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GOOFY GEARS™

Shape Making Kit
©1971
Artist/Maker
Hasbro, Inc (manufacturer)
Place of origin
USA
Japan

card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and a photograph of children playing with the set
contains a plastic frame with support wedges of red plastic, gears and other coloured plastic pieces to construct mechanical shapes (motor, 7 gear wheels, 2 propellers, 21 magnetic shapes; paper instructions printed in colour and a box to hold the pieces


Object details

Object type
Shape making kit
Parts
This object consists of 7 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Construction Kit, Frame, USA/Japanese, ©1971
  • Frame
  • Wedge
  • Box
  • Parts
  • Instructions
  • Box Lid
  • Box Base
TitleGOOFY GEARS™ (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
card and paper, printed in colour plastic, moulded in colours
Card
Paper
Plastic
Printed
Moulded
Physical description
card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and a photograph of children playing with the set
contains a plastic frame with support wedges of red plastic, gears and other coloured plastic pieces to construct mechanical shapes (motor, 7 gear wheels, 2 propellers, 21 magnetic shapes; paper instructions printed in colour and a box to hold the pieces
Dimensions
  • Length: 16in
  • Width: 12in
  • Depth: 1¾in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
Romper Room™ 386
Marks and inscriptions
©1971 Hasbro Industries Inc Ages 3 - 7 (packaging; printed)
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Historical context
Romper Room is a trademark of Hasbro Industries Inc
Production
operating motor and gears made in Japan

Reason For Production: retail
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.389:1-1999

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Record createdOctober 7, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11807/goofy-gears-shape-making-kit-hasbro-inc/
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