Peter Pan Playthings Ltd

Peter Pan Playthings Ltd

Industry	Toys and games
Fate	Acquired 1987 by Bluebird Toys
Founded	1963
Headquarters	Peterborough, United Kingdom
Key people	Bob Holden, Gareth Morris, Tom Charnock
Products	Board games

Peter Pan Playthings Ltd was a British toy company founded in 1963. It bought Salter Science and other assets from the receivers of Thomas Salter Ltd.^[1] During one period of its existence, Peter Pan Playthings was a subsidiary of Berwick Timpo^[2]

The company was acquired by Bluebird Toys in 1987, which continued to use the Peter Pan Playthings brand for several years.^[3]

Products

• Anti-Monopoly (under license from Waddingtons)^[4]
• Backfire!
• Blow football
• Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons Adventure Game
• Chemistry in Action^[5]
• Clash^[6]
• Frustration (board game)
• Ginny-O^[7]
• Headache
• Master Challenge^[8]
• Mr. Potato Head, (British version^[9][10])
• Othello (game)
• Plasticine, following acquisition of Harbutt’s Plasticine Ltd
• Police Patrol^[11]
• QED Puzzle Set Squares^[12]
• Take The Test
• Thunderbirds To The Rescue Marble Maze^[13]
• Thunderbirds International Rescue Game^[14]
• Thinkominoes^[15]
• Tile Poker^[16]
• Tough Luck!^[17]
• Triominoes
• Trivia-Challenge^[18]

References

1. Stancer, Martin. "The Linka Story". http://www.linkaonline.co.uk/. linkaonline.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
2. Alvarez, Al (2012). Risky Business: People, Pastimes, Poker and Books (Kindle ed.). UK: Bloomsbury Paperbacks. p. 52. ISBN 9781408835791.
3. "Interview of Mr Gareth Morris, Finance Director and Company Secretary"
4. "Anti-Monopoly 1984 (Peter Pan Playthings)". games-collector.com. games2collect, E Sussex. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
5. "Salter Science 'Chemistry in Action' set, 1995". scienceandsociety.co.uk. Science & Society Picture Library. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
6. "Clash". luding.org. Luding. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
7. "Ginny-O". boardgamegeek.com. Board Game Geek. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
8. "Peter Pan Playthings Master Challenge". handheldmuseum.com. Handheld Museum. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
9. "Mr Potato Head - Mr Potato Head". www.museumofchildhood.org.uk. V&A Museum of Childhood. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
10. Rich (28 Feb 2011). Funny Face!: An Amusing History of Potato Heads, Block Heads, and Magic Whiskers. Krause Publications. p. 116. ISBN 9781440225390.
11. "Police Patrol". ludorium.at. Ludorium. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
12. "Lilly Library: The Jerry Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection". indiana.edu. Indiana University. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
13. "Marble Maze Game by Peter Pan Playthings Ltd.". thunderbirdsvintagetoys.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
14. "Thunderbirds International Rescue Game (1994)". boardgamegeek.com. Board Game Geek. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
15. "Thinkominoes" (PDF). cs.brandeis.edu. CS Brandeis. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
16. "Tile Poker". ludorium.at. Ludorium. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
17. "Tough Luck!". boardgamegeek.com. Board Game Geek. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
18. "Trivia-Challenge". boardgamegeek.com. Board Game Geek. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

External links

• ludorium.at
• Board Game Stock Exchange
• Companies House excerpt
• Boardgamegeek.com
• http://www.patentbuddy.com/Company/Profile/PETER-PAN-PLAYTHINGS-LIMITED/142937
• Planning Application 1972