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Meccano

Construction Toy
1975-1979 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Meccano (manufacturers)
Place of origin
Liverpool (manufactured)

Part of the Palitoy collection

Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Dolls & Toys
Games
Construction Toys
Play
Object type
Construction toy
TitleMeccano (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Enamelled mild pressed steel, moulded plastic
Mild Steel
Plastic
Enamelled
Pressed
Brief description
Construction toy, Spaceship, Meccano, English, 1975-1979
Physical description
Spacecraft constructed of white and red Meccano metal pieces with some red plastic
Production typemass produced
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Production
Attribution note: built sample
Summary
Part of the Palitoy collection
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.387-1999

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Record createdSeptember 25, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O48635/meccano-construction-toy-meccano/
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