Category:Arkirecto
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Arkirecto |
| 1933 - 1936 |
Arkirecto was a metal construction system based around plates and strips with folded edges, stamped and punched to produce sprung friction tabs and sockets.
It was an extravagant system with a large number of pretty screenprinted parts, patented by Maxime Standford Shottland and J.E. England, and sold by Arkirecto Ltd from a Regent Street address that was most likely a "virtual office" and maildrop service.
Lifetime
We think that production of Arkirecto probably started some time around 1933, which is when the patents were applied for.
Arkirecto seems to have had a particularly short run, with all remaining stock bought up and sold off in the summer of 1936.
Promotional text
INTRODUCING ARKIRECTO
In introducing ARKIRECTO we cannot over-estimate the significance of its importance, not only in Toyland, but also from the standpoint of educational architecture and mechanical construction.
Although it is primarily a toy for Boys and Girls of all ages, it readily becomes the pastime of grown up people. ARKIRECTO ceases to be a mere you after the structure has been built, it instantly becomes a miniature model of some large building already in existence, or a faithful reproduction of some great engineering feat, or again the model of an edifice not yet built.
But ARKIRECTO need not be built from models once one has the simple principles of construction in mind. Every boy and girl can erect structures from his or her imagination. Very often a boy or girl possesses a talent for architecture, designing or construction, but has never had the opportunity to display that talent. ARKIRECTO affords that opportunity, and many children will be indebted for their future career to the ingenuity and simplicity of ARKIRECTO.
Interchangeable parts of identical dimensions will be available all over the world.
Here is something new, educational, instructive, interesting, interchangeable, international, inexpensive, progressive, indestructible, useful and practical.
with
NO NUTS
PERFECT WORKMANSHIP ... ... ... STANDARDISED PARTS
NO BOLTS
MO SCREWS
NO LIMIT TO WHAT YOU CAN BUILD!
AND ALL BRITISH!
Patents
- Constructional toy, GB422395A • 1935-01-10 (worldwide.espacenet.com)
- Constructional toy, GB422357A • 1935-01-10 (worldwide.espacenet.com)
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