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It's the 'Knockout' Family Game

Family Game
©1971
Artist/Maker
Airfix Products Ltd (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England

black card box with yellow cord carrying handle, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and a photograph of children playing with the game; rules are printed on the back
contains a set of four red plastic frame legs, two red plastic mallets, a white plastic 'ice' block and a set of twenty eight white plastic 'ice' blocks

Object details

Object type
Family game
Parts
This object consists of 7 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Don't Break the Ice, Made and Printed in England, 1971
  • Frame
  • Frame Legs Set
  • Mallet Set
  • Block
  • Block Set
  • Box Lid
  • Box Base
Titles
  • It's the 'Knockout' Family Game
  • DON'T BREAK THE ICE (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
card, printed in colours; cord; moulded plastic
Card
Plastic
Cord
Printed
Moulded
Physical description
black card box with yellow cord carrying handle, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and a photograph of children playing with the game; rules are printed on the back
contains a set of four red plastic frame legs, two red plastic mallets, a white plastic 'ice' block and a set of twenty eight white plastic 'ice' blocks
Dimensions
  • Square length: 9.25in
  • Depth: 4.25in
Production typemass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • Licensed by ©Schaper Manufacturing Company, a division of Kusan Inc
  • ©Airfix Products Ltd, 1971 (English; box; printed)
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Associated objects
Other numbers
  • Cat. No. 1866
  • Code No. 51621-9
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.402:7-1999

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Record createdNovember 2, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11935/its-the-knockout-family-game-family-game-airfix-products-ltd/
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