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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 history.
- Brickplayer wikiPageID "21574620".
- Brickplayer wikiPageLength "1838".
- Brickplayer wikiPageOutDegree "14".
- Brickplayer wikiPageRevisionID "655963304".
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink Blue_print.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink Blueprint.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Clay_toys.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Scale_modeling.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink Construction_set.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink Construction_toy.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink Estate_agent.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink HO_scale.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink J._W._Spear.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink Lego.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink Lintel.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink London_Borough_of_Enfield.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink Metro-land.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink North_London.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink O_scale.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLink Terracotta.
- Brickplayer wikiPageWikiLinkText "Brickplayer".
- Brickplayer hasPhotoCollection Brickplayer.
- Brickplayer subject Category:Clay_toys.
- Brickplayer subject Category:Scale_modeling.
- Brickplayer hypernym Toy.
- Brickplayer type Article.
- Brickplayer type Company.
- Brickplayer type Model.
- Brickplayer type Article.
- Brickplayer type Model.
- 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 wasDerivedFrom Brickplayer?oldid=655963304.
- Brickplayer isPrimaryTopicOf Brickplayer.