Tony O'Hagan - Leisure pages
- New information added about Pre-War kits. Details of
my first project, the Mansion, added - see my projects page (October 2024)
- Early Brickplayer information updated after I acquired a nice Kit 2. (September 2024)
- Almost all pages have been updated to reflect my acquisition of some new kits and new insights.
(August 2024)
- A page has been added for people who have just acquired some Brickplayer
and want to know what they can do with it. (June, 2024)
- I have added a page of advice on techniques for building with Brickplayer,
and have begun a page to show my Brickplayer projects. (May, 2024)
- Having acquired another partial Kit 2, I have learnt several things about the
components in Early Brickplayer kits.
(March, 2024)
Brickplayer - the bricks and mortar building kit
This is the home page of a website devoted to Brickplayer; brickplayer.co.uk redirects to here.
The wonderful original brickplayer.co.uk site was created by Dave Meesam, and with his kind
permission I have incorporated some of Dave's original material into this site. Dave had a very large
collection of Brickplayer and meticulously built almost all the models that were described in the
various Brickplayer kits. Photographs of some of those models have survived and can be found at various
places in this website.
What is Brickplayer?
Everyone is familiar with Lego, which began life mainly for constructing houses and other buildings.
The idea of Brickplayer is to build such things using real miniature bricks and 'mortar'. The result is much more
realistic than a Lego building, as well as being more demanding to build.
Brickplayer was produced by J W Spear and Sons,
who are perhaps better known for producing boardgames, particularly Scrabble.
They ceased making Brickplayer in the 1970s but, as a young lad in the 1950s and early 1960s
I enjoyed building with Brickplayer and in recent years I have returned to it.
It is still possible to acquire old Brickplayer kits on EBay, and I have quite a large quantity
(although apparently Dave Meesam had much more!).
Links to pages in this site
- Start here. A page for first-timers who want to know what they can do
with some newly-acquired Brickplayer. It also suggests sources for missing components.
- Kits and History. This page traces the history of Brickplayer
through the development of the various Brickplayer kits. It provides onward links to details about
the kits, including building instructions, blueprints and photographs where available.
- Accessories. Once you had a Brickplayer kit, you could always
buy extra bricks, windows, doors or roofing. This page shows some of the accessories that
were available.
- Components. Details of the components (bricks, doors, windows,
roofing, etc.) in the various Brickplayer kits are given on this page.
- Marketing. Examples of the many Brickplayer advertisements and
marketing materials are shown on this page.
- Techniques. A page of information and advice on techniques for building
with Brickplayer.
- Projects. This page will eventually provide details about my
various Brickplayer building projects. At the moment, it shows pictures of the two projects
I have completed to date, with a link to a page with more photos and contruction details about
the first project - the Mansion. Take a look and get inspired!
Get in touch
I would love to hear from you if you are a Brickplayer builder, or you can add anything to the
information and resources on this site, or if you are just interested to know more. Just
email me.
More links: This Brickplayer website sits within my personal website tonyohagan.co.uk. The links below
provide access to the other parts of my website.
Updated: 31 October 2024
Maintained by: Tony O'Hagan
