Activity Centre
Learning Toy
1986 (manufactured)
1986 (manufactured)
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Pre-school toy 'Activity Centre' designed for children aged between three and 18 months, made from plastic, metal, glass and rubber, with original box. The toy itself is multi-coloured, with a cream plastic case with a red handle. The case has moulded raised figures of a puppy, another puppy coming out of a kennel, a bear, daisies, two butterflies and two sea creatures. The activities are as follows:
- push button, fuchsia, which rings a bell when pushed
- ball, yellow and pink plastic, which turns
- striped cylinder, yellow, pink and red, which turns
- telephone dial, blue plastic, which clicks
- animals slides; one blue, one pink
- safety mirror
- sqeaking bear, red plastic with a stick on motif of a bear
- spinning wheeel, multi-coloured with a blue knob and a motif of three puppies
- rocking puppy and bear activated by knob, multi-coloured
- knob, fuchsia pink plastic, which when turned provides pictures with changing scenes
- push button, fuchsia, which rings a bell when pushed
- ball, yellow and pink plastic, which turns
- striped cylinder, yellow, pink and red, which turns
- telephone dial, blue plastic, which clicks
- animals slides; one blue, one pink
- safety mirror
- sqeaking bear, red plastic with a stick on motif of a bear
- spinning wheeel, multi-coloured with a blue knob and a motif of three puppies
- rocking puppy and bear activated by knob, multi-coloured
- knob, fuchsia pink plastic, which when turned provides pictures with changing scenes
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Title | Activity Centre (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Injection-moulded plastic, glass, metal, printed paper |
| Brief description | Activity Centre, Fisher-Price, 1986 |
| Physical description | Pre-school toy 'Activity Centre' designed for children aged between three and 18 months, made from plastic, metal, glass and rubber, with original box. The toy itself is multi-coloured, with a cream plastic case with a red handle. The case has moulded raised figures of a puppy, another puppy coming out of a kennel, a bear, daisies, two butterflies and two sea creatures. The activities are as follows: - push button, fuchsia, which rings a bell when pushed - ball, yellow and pink plastic, which turns - striped cylinder, yellow, pink and red, which turns - telephone dial, blue plastic, which clicks - animals slides; one blue, one pink - safety mirror - sqeaking bear, red plastic with a stick on motif of a bear - spinning wheeel, multi-coloured with a blue knob and a motif of three puppies - rocking puppy and bear activated by knob, multi-coloured - knob, fuchsia pink plastic, which when turned provides pictures with changing scenes |
| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Gallery label |
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| Credit line | Given by fisher-price |
| Object history | Given by Fisher-Price [87/302] |
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| Accession number | MISC.353-1987 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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