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Record createdOctober 6, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11799/romper-room-build-and-play-building-block-airfix-products-ltd/
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