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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 ...
Category: Toys by decade. ... 1940s toys (2 C, 10 P) 1950s toys (2 C, 29 P) 1960s toys (2 C, 81 P) 1970s toys (6 C, 115 P) 1980s toys (15 C, 232 P) 1990s toys (21 C ...
1940s toys (2 C, 10 P) P. Products introduced in 1940 (1 C, 12 P) Products introduced in 1941 (3 C, 8 P) Products introduced in 1942 (2 C, 10 P)
Before making his acting debut in Toy Story, Mr. Potato Head was a popular toy spud with a variety of plastic facial attachments. BUY NOW. CTRPhotos - Getty Images. 1957: Play-Doh.
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.
The Slinky was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2000 in their Celebrate the Century stamp series. A bill to nominate the Slinky as the state toy of Pennsylvania was introduced by Richard Geist in 2001 but not enacted. [25] The same year, Betty James was inducted into the Toy Industry Association's Hall of Fame. [11]
Toys under the tree on Christmas morning weren't always made at the North Pole. For a half-century, until 1980, many were made in Erie and Girard by Marx Toys. ... For Dave Gianoni, the best-ever ...
"The 8 Most Wildly Irresponsible Vintage Toys" -- page 1 and page 2 at Cracked.com: Includes humorous discussions of some of A.C. Gilbert's more ill-advised products for pre-teens: A glass blowing kit (#8); a molten lead casting kit (#7); a chemistry set (#3) which included potassium permanganate, ammonium nitrate and instructions on how to ...