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    The National Toy Hall of Fame is a U.S. hall of fame that recognizes the contributions of toys and games that have sustained their popularity for many...
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  • in 1984, the Toy Industry Hall of Fame honors the contributions of toy makers internationally. The Hall of Fame is administered by the Toy Industry Foundation...
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    The Strong (redirect from Museum of Play)
    exploration of play. It carries out this mission through six programmatic arms called "Play Partners": The National Museum of Play National Toy Hall of Fame World...
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    Strong has also run the National Toy Hall of Fame since 2002. Video games become eligible for the World Video Game Hall of Fame by meeting four criteria:...
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    list of toys, toy sets, and toy systems; the toys included are widely popular (either currently or historically) and provide illustrative examples of specific...
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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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  • over 60 countries. In 2016, Little People was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The "Little People" name, registered and trademarked by Mattel...
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    jack-in-the-box was inducted into the U.S. National Toy Hall of Fame, where are displayed all types of versions of the toy, starting from the beginning versions...
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    also home to the National Toy Hall of Fame, the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, the World Video Game Hall of Fame, and the Brian...
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    Fame National Toy Hall of Fame National Women's Hall of Fame Nebraska Hall of Fame New Jersey Hall of Fame New York State Writers Hall of Fame North America...
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    Lincoln Logs (category Construction toys)
    Lloyd Wright, second son of well-known architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Lincoln Logs were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1999. They are named...
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    now part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and an inductee into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The game...
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    Tinkertoy (redirect from Tinker toy)
    Avenue, Evanston, Illinois. Tinkertoys were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong in Rochester, New York, in 1998. Hasbro bought the...
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    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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    into the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2015, the Super Soaker was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. In 2022, Johnson...
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    Rubber duck (category Toy animals)
    "Rubber Duck | National Toy Hall of Fame". www.toyhalloffame.org. Retrieved 20 February 2020. "Rubber Duck". National Toy Hall of Fame. Retrieved 31 March...
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  • Duncan Toys became a division of Flambeau. In 1999, the Duncan yo-yo was inducted into the Strong National Museum of Play's National Toy Hall of Fame. In...
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    A toy store or toy shop is a type of retail business specializing in selling toys. The first toy store was founded in 1760 by William Hamley in London...
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    Slinky (redirect from Slinky Dog (toy))
    the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong in Rochester, New York in 2000. In 2003, it was named to the Toy Industry Association's Century of Toys List...
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  • Look up toy drive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A toy drive is a charity event that collects toys or money to be distributed to those in need. This...
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  • Toy guns are toys which imitate real guns, but are designed for recreational sport or casual play by children. From hand-carved wooden replicas to factory-produced...
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  • of Toys Inventor/Designer Award, and the 2012 Tagie award for Excellence in Game Design. In 2020, Jenga was inducted to the National Toy Hall of Fame...
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    games such as Rubik's Revolution or electronic toys which blur the boundaries between games and toys such as the Electronic Magic 8 Ball Date Ball or...
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    added to the National Toy Hall of Fame in the US, one of very few non-brand-specific toys to be honoured with inclusion. As a result, a toy "house" (actually...
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    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...
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    Etch A Sketch (category Art and craft toys)
    known toys of that era. In 1998, it was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong, in Rochester, New York. In 2003, the Toy Industry Association...
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    the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong museum in Rochester, New York inducted ABC blocks into their collection, granting it the title of one of America's...
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    Jenga (category 1980s toys)
    November 5, 2020, Jenga was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The packaging copy of one edition of the Jenga game claims that Robert Grebler may...
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  • John Lloyd Wright (category Toy inventors)
    toys. The most successful of these inventions was Lincoln Logs in 1916, which would later be one of the original inductees into the National Toy Hall...
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