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Fun Ho! national toy museum

Fun Ho! national toy museum

Fun Ho! cast-aluminium toys were made in Inglewood by the Underwood Engineering Company from 1947 to 1982. Former Underwood employees Barry and Phyllis Young opened a Fun Ho! museum in the town in 1990. In 2009 a foundry attached to the museum produced short runs of many of the Fun Ho! models.

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Ron Lambert, Taranaki places – Inglewood, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25888/fun-ho-national-toy-museum (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ron Lambert, published 23 February 2010, updated 1 September 2016.

Comments

Elsie Hagley
09 May 2012
International Museum Day is on May 18th. Can I have permission to use the fire engine photo above in my lens for International Museum Day, as I am making New Zealand my Subject for the museums. Working mainly on Taranaki Museums as I am a proud Taranaki Lass. You can check out my other lens by the Squidoo website. Thanks in advance. Elsie. ID for Squidoo writer - kiwinana71