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Wooden Elements

Construction Toy
ca. 1990 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
TOFA (manufacturers)
Place of origin
Czech Republic (manufactured)
Zásmuky (manufactured)
Albrechtice (manufactured)

Construction toy with original packaging. The pieces are made from painted wood. There are cuboids, cubes, cylinders, colums, wedges and arches in various sizes, variously coloured yellow, green, blue or red. The packaging consists of a card tube, printed in colours to show the title in four languages, the trademark and architectural structures, with a circular white plastic lid. The base of the tube is metal.

Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Construction Toys
Play
Object type
Construction toy
Parts
This object consists of 37 parts.

  • Packaging
  • Packaging
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
  • Building Block
Titles
  • Wooden Elements (manufacturer's title)
  • Holzbausteine (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Painted wood, printed card, metal
Wood
Card
Painting
Printing
Brief description
Wooden Elements construction kit, made by TOFA (TOy FActory Albrechtice) in the Czech Republic, ca. 1990
Physical description
Construction toy with original packaging. The pieces are made from painted wood. There are cuboids, cubes, cylinders, colums, wedges and arches in various sizes, variously coloured yellow, green, blue or red. The packaging consists of a card tube, printed in colours to show the title in four languages, the trademark and architectural structures, with a circular white plastic lid. The base of the tube is metal.
Dimensions
  • Box height: 216mm
  • Box diameter: 102mm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HOLZBAUSTEINE' (Title in German, printed at the top of the tube.)
    Translation
    'wooden building blocks'
  • 'WOODEN ELEMENTS' (Title in English, printed at the top of the tube.)
  • 'La conformite aux normes francaises obligatoires est garantie par l'importateur' (Printed at bottom of tube.)
    Translation
    Compliance with mandatory French standards is guaranteed by the importer
Credit line
Given by Halina Pasierbska
Object history
Given by Halina Pasierbska [92/284]. On entry its condition was noted as 'mint'
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
MISC.48-1992

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1126451/wooden-elements-construction-toy-tofa/
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