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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (category Knights First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog)
    National Toy Hall of Fame. The Toy Hall of Fame was established in 1984 to recognize those people who have contributed most significantly to the toy industry...
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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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    media awards List of wooden toys National Toy Hall of Fame (United States) Toy museums Toy Story, a franchise about anthropomorphic toys Traditional Mexican...
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    Garbage Plate (category Cuisine of New York (state))
    an American dish consisting of hot dog or hamburger meat, hot meat sauce, and other condiments, piled atop a variety of side dishes, typically including...
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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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  • doll, woke the toy industry". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 November 2020. "Baby Nancy". www.toyhalloffame.org. National Toy Hall of Fame. 2020. Retrieved...
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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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    Big Wheel (tricycle) (category 1970s toys)
    under new ownership in 2003. The Big Wheel was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at the Strong in Rochester, New York, in 2009. In 2021, the Big...
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