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| Product type | Building model construction |
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| Produced by | Plimpton Engineering |
| Country | U.K. |
| Introduced | 1934 by Charles Plimpton |
| Discontinued | 1967 |
| Previous owners | Plimpton Engineering (1934–59) Meccano (1959-64) |
Bayko was a British building model construction toy invented by Charles Plimpton, an early plastics engineer and entrepreneur in Liverpool. First marketed in Britain it was soon exported throughout the British Commonwealth and became a worldwide brand between 1934 and 1967. The name derived from Bakelite, one of the world's first commercial plastics[1][2] that was originally used to manufacture many of the parts. Bayko was one of the world's earliest plastic toys to be marketed.[3]
- ^ "The Development of Bakelite". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ Bradley, Pete. "Bakelite". Bayko by BaykoMan. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ Wright, Melvyn. "The Bayko system". Bayko Building Site. Retrieved 6 February 2009.