Category:Multi-Builder

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Multi-Builder

1940 -     
1940: patent drawings

1940: patent drawings [image info]

Multibulder was a patented wooden block construction set , which had the blocks anchored to each other by split pins.

It was manufactured by Nicoltoys Ltd., of Robertsbridge, Sussex, whose main business was making sports equipment.

Concept

What made the Multibuilder system different to other pinned-block systems was its wheeled chassis base, which had a tensioning screw mounted at the back. This meant that as long as at least one block was connected to the base using split pins, a series of other blocks could be stacked behind it, in almost any configuration, without their holes having to line up with each other, or with holes in the base, and the horizontal stack would still be secure, forced together by the screw, and held in place by simple friction. Further blocks could then be fixed to the top of the first layer, using more split pins.

Patent

The system was patented by L.J. Nicolls Limited and Arthur Leonard Newbery, both of Robertsbridge.

The patent (GB537442A) was applied for in 1940, and granted in 1941.

Parts lists

Parts included in set M.B.1

  • part 1 – Wheel Base (×1)
  • part 2 – car bonnet block (×1)
  • part 3 – half-car bonnet block (×2)
  • part 4 – "L" block (×1)
  • part 5 – arch block (×2)
  • part 6 – rounded block (×2)
  • part 7 – tapered curve block (×2)
  • part 8 – half-rounded block (×1)
  • part 9 – Small Wooden Plate (×1)
  • part 10 – Large Wooden Plate (×1)
  • part 11 – Drilled Funnel (×1)
  • part 12 – Tall Funnel (×1)
  • part 13 – Short Funnel (×1)
  • part 14 – Rod (×2)
  • part 15 – Drilled Rod (×2)
  • part 16A – 1¼-inch Split Pin (×4)
  • part 16 – 2-inch Split Pin (×2)

Additional parts included in set M.B.2

Also available as upgrade set M.B.1a

  • part 16A – 1¼-inch Split Pin (×2)
  • part 16 – 2-inch Split Pin (×4)
  • part 17 – Wheels and Axle (×2)
  • part 4 – Connector (×1)
  • part 4 – Box (×1)

Models

Made with M.B.1 set:

Made with M.B.2 set:

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