Museum of Childhood London
In 1933 Charles Bird Plimpton set up the Plimpton Engineering Co. Ltd. especially to manufacture Bayko.
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Lego was invented by the Dane, Ole Kirk Christiansen, who started making wooden toys in 1932.
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Patented in 1935, Minibrix were construction kits that enabled children to build their own miniature houses.
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Meccano is one of the best known British construction toys. It was the invention of Frank Hornby (1863-1936) and has been around for over 100 years.
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The English manufacturer E. A. Lott devised a new system of bricks suitable for assembling small buildings, and manufactured them in Watford.
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The original Mr Potato Head contained only parts, such as eyes, ears, noses and mouths, and parents had to supply their children with real potatoes.
V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA
