Majo-kit
Majokit is a toy developed by the Majorette company of France. It is a complete city traffic environment but also includes farms and factories.
Majokit is made from plastic materials with a certain amount of detail. It was designed for children and should not be considered an accurate representation of anything in particular. The separate pieces snap together to form scale size towns and cities for Majorette or other similar size model vehicles. Children are introduced to rules of the road by laying out and obeying traffic signs, and learn to navigate streets with road issues, roundabouts and traffic lights. The Majokit buildings are actually too big for the Majorette vehicles but they needed to be a certain size to make them easy to assemble for smaller children.
Many different kits with their own theme were made and all were compatible with each other. This allowed children (it was mostly designed for boys) to keep adding streets and structures. The kits were sold in Europe, Canada, Costa Rica, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Interestingly enough, all of the Majokit figures were men and there were no women or children.
Pieces
Individual pieces included but were not limited to:
- Bus Stop Shelters
- Trees
- Park Benches
- Fountains
- Flowers and Pots
- Picnic Benches and Tables
- Exterior Lighting
- Canopies/Shelters
- Fire Hydrants
- Emergency Call Boxes
- Phone Booths
- Traffic Signs
- Changeable (by hand) Traffic Lights
- Cross Walk Inserts
- Auto Repair Items such as lifts and tools
- Fuel Pumps
- Guard Rails
- Fencing
- Supports
- Farm Accessories
- Parking Meters
- Toll Booths
- And Many Others
Kits
Examples of sets/kits include:
- Post Office
- Restaurant
- Hotel
- Bank
- Hospital
- Gas Stations (includes Esso stations, Shell Stations, and a generic self-service version)
- Car Wash
- Car Repair Shops
- Filling Station
- Fire Station
- Police Station
- Toll Booth/Customs Post
- Airport
- Farm
- Factory
Two or more small kits could be packaged together as a larger kit for a price that was lower than buying the two small kits together.
There were also smaller kits consisting of figures, a Majorette vehicle, stickers for the vehicle and various tools or other items. These were like Lego's mini-figure sets. Some of these include:
- Construction Crew (with construction vehicle, hardhats, jackhammer & other tools)
- Firefighters
- Medical Squad
- Police Squad
- Farmers
- Gardeners
- Mechanics