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Little horse on wheels, Ancient Greek children's toy. From a tomb dating 950–900 BCE, Kerameikos Archaeological Museum, Athens. A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment. Simple examples include toy blocks, board games, and dolls. Toys are often designed for use by children, although many are designed ...
Hoops have been a popular toy across a variety of cultures since antiquity. This article is a list of toys , toy sets, and toy systems; the toys included are widely popular (either currently or historically) and provide illustrative examples of specific types of toys.
A stuffed toy is a toy doll with an outer fabric sewn from a textile and stuffed with flexible material. They are known by many names, such as plush toys , plushies , lovies , stuffed animals , diane , and stuffies ; in Britain and Australia, they may also be called soft toys or cuddly toys .
A pair of Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots, made by Marx Toys, square off at the Hagen History Center in Erie. Dennis Kubiak's favorite Marx toy was a missile launcher that he got on his eighth birthday ...
The Toys That Built America is an American nonfiction docudrama series that premiered on the History Channel on November 28, 2021. Each episode outlines the development of a popular toy, invention, or company in the United States, typically focusing on their rise and any rivals or struggles.
Children’s Games, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1560). Toys have changed substantially throughout history, as has the concept of childhood itself. [1] In Toys as Culture (1986), anthropologist Brian Sutton Smith discusses the history of toys and states that "in multifarious ways toys are mediating these cultural conflicts within the personal lives of children".
The A. C. Gilbert Company was an American toy company, once one of the largest in the world. Gilbert originated the Erector Set, which is a construction toy similar to Meccano in the rest of the world, and made chemistry sets, microscope kits, and a line of inexpensive reflector telescopes.
The Toys That Made Us is an American documentary television series created by Brian Volk-Weiss. [1] The first four episodes of the series began streaming on Netflix on December 22, 2017, [2] and the next four were released on May 25, 2018. [3] The eight-episode documentary series, as it was originally touted, focuses on the history of important ...