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CARtools

Construction Toys
2015 (released), 2021-2022 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Magis SpA (manufacturers)
Floris Hovers (designers)
Place of origin
Raamdonksveer (designed)

The CARtools construction toy is a series of irregularly-shaped coloured blocks which can be combined using elastic bands or sticky tape to create road vehicles. The cartoonish image was achieved through combining references to classic car silhouettes with the cone-shaped headlight beams. When not in use, all the parts can be stacked to create a large lorry.

Object details

Categories
Play
Construction Toys
Toy Vehicles
Object type
construction toys
Parts
This object consists of 28 parts.

  • Packaging
  • Leaflet
  • Building Blocks
  • Building Blocks
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  • Building Blocks
  • Building Blocks
Titles
  • CARtools (manufacturer's title)
  • Me Too (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Solid beech, painted
Beech
Painting
Brief description
CARtools construction set, designed by Floris Hovers 2015, manufactured by Magis, 2020, Italy
Physical description
Construction toy composed of 26 elements made from painted sold beech. The blocks are painted in solid colours (reds, blue, yellow, green, black, white) and can be fitted together in a variety of ways to create road vehicles. Yellow cone-shaped parts can be fitted to the vehicles to represent headlight beams.
Production typeMass produced
Gallery label
(2023)
CARtools

By mixing up the blocks we get to decide what vehicles are on the road.

Your headlights can become rocket launchers – just turn your car around to speed out of this traffic jam.

[Young V&A, Play gallery short object label]
Credit line
Kindly given by Magis
Subjects depicted
Cars
Lorries
Summary
The CARtools construction toy is a series of irregularly-shaped coloured blocks which can be combined using elastic bands or sticky tape to create road vehicles. The cartoonish image was achieved through combining references to classic car silhouettes with the cone-shaped headlight beams. When not in use, all the parts can be stacked to create a large lorry.
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.9:1 to 28-2023

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Record createdJanuary 18, 2023
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1741696/cartools-construction-toys-floris-hovers/
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