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Pages in category "1940s toys" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Army men; C. Chattering ...
The Slinky is a helical spring toy invented and developed by American naval engineer Richard T. James in 1943 and successfully demonstrated at Gimbels department store in Philadelphia on November 27, 1945.
The couple made 400 Slinkys and convinced Gimbels department store in Philadelphia to carry the toy for Christmas 1945. Originally displayed in a static position, none of the toys sold but when Richard James stepped up to demonstrate the toy in action on a ramp, the entire first production run sold out within 90 minutes at a price of $1 each. [5]
For Dave Gianoni, the best-ever Marx toy was a cabled, two-foot tall robot made by the company in the 1960s. Gianoni's grandmother, Ligia Yacobozzi, worked at Marx Toys and often gave toys to her ...
However, as the 1940s drew to a close, they encountered increasing competition from Japanese manufacturers who produced mechanical tin toys for lower prices. To become more competitive, Chein moved to a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m 2 ) factory in Burlington, New Jersey , where they employed a staff of as many as 600 workers.
Little People was formed by Fisher-Price in the early '50s for kids ranging from six months to three years. ... The toys made a revival in 2010 after a new line of larger Weebles were released ...
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