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Contemporary Brickplayer - Kits A, B and C

Contemporary Brickplayer was Spears' major revision of Brickplayer in 1959, providing components and plans for more modern-looking buildings. Bricks, doors, windows and roofs were all redesigned - see the Brickplayer components page. This was quite forward-thinking, because the resulting style is what I associate these days with the 1960s.

Instructions and blueprints

An instruction booklet entitled "Contemporary Brickplayer Kit Building Manual" provided quite detailed instructions to build the 12 models. The smallest Kit A had only enough components for models 1 to 3, with Kit B having components for models 1 to 6. To build the full set of 12 models Kit C was needed. Whereas Early Brickplayer and Standard Brickplayer offered upgrade kits (Kit 1A to upgrade from Kit 1 to Kit 2, and Kit 3A to go from Kit 3 to Kit 4), I have never seen reference to any upgrade kits being available for Contemporary Brickplayer.

Kits always contained blueprints showing how to lay the first course of bricks. The blueprints for Contemporary Brickplayer models are here

Pictures of Kit A

I have a Kit A box that had minimal contents when I acquired it. I have now completed it by adding all the missing bricks and other components, but almost certainly the layout in an original Kit A would have been very different. In particular, the bricks and windows would have been packed in cellophane like the Kit B shown below.

Kit A Box Lid

Kit A Inside Lid

Kit A Upper Layer

Kit A Lower Layer (reconstructed)

Pictures of Kit B

I have a pristine Kit B, meaning that it is complete and unused with all elements still sealed.

Kit B Lower Layer, Blueprints Removed

Pictures of Kit C

I have a Kit C that has been completed with the addition of missing components. It has been laid out in a rough approximation of how the kit might have looked when new.

Kit C Lower Layer, Blueprints Removed

Models

The photos below are of models built by Dave Meesam.

Contemporary Models 7 and 10, Detached House and Elite Stores

Contemporary Model 12, Fire Station

Links

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Updated: 12 June 2025

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