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MAD MARBLES

Table Game
©1970
Artist/Maker
Airfix Products Ltd (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England

card box, lid printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and a photograph of children playing the game

instructions are printed on the box bottom
contains a red plastic tray with 4 rounded points, at the centre is a clear plastic spinning dish to hold the marbles; with 7 yellow marbles, trapping gates, 4 scoring pegs and one blue marble

Object details

Object type
Table game
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Mad Marbles, English, 1970
  • Tray
  • Spinning Dish
  • Bag of Parts
  • Box Lid
  • Box Base
Titles
  • MAD MARBLES (manufacturer's title)
  • AIRFIX GAMES (series title)
Materials and techniques
card printed in colours plastic glass
Card
Plastic
Glass
Printed
Moulded
Physical description
card box, lid printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and a photograph of children playing the game

instructions are printed on the box bottom
contains a red plastic tray with 4 rounded points, at the centre is a clear plastic spinning dish to hold the marbles; with 7 yellow marbles, trapping gates, 4 scoring pegs and one blue marble
Dimensions
  • Square length: 14¼in
  • Depth: 2¼in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
1781
Marks and inscriptions
  • Airfix trademark GAMES MADE IN ENGLAND ©LEISURE DYNAMICS INC 1970 (tray)
  • Trademark and product licensed by Leisure Dynamics Inc, Minneapolis. Made and printed in England by Airfix Products Ltd (box base)
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Associated object
B.844-1999
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.378:1-1999

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Record createdOctober 5, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11796/mad-marbles-table-game-airfix-products-ltd/
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