Magneto, das magnetische Bauspiel.

[approximately 1930] Eisenach, Germany : Thura-Werke G.m.b.H.)

1 construction set (83 pieces) : metal ; various sizes in wooden box 6 x 27 x 16 cm

Exhibited: "Les jouets et la tradition moderniste = Toys and the modernist tradition", Centre canadien d'architecture, Dec. 15, 1993-May 1, 1994.
Exhibited: "Toying with architecture: the building toy in the arena of play, 1800 to the present", Katonah Museum of Art., Sept. 28, 1997-Jan. 4, 1998.

"Magneto" was by no means the first toy to employ the use of magnets. Advertisements for magnetic toys appeared in Gamage's toy catalogues in the early years of this century, but these were of a different order entirely from Magneto, and later, Magnet Master, mainly comprising fish ponds with fishes caught by a magnet, or fleets of naval vessels pulled by magnets. Magneto provides a magnetic base upon which one can create, with a series of metal bars, rectangles, triangles, and curved and circular pieces, dynamic figures and complex structures.

Metal toys Germany Specimens.
Toys Germany Specimens.
Jouets en métal Allemagne Spécimens.
Jouets Allemagne Spécimens.
Metal toys.
Toys.
Germany.

Magnetic assembly system toys.
Specimens.

Thura-Werke G.m.b.H.
E.W. Matthes (Firm : Berlin)

Localisation: Bibliothèque main objects 94062
Cote: TS2301.T7.M4 T56 1930
Statut: Disponible