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Land of Toys

Pobjeda made of bakelite, ”mooncar”, and Rubic’s magic cube – only a few examples of the Hungarian toy production, the history of which between 1945 and 1989 is being presented by the exhibition called ”Land of Toys” in the Museum of Transport. The exhibition also gives the visitor an insight into how economy was managed during this period, as well as into the characteristics of the industrial production of the era.

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alt Amongst the 300 items on display there are prototypes, cheap gadgets and toys that were present in every child’s bedroom during decades, and others, that have been popular for over 50 years and nowadays can be still found on the shelves of the toystores. Many of the toys on display are still in good working order and can be seen in action.

The exhibition also allows the visitors to familiarise themselves with the production processes. So apart from seeing toys that are still popular in the 21st century, visitors encounter such rare items as the only known prototype of the ”Electrobus” elaborated just like the Ikarus 630, the study plan of the H0 scale Kandó-type electric locomotive, or the original technical drawings that served as basis for the production of toys of the biggest Hungarian toy factory: the Metal Plates Factory (Lemezárugyár).

A typical room of a block of flats from the 70’s can be also found at the exhibition, with the characteristic toys of the era, and also a designer’s workroom from the 50’s, where toys were redesigned based on the period’s dominant ideology.
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Toys – just like any other Hungarian product – were produced in three manufacturing sectors between 1945 and 1989: in factories owned by the state, manufacturing cooperatives (according to the 5-year economy plans), or in individual workshops, by the hardly ever supported craftsmen. This way, the toys allow us to gain an insight into the industrial and economic structure of the Hungarian socialist planned economy.
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