Majo-kit
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Majokit is a toy developed by the Majorette
Majorette
Majorette is a French toy manufacturer which mostly produces small die-cast cars, particularly in 1:64 scale. Traditionally, Majorette was centered in the area of Lyon.-History:...

 company of France, and is a complete traffic environment designed to give children hours of fascinating pleasure while simulating their imagination and sense of observation.

Majokit is made from plastic moulded materials, and highly detailed. The separate pieces snap together to form scale size city's for Majorette toy cars, or other dinky cars. Children are introduced to rules of the road by laying out and obeying traffic sign
Traffic sign
Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of roads to provide information to road users. With traffic volumes increasing over the last eight decades, many countries have adopted pictorial signs or otherwise simplified and standardized their signs to facilitate international travel...

s, and learn to navigate streets with road issues, roundabouts, traffic lights, and of course stop signs.

Many separate kits were released, but each kit could fit together to make larger kits.

These kits are confirmed to have been sold in France,the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Canada, Sweden and the United States.

It can also be confirmed that they were sold in the UK (toyshops and in wholesalers), Australia, New Zealand, Finland and Malta.

Pieces

Highly detailed pieces included, but was not limited to:
  • ) Fire Hydrants
  • ) Adjustable Signal Lights
  • ) Light Standards
  • ) Park benches
  • ) Trees
  • ) Stop Signs
  • ) Speed Signs
  • ) Traffic Rule Signs
  • ) Parking Meters
  • ) Water Fountains
  • ) Toll Booths
  • ) Fuel Pumps
  • ) Phone Booths
  • ) Picnic Benches
  • ) Cross walk inserts
  • ) Billboards

Kits

Examples of sets/kits include:
  • ) Gas Stations (include Esso stations, Shell Stations, and others)
  • ) Toll Booth
  • ) Drive in Movie
  • ) Car Wash
  • ) Fire House
  • ) Police Station
  • ) Restaurant
  • ) Bank
  • ) Post Office
  • ) Car Repair shops
  • ) Farm
  • ) Hospital


Below is a photo of Police Station set 722 as an example of Majo-kit sets:
There were also smaller kits consisting of figures, a Majorette vehicle, decals for the vehicle, and various tools. These could be considered analogous to Lego's mini-figure sets. Some of these include:
  • ) Construction Crew (with construction vehicle, hardhats, jackhammer & other tools)
  • ) Firefighter squad
  • ) Medical squad
  • ) Police Squad
  • ) Farmers
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