This toy was manufactured by Manufactura de Juguetes M. Bartrès in Barcelona, Spain, under license from the Walt Disney Corporation in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
There appear to have been two series. In the first series, columns were made of wood, and the panels and base plates from cardboard. In the later series all parts were plastic.
More information: mobaco.nl/Donald_Architect
Box & content
Some system characteristics
Here a short list of some system characteristics and how it’s retrofitted into the virtual LeoCAD library:
Part types: | Original: | Virtual: |
---|---|---|
Foundation | Plastic thickness: 6 [mm] | Single color pieces |
Columns | Plastic 8.5×8.5 | Single color pieces |
Pannels | Plastic thickness: 1.5 [mm] | Single color pieces |
Typical wall panel | 42 x 54 [mm] | |
Floor strips | Plastic thickness: 2 [mm] | Single color pieces |
Bay size | 48 [mm] | 48 [mm] |
LeoCAD settings: | ||
Draw line every X studs | 3 | |
Snap XY | ? [mm] (…) | |
Snap Z | 1 [mm] (1/20 Stud) | |
Rotations | 90 [deg] |
Library
Together with C. Mol, we estimated all dimensions:
The single category, consists of these unique parts:
Part types: | Numer of parts: |
---|---|
Floor plates | 1 |
Columns | 6 |
Panels | 5 |
Floors | 3 |
Roofs | 2 |
Total parts: | 17 |
Building in LeoCAD
Well I don’t like the plastic look (and feel). But one interesting aspect is the way the floor system works. The floor system allows for overlap. So a bigger floor could be created, w/o more ‘unique’ parts: