TOMY'S TUTOR TYPER™

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Artist/Maker	Tomy Company Inc. (manufacturers)
Place of origin	Hong Kong

black card box with top opening flap, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of children playing with the toy
contains a typewriter shape of moulded plastic in red, white, blue and yellow; 36 characters designed as an aid to teach spelling and counting

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Object type	Teaching toy
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below) Tomy's Tutor Typer™, Made in Hong Kong, ©1977 Typewriter (In Three Pieces, Incomplete, Has Been Tested) Box
Title	TOMY'S TUTOR TYPER™ (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	card, printed in colours; moulded plastic Card Plastic Printed Moulded
Physical description	black card box with top opening flap, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of children playing with the toy contains a typewriter shape of moulded plastic in red, white, blue and yellow; 36 characters designed as an aid to teach spelling and counting
Dimensions	Length: 8.75in Width: 8.5in Depth: 4in
Production type	mass produced
Copy number	1002
Marks and inscriptions	Made in Hong Kong ages 3 to 8 years (box; printed)
Object history	Part of the Palitoy Archive
Historical context	teaching toy with letters of the alphabet and numbers
Production	Reason For Production: retail
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.417:2-1999

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Record created	November 9, 1999
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11986/tomys-tutor-typer-teaching-toy-tomy-company-inc/

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