BAYKO Brick Pack Patterns

Thanks to Geoff Lilleker for help with this information.

From the very start, BAYKO bricks were laid out flat in the sets to cover the largest possible area and look as good a value for money offering as possible.

In the factory, the bricks were laid out, face down, on a sheet of cellophane, then a card was placed on top and the cellophane glued down to the back of the card to seal the pack.

The patterns shown below are the ones used by both Plimpton [post-war] and MECCANO to present the bricks, doors and windows in the various BAYKO sets.

Where the same pattern was used during both periods I have shown the Plimpton era pattern, but, if you move the mouse over the image, it will reveal the MECCANO era equivalent.

Spare a thought for the girls - it almost certainly was girls - who spent large chunks of their lives producing these patterns!

Well, I hope you found that useful...

...you've no excuse now for not titivating that prized possession!