Peter Pan Playthings Ltd
Peter Pan Playthings Ltd was a British toy company founded in 1963. It bought Salter Science and other assets from the receivers of Thomas Salter Ltd.[1] During one period of its existence, Peter Pan Playthings was a subsidiary of Berwick Timpo.[2]
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| Industry | Toys and games |
|---|---|
| Fate | Acquired 1987 by Bluebird Toys |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Headquarters | Peterborough , United Kingdom |
Key people | Bob Holden, Gareth Morris, Tom Charnock |
| Products | Board games |
The company was acquired by Bluebird Toys in 1987, which continued to use the Peter Pan Playthings brand for several years.[3]
Products
- Anti-Monopoly (under license from Waddingtons)[4]
- Backfire!
- Blow football
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons Adventure Game
- Chemistry in Action[5]
- Clash[6]
- Frustration (board game)
- Ginny-O[7]
- Headache
- Master Challenge[8]
- Mr. Potato Head, (British version[9][10])
- Musical Story Book
- Othello (game)
- Plasticine, following acquisition of Harbutt’s Plasticine Ltd
- Police Patrol[11]
- QED Puzzle Set Squares[12]
- Take the Test
- Thunderbirds To The Rescue Marble Maze[13]
- Thunderbirds International Rescue Game[14]
- Thinkominoes[15]
- Tile Poker[16]
- Tough Luck![17]
- Triominoes
- Trivia-Challenge[18]
gollark: It needs mana too, so it's not stupidly overpowered.
gollark: Which is an *actual recipe* in Botania.
gollark: Oh, and it needs to not take five hours.
gollark: * you need to not be stuck in infinite crafting loops* prioritization of item rarity over extra crafting cycles is also hard and subjective* multiple ways to craft each item
gollark: yep.
References
- Stancer, Martin. "The Linka Story". http://www.linkaonline.co.uk/. linkaonline.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2014. External link in
|website=(help) - Alvarez, Al (2012). Risky Business: People, Pastimes, Poker and Books (Kindle ed.). UK: Bloomsbury Paperbacks. p. 52. ISBN 9781408835791.
- ""Interview of Mr Gareth Morris, Finance Director and Company Secretary"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- "Anti-Monopoly 1984 (Peter Pan Playthings)". games-collector.com. games2collect, E Sussex. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- "Salter Science 'Chemistry in Action' set, 1995". scienceandsociety.co.uk. Science & Society Picture Library. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Clash". luding.org. Luding. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Ginny-O". boardgamegeek.com. Board Game Geek. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Peter Pan Playthings Master Challenge". handheldmuseum.com. Handheld Museum. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Mr Potato Head - Mr Potato Head". www.museumofchildhood.org.uk. V&A Museum of Childhood. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- Rich (28 February 2011). Funny Face!: An Amusing History of Potato Heads, Block Heads, and Magic Whiskers. Krause Publications. p. 116. ISBN 9781440225390.
- "Police Patrol". ludorium.at. Ludorium. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Lilly Library: The Jerry Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection". indiana.edu. Indiana University. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Marble Maze Game by Peter Pan Playthings Ltd". thunderbirdsvintagetoys.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Thunderbirds International Rescue Game (1994)". boardgamegeek.com. Board Game Geek. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Thinkominoes" (PDF). cs.brandeis.edu. CS Brandeis. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Tile Poker". ludorium.at. Ludorium. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Tough Luck!". boardgamegeek.com. Board Game Geek. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- "Trivia-Challenge". boardgamegeek.com. Board Game Geek. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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