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- Brickplayer abstract "Brickplayer was a British construction toy with four sizes of sets (1 to 4) made by J. W. Spear of Enfield in North London, later supplementary sets like a Farmyard version were introduced. They were designed in the same scale as '0' gauge model railways. The preference for 'HO' scale railways and the easy to use Lego type plastic toys saw it disappear by the mid-1960s. Its popularity suffered due to its complexity and dated pre-war Metroland style houses.The sets comprised baseboards, terracotta bricks and lintels, plastic door and window frames, card doors and roofing. The bricks were about 1 inch long in scale proportion to regular house bricks. Building plans were accurate architect's blue prints.Buildings were constructed on allegedly waterproof waxed card bases. The bricks etc. were stuck together with a mortar made from a mixture of flour and chalk powder. It required a great amount of skill to erect buildings accurately, very time-consuming and beyond the patience of most of the children it was aimed at (8 to 14 years). Especially so in cold houses (as most British homes then were) it would take several days for the building to 'set'. Reusing the components involved a process of dunking the entire model in a large bowl of warm water. After the model fell apart the bricks and plaster pieces required lengthy rinsing to remove all organic traces to prevent mould growing on them.When well made, models were very realistic and many high road estate agents (realtors) would place a model or two in their shop windows. [1]".
- Brickplayer wikiPageExternalLink p55285342.html.
- Brickplayer wikiPageExternalLink brickpla.html.
- Brickplayer wikiPageExternalLink Default.aspx?page=2.
- Brickplayer wikiPageExternalLink CN551210-009.pdf.
- Brickplayer wikiPageExternalLink auction-203019861.htm.
- Brickplayer wikiPageID "21574620".
- Brickplayer wikiPageRevisionID "546060259".
- Brickplayer hasPhotoCollection Brickplayer.
- Brickplayer subject Category:Clay_toys.
- Brickplayer subject Category:Scale_modeling.
- Brickplayer type Artifact100021939.
- Brickplayer type ClayToys.
- Brickplayer type Object100002684.
- Brickplayer type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Brickplayer type Plaything103964744.
- Brickplayer type Whole100003553.
- Brickplayer comment "Brickplayer was a British construction toy with four sizes of sets (1 to 4) made by J. W. Spear of Enfield in North London, later supplementary sets like a Farmyard version were introduced. They were designed in the same scale as '0' gauge model railways. The preference for 'HO' scale railways and the easy to use Lego type plastic toys saw it disappear by the mid-1960s.".
- Brickplayer label "Brickplayer".
- Brickplayer sameAs m.05m_fw_.
- Brickplayer sameAs Q4966031.
- Brickplayer sameAs Q4966031.
- Brickplayer sameAs Brickplayer.
- Brickplayer wasDerivedFrom Brickplayer?oldid=546060259.
- Brickplayer isPrimaryTopicOf Brickplayer.