Peter Pan Playthings Ltd
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| Industry | Toys and games |
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| Founded | 1963 |
| Fate | Acquired 1987 by Bluebird Toys |
| Headquarters | Peterborough , United Kingdom |
Key people | Bob Holden, Gareth Morris, Tom Charnock |
| Products | Board games |
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]
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])
- 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]
References
- ^ Stancer, Martin. "The Linka Story". http://www.linkaonline.co.uk/. linkaonline.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ 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"
- ^ "Anti-Monopoly 1984 (Peter Pan Playthings)". games-collector.com. games2collect, E Sussex. 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.