RUPERT™ PLAYGROUND
Playground Set
1994 (manufactured)
1994 (manufactured)
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card box with small window, printed in colours to show the title, makers' details, photographs of the toys included in the set and illustrations of Rupert Bear; lower left corner is cut open to reveal a blister over the figure of Rupert, there is a hole cut out to allows the stomach of the toy to be pressed before it is removed from the blister pack - it says "Hello Let's Be Friends!"
contains a white moulded figure of a bear dressed in a clown's outfit in red and yellow with a yellow scarf, holding an icecream cone in the right hand; the figure is battery operated (these are provided) and will say the phrase when its tummy is pressed
12 piece set of plastic toys include an icecream van, swing, carousel, dustbin, baby's pram, a tree and a bush
*these are watersafe and can be used for bathtub play
contains a white moulded figure of a bear dressed in a clown's outfit in red and yellow with a yellow scarf, holding an icecream cone in the right hand; the figure is battery operated (these are provided) and will say the phrase when its tummy is pressed
12 piece set of plastic toys include an icecream van, swing, carousel, dustbin, baby's pram, a tree and a bush
*these are watersafe and can be used for bathtub play
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | RUPERT™ PLAYGROUND (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | card, moulded vinyl |
| Brief description | Unopened boxed twelve piece playset, Rupert Playground, made in Hong Kong for Toy Island USA in 1994 and imported by Toy Options Limited in 1995 |
| Physical description | card box with small window, printed in colours to show the title, makers' details, photographs of the toys included in the set and illustrations of Rupert Bear; lower left corner is cut open to reveal a blister over the figure of Rupert, there is a hole cut out to allows the stomach of the toy to be pressed before it is removed from the blister pack - it says "Hello Let's Be Friends!" contains a white moulded figure of a bear dressed in a clown's outfit in red and yellow with a yellow scarf, holding an icecream cone in the right hand; the figure is battery operated (these are provided) and will say the phrase when its tummy is pressed 12 piece set of plastic toys include an icecream van, swing, carousel, dustbin, baby's pram, a tree and a bush *these are watersafe and can be used for bathtub play |
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| Production type | mass produced |
| Copy number | Stock No. 12071 |
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| Credit line | Given by Toy Options Limited |
| Object history | Originally lent by Toy Options for the Rupert Exhibition, 1997 Toy Options imported the toy in 1995. |
| Production | MADE IN CHINA PATENTS PENDING Reason For Production: retail |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.232-1999 |
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| Record created | February 15, 2000 |
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