Hilary Page Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Bricks, Pre-cursor to LEGO
Hilary Page's toy company Kiddicraft first patented the self-locking building brick in 1940. WW2 put the toy company on hold but immediately after the war in 1945, Hilary Page improved upon his original design by adding slots to his bricks for doors & windows. These bricks were made of Cellulose Acetate and were available in Red, White, Green, Yellow and Medium Blue. Kiddicraft 2x2 bricks said KIDDICRAFT on the underside of the bricks, however, the 2x4 Bricks had a few different marks on the bottom of their bricks including:
SELF LOCKING BUILDING BRICKS
INJECTION MOULDERS LTD, LONDON
A HILARY PAGE DESIGN
A HILARY PAG DESIGN (MIS-MOULD)
BRITISH & FOREIGN PATENTS
MADE IN ENGLAND
LEGO designed their Automatic Binding Bricks based on the Hilary Page Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Bricks.
Hilary Page was passionate about child development and wrote many books on the subject. This is what motivated him to make toys out of plastic rather than wood because they were much safer and cleaner for children to play with.
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Hilary Page Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Bricks, Pre-cursor to LEGO
Hilary Page's toy company Kiddicraft first patented the self-locking building brick in 1940. WW2 put the toy company on hold but immediately after the war in 1945, Hilary Page improved upon his original design by adding slots to his bricks for doors & windows. These bricks were made of Cellulose Acetate and were available in Red, White, Green, Yellow and Medium Blue. Kiddicraft 2x2 bricks said KIDDICRAFT on the underside of the bricks, however, the 2x4 Bricks had a few different marks on the bottom of their bricks including:
SELF LOCKING BUILDING BRICKS
INJECTION MOULDERS LTD, LONDON
A HILARY PAGE DESIGN
A HILARY PAG DESIGN (MIS-MOULD)
BRITISH & FOREIGN PATENTS
MADE IN ENGLAND
LEGO designed their Automatic Binding Bricks based on the Hilary Page Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Bricks.
Hilary Page was passionate about child development and wrote many books on the subject. This is what motivated him to make toys out of plastic rather than wood because they were much safer and cleaner for children to play with.
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Hilary Page's toy company Kiddicraft first patented the self-locking building brick in 1940. WW2 put the toy company on hold but immediately after the war in 1945, Hilary Page improved upon his original design by adding slots to his bricks for doors & windows. These bricks were made of Cellulose Acetate and were available in Red, White, Green, Yellow and Medium Blue. Kiddicraft 2x2 bricks said KIDDICRAFT on the underside of the bricks, however, the 2x4 Bricks had a few different marks on the bottom of their bricks including:
SELF LOCKING BUILDING BRICKS
INJECTION MOULDERS LTD, LONDON
A HILARY PAGE DESIGN
A HILARY PAG DESIGN (MIS-MOULD)
BRITISH & FOREIGN PATENTS
MADE IN ENGLAND
LEGO designed their Automatic Binding Bricks based on the Hilary Page Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Bricks.
Hilary Page was passionate about child development and wrote many books on the subject. This is what motivated him to make toys out of plastic rather than wood because they were much safer and cleaner for children to play with.
