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Construction Toy

1960-1965 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

LEGO construction set consisting of a folding board made of card, printed to represent a street layout, with a collection of plastic LEGO bricks of various size, shape and colour (red, yellow, blue, black and white). There are also red roof bricks, windows and doors; wheels, a motor, a box for a LEGO car and other accessories including trees, flags and a die cast toy car.

The board is covered with printed paper and is hinged in the centre with canvas tape. One side shows a road system with spaces to build houses. The other side shows two children playing with the LEGO system on one half of the board, the other half shows the range of buildings and accessories in the system.

LEGO bricks
65 square with one peg (one red, two blue, three clear, eight white, 12 black)
170 oblongs with two pegs (six blue, 19 black, 24 red, 48 clear, 73 white)
24 square with four pegs (two blue, nine white, 13 red)
41 oblongs with six pegs (one clear, 10 white, 14 yellow, 16 red)
110 oblongs with eight pegs (16 black, 29 white, 32 red, 33 blue)
19 oblongs with eight pegs, white with red inside and holes at either end for wheels
26 curved, two pegs (six blue, 20 red)
Seven tubular with one peg (one blue, two white, four yellow)
11 bars with six pegs [single row] (three white, four red, four yellow)
26 bars with eight pegs [single row] (two red, two white with lettering, four yellow, eight blue, 10 plain white
Six bars with 16 pegs [double peg row] (one red, five blue)
One bar with 20 pegs [double row] (white)
16 flat pieces with 32 pegs (white: 10 with square holes beneath, six with tubes beneath)
Five flat pieces with 42 pegs (white)
Six flat bars with 16 pegs (white)
Four flat pieces with 29 pegs, each with a curved corner (white)
One raised flat block (grey)
Motor (blue and black)
Motor surround (grey, broken)
Hollow block (clear, broken)
Shallow tray (grey)
30 windows (red: two with shutters; two with two two smaller windows either side; 12 small oblong; two small square; six small square white; three others)
Two doors (red)
51 roof bricks (red: 11 with four pegs and long slope; four with three pegs and corner slope; eight with three pegs and long slope; 19 with two pegs and long slope; nine with one peg and slope)
25 roof ridges (red: two with three inner tubes; two with two inner tubes; three with one inner tube; two with no tubes; 11 corner slopes; five assorted shapes
42 wheels (two large and without tyres; three large with tyres; five small without tyres; four small without tyres and ridge; 28 small with tyres)
Three train couplings (semi-clear)
Collection of trees (mostly broken)
One car (Mercedes 220S, grey plastic)
Two motorbikes (one broken)
Collection of flags, all broken)

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Construction Toy
  • Board
Materials and techniques
Injection moulded ABS, die cast metal, printed card
Brief description
Construction toy and play board, LEGO, Denmark, 1960-1965
Physical description
LEGO construction set consisting of a folding board made of card, printed to represent a street layout, with a collection of plastic LEGO bricks of various size, shape and colour (red, yellow, blue, black and white). There are also red roof bricks, windows and doors; wheels, a motor, a box for a LEGO car and other accessories including trees, flags and a die cast toy car.

The board is covered with printed paper and is hinged in the centre with canvas tape. One side shows a road system with spaces to build houses. The other side shows two children playing with the LEGO system on one half of the board, the other half shows the range of buildings and accessories in the system.

LEGO bricks
65 square with one peg (one red, two blue, three clear, eight white, 12 black)
170 oblongs with two pegs (six blue, 19 black, 24 red, 48 clear, 73 white)
24 square with four pegs (two blue, nine white, 13 red)
41 oblongs with six pegs (one clear, 10 white, 14 yellow, 16 red)
110 oblongs with eight pegs (16 black, 29 white, 32 red, 33 blue)
19 oblongs with eight pegs, white with red inside and holes at either end for wheels
26 curved, two pegs (six blue, 20 red)
Seven tubular with one peg (one blue, two white, four yellow)
11 bars with six pegs [single row] (three white, four red, four yellow)
26 bars with eight pegs [single row] (two red, two white with lettering, four yellow, eight blue, 10 plain white
Six bars with 16 pegs [double peg row] (one red, five blue)
One bar with 20 pegs [double row] (white)
16 flat pieces with 32 pegs (white: 10 with square holes beneath, six with tubes beneath)
Five flat pieces with 42 pegs (white)
Six flat bars with 16 pegs (white)
Four flat pieces with 29 pegs, each with a curved corner (white)
One raised flat block (grey)
Motor (blue and black)
Motor surround (grey, broken)
Hollow block (clear, broken)
Shallow tray (grey)
30 windows (red: two with shutters; two with two two smaller windows either side; 12 small oblong; two small square; six small square white; three others)
Two doors (red)
51 roof bricks (red: 11 with four pegs and long slope; four with three pegs and corner slope; eight with three pegs and long slope; 19 with two pegs and long slope; nine with one peg and slope)
25 roof ridges (red: two with three inner tubes; two with two inner tubes; three with one inner tube; two with no tubes; 11 corner slopes; five assorted shapes
42 wheels (two large and without tyres; three large with tyres; five small without tyres; four small without tyres and ridge; 28 small with tyres)
Three train couplings (semi-clear)
Collection of trees (mostly broken)
One car (Mercedes 220S, grey plastic)
Two motorbikes (one broken)
Collection of flags, all broken)
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by Mrs P. F. D. Wallis
Object history
Given by Mrs P.F.D. Wallis [86/1689]
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
MISC.243-1986

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