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On display at Young V&A
Play Gallery, Sound it Out, case 18

This object consists of 4 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Magnanimals - Zebra and Hippo

Construction Toy
1977-1980 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Palitoy (designers)
Mego (manufacturers)
Place of origin
Coalville (designed)
Hong Kong (manufactured)

A card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and a photograph of the toy being played with by two children, and other toys in the range, plus a white card insert with two elastic ties to hold the pieces. It contains two animals made of coloured plastic parts linked by magnetic balls and sockets, the parts can be interchanged to create new models.


Object details

Categories
Construction Toys
Play
Animals and Wildlife
Object type
Construction toy
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Construction Toy
  • Construction Toy
  • Packaging
  • Packaging
Titles
  • Magnanimals - Zebra and Hippo (manufacturer's title)
  • Discovery Time (series title)
Materials and techniques
Printed card, moulded plastic, metal
Card
Plastic
Metal
Printed
Injection Moulded
Brief description
Magnanimals, Snap Together Toy, designed by Palitoy and manufactured by Mego, Hong Kong, 1977-80
Physical description
A card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and a photograph of the toy being played with by two children, and other toys in the range, plus a white card insert with two elastic ties to hold the pieces. It contains two animals made of coloured plastic parts linked by magnetic balls and sockets, the parts can be interchanged to create new models.
Dimensions
  • Box length: 10.5in
  • Box width: 9in
  • Box depth: 2in
Production typemass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Magnanimals' (Printed on front of box)
  • 'Magnetic animals for you to pull part / and 'clunk' together' (Printed on front of box)
  • 'DISCOVERY TIME' (Printed on front of box in white inside a blue and yellow hot air balloon.)
  • 'AGES 2-5' (Printed on front of box)
  • 'Make crazy animals like a 'Gorelephant' or 'Zebrapotamus' / for your own Magnanimals Zoo' (Printed on front of box)
  • 'This set contains / the following animals / ZEBRA / and / HIPPO' (Printed on front of box)
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Production
Manufactured in Hong Kong by Mego Corporation for Palitoy, Coalville, Leicester LE6 2DE

Reason For Production: retail
Subjects depicted
Zebra
Hippopotamuses
Associated objects
Other number
36057 - Model number
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.638:1 to 4-1999

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Record createdSeptember 24, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O48601/magnanimals---zebra-and-construction-toy-palitoy/
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