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City Hauler Starter Set

Racing Layout
about 1980 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Tyco Toys (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Hong Kong (manufactured)

card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of parts of the layout; base of expanded polystyrene moulded to house all the parts
contains tracks and trucks, decals and instructions
damaged

Object details

Object type
Racing layout
Parts
This object consists of 14 parts.

  • Track
  • Track Terminals
  • Wall Power Pack
  • Highway Sign
  • Highway Sign Decals
  • Bag of Parts
  • Truck Cab
  • Dump Truck
  • Freight Trailer
  • Instruction Sheet
  • Information Sheet
  • Instruction Leaflet
  • Box Base
  • Box Lid
Titles
  • City Hauler Starter Set (manufacturer's title)
  • US 1 Electric Trucking
Materials and techniques
printed card, moulded plastic, expanded polystyrene
Card
Plastic
Polystyrene
Printed
Moulded
Brief description
Electric Trucking, Tyco Industries Inc, Hong Kong, about 1980
Physical description
card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of parts of the layout; base of expanded polystyrene moulded to house all the parts
contains tracks and trucks, decals and instructions
damaged
Dimensions
  • Length: 25½in
  • Width: 21in
  • Depth: 2¾in
Production typemass produced
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Production
Tyco®, packaged by Palitoy, under licence from Tyco
power pack made in Denmark, rest in Hong Kong

Reason For Production: retail
Associated objects
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.2161:1-1999

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Record createdAugust 21, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O46830/city-hauler-starter-set-racing-layout-tyco-toys/
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