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The Girder and Panel Building Set construction kits enabled a child to build plastic models of mid-twentieth century style buildings. Vertical plastic columns were placed in the holes of a Masonite base board and horizontal girders were then locked into the vertical columns to create the skeletal structure of a model building. Brightly coloured ...
Typical components of an outdoor playset include: Towers. In a playset, a tower is a vertical structure with one or more decks placed at various levels. A deck is essentially a horizontal play surface contained within or attached to a tower. Bridges. Towers may be connected to one another via fixed bridges or chain bridges for children to walk ...
Toy Story action figures, Little figures (Action Links) with playsets, and dolls Toy Story 2; Toy Story 3; Toy Story 4; The Angry Beavers; The Wild Thornberrys; Thingmaker (1964–1975) hot-plate device to heat plasti-goop toys such as Creepy Crawlers; Thomas the Tank Engine; Tog'l (1968–1970) construction sets
Playsets, or play sets, are themed collections of similar toys designed to work together to enact some action or event. The most common toy playsets involve plastic figures, accessories, and possibly buildings or scenery, purchased together in a common box.
The J.U.M.P. Jet Pack (Jet Unit: Mobile Propulsion) was included as part of the original 1982 release of the A Real American Hero toyline. [30] It was re-packaged in 1983 with the Grand Slam action figure. [137] Both versions came with a laser blaster and launch pad. It also had a command console with advanced communication capabilities. [30]
Bully Pulpit Games also released a free Playset of the Month on their website. [7] These, and many more, are available for free online on the Bully Pulpit Games website, [8] with many fan-made playsets available online, as well. [9] [10] [11] The Fiasco Companion provides additional advice on creating playsets. [12]
"Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things by oneself without the direct aid of professionals or certified experts. Academic research has described DIY as behaviors where "individuals use raw and semi-raw materials and parts to produce, transform, or reconstruct material possessions, including those drawn ...
Schoolchildren on a slide at the East Texas State Normal College Training School in 1921. The earliest known playground slide was erected in the playground of Washington, D.C.'s "Neighborhood House" sometime between the establishment of the "Neighborhood House" in early 1902 and the publication of an image of the slide on August 1, 1903, in Evening Star (Washington DC) [3] [4] The first bamboo ...