Car game
Matchbox
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plastic and cardboard
Measurements
Box - 480 mm (length); 730 mm (width); 90 mm (height), Green car - 86 mm (length); 36 mm (width); 20 mm (height), Police car - 83 mm (length); 35 mm (width); 30 mm (height), Corner tracks - 335 mm (length); 130 mm (width), Long straight tracks - 400 mm (length); 83 mm (width), Short straight tracks - 250 mm (length); 85 mm (width), Curved side tracks - 380 mm (length); 100 mm (width), Triangular edging - 95 mm (length); 40 mm (width), Advert boards - 365 mm (length); 30 mm (width), Jump track - 250 mm (length); 100 mm (width); 53 mm (height), Each hand control - 155 mm (height); 25 mm (depth)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663690
Summary
A boxed racing car game, Matchbox Powertrack Race and Chase on box with pictures of the set fully constructed and pictures of separate parts. The parts listed are: one green plastic Valiant car, one blue and white plastic Police car, and two plastic hand held controls (one red, one blue) with wires and plugs attached. There are six black plastic corner tracks, four long straight pieces of black plastic track, three short pieces of black plastic track, six yellow and black striped pieces of curved plastic side track, seven yellow and black striped triangular shaped pieces of plastic track edging, four grey plastic advert boards with branded paper stickers attached, one yellow and black plastic piece of jump track with yellow construction pieces, one black plastic handled paint brush and one black plastic power unit with wires and plugs attached. The original cardboard box is in poor condition and contains a plastic moulded insert containing various parts. Total number of items is 47.
Makers and roles
Matchbox , maker