Fun Ho National Toy Museum. Inglewood. New Zealand.
S 39° 09.365 E 174° 12.400
60H E 258633 N 5662186
The Fun Ho! Toy Museum is a top visitor attraction, for 'children' young and old. The museum has more than 3000 toys on display. Inglewood is home to the Fun Ho! toys, a real 'kiwiana’ museum.
Waymark Code: WM98WX
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 07/15/2010
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Fun Ho! cast-aluminium toys were made in Inglewood by the Underwood Engineering Company from 1947 to 1982.
In the 1960s a range of small zinc diecast toys was introduced. They were originally marketed as part of a promotion with the Mobil Oil Company and were known as Fun Ho! Mobil Midgets. The first models were plated in chrome or copper, but as the range grew paint finishes became the norm as with other miniature vehicles of the time. Production of this miniature range ceased in 1982 due to an economic downturn in New Zealand and to increasing competition from toys manufactured in Asia.
The factory finally closed in 1987 as a result of competition from imported plastic toys but a Former Underwood employees Barry and Phyllis Young who had, over the years, collected a large collection of Fun Ho! Toys opened the Fun Ho! National Toy Museum in rented premises below the original Inglewood factory in 1990.
Days and Hours of Operation:
10am to 4pm daily.
The museum is within the Inglewood Visitor Centre.
Adults $6 Children $3
Address:
Rata Street...the main highway through Inglewood.
Inglewood., Taranaki. New Zealand.
Related Website: [Web Link]
Price of Admission: 6.00 (listed in local currency)
What is in the collection:
A range of small zinc diecast toys made in New Zealand by Fun Ho!
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Visit Instructions:
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