Toy motorcycle
Mettoy Co. Ltd.
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1974
Materials
Plastic
Measurements
69 mm (length of motorbike); 99 mm (width of motorbike); 132 mm (height of packaging)
Place of origin
Northampton
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659242
Summary
A corgi plastic Batman toy motorbike with its original packaging. The body of the motorbike is in silver coloured plastic, the wheels and the bat wing shaped front hood/ shield and sides are in black coloured plastic. There is a model figure of Batman wearing a grey all-in-one outfit, a blue hood, and all-in-one cape. He is riding the motorbike with his head lowered into the black hood/ front shield. The toy was enclosed within a transparent plastic box mounted on cardboard, which has a colour printed picture of Batman on. The transparent plastic box has been partially detached from the cardboard backing.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr S. Feber in January 1984.
Marks and inscriptions
Packaging: 23/ corgi/ BAT MAN/ Batman DC Comics Inc 1974/ THE METTOY (TM) CO. LTD. NORTHAMPTON U.K.
Makers and roles
Mettoy Co. Ltd., maker