NO. 1 BUILDING SET

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Artist/Maker	Airfix Products Ltd (manufacturer)
Place of origin	England (manufactured)

card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations
contains moulded hard plastic building pieces in white green and red
leaflet

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Categories	Access_to_Images 2003 Children & Childhood Games SCRAN Construction Toys
Object type	Building block
Titles	NO. 1 BUILDING SET (manufacturer's title) BETTA BILDA (series title)
Materials and techniques	printed card, moulded plastic Card Plastic Moulded Printed
Brief description	Betta Bilda, Airfix, English, 1960s
Physical description	card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations contains moulded hard plastic building pieces in white green and red leaflet
Dimensions	Length: 9¼in Width: 8in Depth: 1¼in
Production type	mass produced
Copy number	Pattern No. 4500
Marks and inscriptions	90509/5 (leaflet; printed) 12/11 (price on box)
Credit line	Given by the Palitoy Company
Production	Reason For Production: retail
Associated objects	B.797-1999 B.798-1999
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.796-1999

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Record created	July 4, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41179/no-1-building-set-building-block-airfix-products-ltd/

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