Airfix Collecting

originally posted: Sat May 08, 2010 6:55 pm by: tshirt_tony (=Tony)

Zoo Brix...
They build, rattle and float!

Three different series of six bricks, in a rather nice flip top box with a perforated tray inside to hold the six bricks.







I've also managed to find three out of six of the set B and four out of six of set C.



It looks like these things came in a multitude of colours, bases as well as the animals.

I've also got a few duplicates if anyones interested, see picture below.

originally posted: Sat May 08, 2010 6:58 pm by: MarioW

Lovely, always amazed how well boxes now sixty years old have held up all this time! A remarkable find, Tony!

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originally posted: Sat May 08, 2010 7:35 pm by: frogman

Nice find, Tony.

I have a load of Zoo Bricks, but they seem to have different animals in them to those in your pictures. As there is no maker's mark on the bricks I can't decide whether they are Airfix or not.

Sean

originally posted: Sat May 08, 2010 7:43 pm by: tshirt_tony (=Tony)

There's no Airfix brand mark on this lot either Sean, the only thing with a logo is the box.

originally posted: Sun May 09, 2010 12:13 am by: Smallscaleworld

You can also find these glue-welded to a handle, with the animal loose - as a baby's rattle. The handle has a teething ring at the other end.

originally posted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:17 am by: Steven_Pietrobon

Thanks for posting that Tony. What's the pattern number on the box? I can't make it out in the photo.

originally posted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:30 am by: tshirt_tony (=Tony)

Pattern number 430 Steven.
Any idea of a date for it?

Tony.

originally posted: Mon May 10, 2010 11:31 am by: MarioW

1949ish? Would have to check my advertisements, which I do not have at hand here at work.

Mario

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originally posted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:42 pm by: Richard Humm

The Ferguson Tractor is pattern number 480, so 430 would presumably have been tooled a bit earlier - 1948 or 49 is my guess.

originally posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:08 pm by: MarioW



My memory was OK, not too far off!

Mario

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