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ZOOMER BOOMER, Deluxe Set

Construction Toy
1971 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Topper Corporation (manufacturer)
Place of origin
United States (manufactured)

card box, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of the set
contains a range of plastic and printed card parts which will form a garage with petrol pumps and a parking tower module with elevator
operated by a wind up mechanism - winder is missing as are the six cars and trucks said to be supplied with the set
*also small sealed bag of small parts
Box badly damaged

Object details

Object type
Construction toy
Parts
This object consists of 40 parts.

  • Box
  • Box Lining
  • Garage Base
  • Petrol Pump Base
  • Parking Base
  • Wheeled Parking Base
  • Roof
  • Split Base
  • Platform
  • Platform
  • Rectangular Roof
  • L Shaped Roof
  • Elevator
  • Name Plate
  • Name Plate
  • Hoist
  • Block Cover
  • Long Upright
  • Long Upright
  • Long Upright
  • Long Upright
  • Long Upright
  • Long Upright
  • Long Upright
  • Short Upright
  • Short Upright
  • Short Upright
  • Short Upright
  • Short Upright
  • Door Panel
  • Side Panel
  • Workbench Panel
  • Garage End Panel
  • Side Panel
  • Bar
  • Bar
  • Instructions
  • Instructions
  • Instructions
  • Instructions
TitleZOOMER BOOMER, Deluxe Set (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
printed card, moulded plastic
Card
Plastic
Printed
Moulded
Brief description
Zoomer Boomer, USA, 1971
Physical description
card box, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of the set
contains a range of plastic and printed card parts which will form a garage with petrol pumps and a parking tower module with elevator
operated by a wind up mechanism - winder is missing as are the six cars and trucks said to be supplied with the set
*also small sealed bag of small parts
Box badly damaged
Production typemass produced
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.2575:1 to 40-1999

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Record createdNovember 13, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O49304/zoomer-boomer-deluxe-set-construction-toy-topper-corporation/
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