Ghost Train
Board Game
1970-1975 (designed)
1970-1975 (designed)
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Prototype board game, hand drawn and painted game operated with cogwheels. An upright title panel slots into the back. There are also five ghost shapes, one on a post and one in a house, six playing counters reprenting children in cars, six black card squares (three marked 'S', one plain, one with a green spider and one with a white spider's web). There is a single white plastic die. One headless yellow plastic figure (possibly not part of the game). One clear plastic stand
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Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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Title | Ghost Train (manufacturer's title) |
Materials and techniques | Painted card, plastic |
Brief description | Prototype board game, Ghost Train, English, 1970-75 |
Physical description | Prototype board game, hand drawn and painted game operated with cogwheels. An upright title panel slots into the back. There are also five ghost shapes, one on a post and one in a house, six playing counters reprenting children in cars, six black card squares (three marked 'S', one plain, one with a green spider and one with a white spider's web). There is a single white plastic die. One headless yellow plastic figure (possibly not part of the game). One clear plastic stand |
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Production type | Prototype |
Marks and inscriptions | 'TOY DEVELOPMENT LTD / COMP.' (hand written in red on box lid) |
Credit line | Given by the Palitoy Company |
Object history | Part of the Palitoy Archive |
Production | Toy Development Ltd, may be the makers or the designers of this game which would have then been manufactured by either Palitoy or Denys Fisher. |
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Accession number | B.2054:1 to 5-1999 |
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Record created | September 6, 2000 |
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