USSR 1980 Buratino Golden Key Children’s Board Game Soviet Pinocchio

Condition: Used – Vintage

Description:

Original vintage Soviet children’s board game The Golden Key or The Adventures of Buratino, published in 1980.

A colourful illustrated board game based on the famous Soviet children’s fairy tale featuring Buratino, the Russian counterpart of Pinocchio.

Item Details:

* Name: The Golden Key or The Adventures of Buratino

* Original title: Zolotoy Klyuchik

* Country: Soviet Union (USSR)

* Year: 1980

* Publisher: Malysh, Moscow

* Manufacturer: Moscow Toy Factory

* Author: Yu. Bugelsky

* Illustrator: L. Vladimirsky

* Original print run: 100,000 copies

* Language: Russian

* Type: Children’s board game

* Players: 2–4

* Age group: Older preschool and younger school-age children

Contents:

* Original illustrated cardboard game box

* Colourful illustrated game board

* Original Russian instruction booklet

* 8 colourful plastic playing figures, as photographed

Please note that the original contents have not been fully verified. Dice are not shown in the photographs.

Condition:

Vintage used condition with signs of age and handling.

The original box shows some wear, particularly around the edges and corners.

The paper game board and instruction booklet show age-related marks, creases and discolouration.

The colourful plastic playing figures are included as photographed.

Please examine all photographs carefully for the exact condition and contents.

History:

The Golden Key, or The Adventures of Buratino, is one of the most famous children’s stories in Soviet literature.

The story was written by Alexei Tolstoy in 1936, inspired by Carlo Collodi’s Italian classic Pinocchio.

Buratino is a wooden boy created by Papa Carlo who experiences exciting adventures involving Malvina, Pierrot, Karabas-Barabas, the cunning Fox Alice and Cat Basilio.

The story became extremely popular throughout the Soviet Union and inspired films, cartoons, illustrated books, toys and children’s board games.

The illustrations for this 1980 edition were created by Leonid Vladimirsky, a celebrated Soviet children’s book illustrator particularly famous for his drawings of Buratino and other fairy-tale characters.

The game follows Buratino’s adventures as players move their pieces along a numbered path, encountering special instructions and challenges based on events from the story.

An interesting example of Soviet children’s entertainment and educational board game design.

Ideal for collectors of USSR toys, vintage board games, Soviet children’s literature and Buratino memorabilia.

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