Board game
Palitoy
Category
Ephemera
Date
c. 1970 - c. 1979
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
390 x 440 x 80 mm
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672389
Summary
A ‘Hungry Hippos’ board game by Palitoy in its original cardboard box packaging. The box lid has the title of the game written in large yellow text at the top above a colour image of three children playing the game. There is an image of a hippo in the top right corner of the lid and a Palitoy logo in red and blue letters at the bottom right front corner. This was an iconic children’s board game with the aim being to catch marbles with your hippo. The game is still in production today.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust Museum of Childhood via ebay on 12th February 2018 as part of the Collecting Cultures 'Exploring Childhoods' project
Makers and roles
Palitoy, manufacturer