Mechanical toys are toys powered by mechanical energy. Depending on the mechanism used they can perform a range of motions, from simple to very complex...
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A cymbal-banging monkey toy (also known as Jolly Chimp) is a mechanical depiction of a monkey holding a cymbal in each hand. When activated it repeatedly...
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figure, a cross between a puppet and a paper doll that is considered a mechanical toy. The figure's joints are connected to a pull string that causes the...
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Mr. Machine (category Mechanical toys)
once-popular children's mechanical toy originally manufactured by the Ideal Toy Company in 1960. Mr. Machine was designed by Marvin Glass, the toy designer, known...
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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...
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A tin toy, or tin lithograph toy, is a mechanical toy made out of tinplate and colorfully painted by chromolithography to resemble primarily a character...
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Gee-haw whammy diddle (category Traditional toys)
A gee-haw whammy diddle is a mechanical toy consisting of two wooden sticks. One has a series of notches cut transversely along its side and a smaller...
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construction of a flight-capable mechanical eagle and fly, which are frequently credited as the first wind-up toys. This story of an eagle which flew...
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Carrot knife (category Mechanical toys)
as a radish knife, is a toy launched in 2022 which resembles a pocketknife with blunt plastic parts. The carrot knife is a toy typically made of soft plastic...
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is the mascot of Energizer batteries in North America. It is a pink mechanical toy rabbit with an Energizer battery on its left knee wearing sunglasses...
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Mechanical banks are small containers with a decorative mechanical action, used to store coins. They were originally intended to promote saving money among...
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Chattering teeth, sometimes called chattery teeth, are a wind-up toy invented by Eddy Goldfarb. Originally named "Yakity Yak Talking Teeth", Goldfarb...
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Friction motor (category Mechanical toys)
toy cars, trucks, trains, action figures and similar toys. The motor consists of a large flywheel which is connected to the drive wheels of the toy via...
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Moo box (category Mechanical toys)
can is a toy or a souvenir, also used as a hearing test. When turned upside down, it produces a noise that resembles the mooing of a cow. The toy can be...
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Useless machine (category Mechanical toys)
future. In the 1960s, a novelty toy maker called "Captain Co." sold a "Monster Inside the Black Box", featuring a mechanical hand that emerged from a featureless...
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names Egg of Columbus and Columbus Egg have been used for several mechanical toys and puzzles inspired on the legend of Columbus balancing an egg on...
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A toy train is a toy that represents a train. It is distinguished from a model train by an emphasis on low cost and durability, rather than scale modeling...
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Fidget spinner (category Mechanical toys)
A fidget spinner is a toy that consists of a ball bearing in the center of a multi-lobed (typically three-lobed) flat structure made from metal or plastic...
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Ideal Toy Company was an American toy company founded by Morris Michtom and his wife, Rose. During the post–World War II baby boom era, Ideal became the...
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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...
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Educational toys (sometimes also called "instructive toys") are objects of play, generally designed for children, which are expected to stimulate learning...
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enjoy toys and games over a longer timespan, gravitating towards toys that meet their interest in assembling and disassembling mechanical toys, and toys that...
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Fidget Cube (category Mechanical toys)
The Fidget Cube is a fidget toy designed by Matthew and Mark McLachlan, brothers and co-founders of the US design studio Antsy Labs. It has fidget tools...
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Pullback motor (redirect from Pullback toy cars)
back, pull back and go or pull-back) is a simple clockwork motor used in toy cars. A patent for them was granted to Bertrand 'Fred' Francis in 1952 as...
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Ultra Hand (category 1960s toys)
Ultra Hand is a toy that was manufactured by Nintendo in the late 1960s. It was created in 1966 by Gunpei Yokoi, who would later design the Love Tester...
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body of a mechanical toy. Lady Mechanika's inability to recall her own origins prompt her, once the newspapers write about “secret mechanical experiments...
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Automaton (category Automata (mechanical))
Automata theory, the study of abstract machines and automata Mechanical toy Wind-up toy Android Brazen head Cellular automaton Centre International de...
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destructive if it hits mechanical objects, with properties and other effects unspecified or varying. Toy ray guns often have a mechanical component that sparks...
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Etch A Sketch (category Art and craft toys)
Etch A Sketch is a mechanical drawing toy invented by André Cassagnes of France and subsequently manufactured by the Ohio Art Company. It is now owned...
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A fidget toy or fidget is typically a small object used for pleasant but purposeless activity with the hands (manual fidgeting or stimming). Some users...
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