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History of Toys - 2018

By sjlion
  • Mr Potato Head - Saylor

    Mr Potato Head - Saylor
    Mr. Potato Head is a plastic model of a potato that can be decorated with a variety of plastic parts that can attach to the main body. The toy was created in 1946 by a man named George Lerner. Mr. Potato Head was originally called “Funny Face Man.” It started being manufactured as a toy in the bottom of cereal boxes. Also, in the year 2000, Mr. Potato Head was introduced into the National Toy Hall of Fame.
  • Legos Anika

    Legos Anika
    A lego is a plastic brick that connects to other ones and you can make almost anything with legos.The toy lego was invented by Ole Kirk Christiansen. James May constructed a full-size house. During Christmas time almost 28 lego sets are sold each second. Lego bricks start off as dough but not the dough you can eat.
  • Matchbox Cars - Travis

    Matchbox Cars - Travis
    Matchbox are invented by Jack Odell and the Universel International holdings in 1982 for $33 million dollars. Matchbox Toys were the popular in the 70's. When Hotwheels keep out Matchbox toys dropped 75%. After the buyout they rename the company to Universal Matchbox Group in 1986. They made 12,000 different vehicles have been made by Matchbox..
  • Rubix Cube- Brady Link

    Rubix Cube- Brady Link
    The Rubik’s cube was invented by Erno Rubik. A Rubik's cube is a puzzle form of a plastic cube covered with multicolored squares. The person is trying to get all the colors on the same side. The world record time is 4.73 sec by hand. With feet it is 25.14 sec. There are six colors: white, red, blue, orange, green, and yellow. There is 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible ways to solve a Rubik's cube.
  • Power Wheel- kami:)

    Power Wheel- kami:)
    Power wheels are plastic, mini type cars for kids that have an electric motor. They also have realistic features. It holds up to 130 pounds. They have been around for 88 years and are still popular today. They were invented by Kransco and invented in 1984. By 1990, 1 million were purchased!
  • TY beanie babies- Mckenzie

    The TY beanie babies are a line of stuffed animal plush toys that are stuffed with plastic pellets. The TY beanie babies were invented on October 29th, 1997. The inventor of the TY beanie babies is TY Warner. TY was the very first billion-dollar plush company. Tabasco sauce inspired one of the most popular beanie babies. One of the TY beanie babies named Princess the Bear is listed on eBay for $500,000.
  • Hatchimals By Emily Schroedl

    Hatchimals By Emily Schroedl
    Spin Master produced this line of robotic toys on October 7, 2016. Hatchimals come in eggs and unbox themselves. It takes up to twenty minutes to start pecking at the egg shell and fifteen minutes to finish getting out of the shell. There are twin Hatchimals and they both come in the same egg! Some Hatchimals are defective and won’t hatch.
  • Fingerling Monkey - Emily O

    Fingerling Monkey - Emily O
    Fingerling Monkey’s is a plastic monkey that goes around your finger that makes noises and reacts to sound, motion, and touch. It was invented by Sydney Wisemen in August 11, 2017. There are only 6 different fingerlings. There are over 40 different animations and reactions. Wisemen saw a furry monkey hanging on someone's hand on facebook and she wanted to create one for kids.