Kalmár Ágnes: A Szórakaténusz Játékmúzeum és Műhely Gyűjteménye (Kecskemét, 2002)

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ÉPÍTŐJÁTÉKOK 63 T

he developing of pedagogy helped the spread of the building blocks. Friedrich W A. Fröbel, the pioneer of the German kindergarten movement, considered this set of toys essential in educating children. German engineer, Otto Lilienthal, the pioneer of flying created an extremely precise construction toy which proved to be stable enough in its material to raise différent big buildings. Dr. Adolf Richter started to produce them in Rudolstadt in 1878 (table below, h: 80 cms). The affiliated firms of Anker Stone Builder in Vienna, London, New York, Olten, Coppenhagen and St. Petersburg gave vent to the successive sets of this unrivalled toy. The nobility of the coloured ceramics, the various and precise blocks were good for reconstructing all building styles in the history of architecture with the help of manuals eclosed to each set. One building block set (previous table above, around 1900, Nürnberg, in a box with a base of 38 by 28 cms) of the toy collection was produced in a similar way in the Bing brothers' (Adolf and Ignaz) factory (founded in 1863). More modest variations - under the name "Globus" - appeared in Hungary, too. Most metal construction toys of the museum come from Göppingen, from the factory of Marklin brothers (founded in 1863), there is one exception , a "Pioneer" set that has a construction different from the usual (previous table below, no year, in a box with a base of 35 by 23 cms). At the beginning of the 20th century appeared Brandt's precisely produced "Villa Nova" sets made in Germany. The Toy Museum has two undamaged sets (table above, around 1910, h: 15 cms). CONSTRUCTION BLOCKS