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 Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:24 pm Post subject: Popular Toys of the last 100 Years |
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| Quote: | The holiday shopping rush is on, and retailers and parents across the nation are all asking the same thing: What is this year's "must-have" toy going to be? The new Furby? The Roboraptor? The Xbox 360 gaming console?
With so many new toys and games hitting store shelves every year, it may be a little surprising that many of the most popular playthings are actually quite old. But people have been playing for a very long time. In 4000 B.C., Babylonians played a board game that was probably the ancestor of chess and checkers. Stone yo-yos were first used in ancient Greece around 1000 B.C. Kites appeared in China around the same time, though historians speculate that they have probably been flown since before recorded history.
The 20th century saw the invention of dozens of much-loved toys as well. Still-popular board games like Tripoley, Sorry and Monopoly have been around since the 1930s, and Crayola Crayons are more than 100 years old! Twister, made by a division of Hasbro, sold more than 3 million games within a year of its release in 1966. It has sold more than 22 million since then.
Toys aren't always a hit the year, or even the decade, they're created. Unemployed architect Alfred Mosher Butts invented the game of Scrabble, which he first called "Lexiko" and later "Criss-Cross Words," in the 1930s. Entrepreneur James Brunot acquired the game in 1947, but it wasn't until 1953, when the president of Macy's — now owned by retail giant Federated Department Stores — discovered the game on vacation that things really took off. More than 100 million sets have since been sold worldwide.
The fortunes of other playthings are more cyclical. Troll dolls, which hit big during the 1960s, had all but disappeared by the 1980s until troll nostalgia ushered in a second boom in the early 1990s. As Generation Xers grow older, toys like Cabbage Patch Kids, now made by Mattel, and Koosh balls could stage a comeback as well.
And there's serious money to be had. Mr. Potato Head, made in 1952 by Hasbro's Playskool unit, was the first toy advertised on television, and it grossed more than $4 million in its first year (that's $30 billion in 2005 dollars). Play-doh, which was originally designed for cleaning wallpaper, made inventor Joseph McVicker a millionaire by his 27th birthday. And Mattel sells an astounding 1.5 million Barbie dolls each week — that's two dolls per second.
With the help of our friends at the Toy Industry Association, we've put together a slideshow of some of the best-selling and best-loved toys of the past 100 years. Click here for some fun facts about these fabulous toys.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10387831/from/RS.5/
I have the old Furby and I saw the new one one the shelf but my parents won't buy it for me. Yeah...I'm too old for this toy but it's kind of cool to have the old and the new one.
Okay... I have checkers, snake-n-ladder, Japanese Go, Bingo, Disney Monopoly, Scrabble, ummm... Guess, and a lot more. I have 3 yo-yos and the manual book and 2 kites. Going to play with it this evening.
I begged my parents for Twister for Christmas but mom said she doesn't want dad to fall on top of us! LOL BUT I would really love to have that. and Mr. Potato Head!!!! I used to love him!
I thought roller blade, scooter and stuffs like that will be in history! hummm.... I'll check. Later... got to go offline before mom pulls the plug! |
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| Quote: | Forbes The most popular toys
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Era Toy
• 1900-1909 Crayola Crayons
• 1910-1919 Raggedy Ann Dolls
• 1920-1929 Madame Alexander Collectible Dolls
• 1930-1939 View-Master 3-D Viewer
• 1940-1949 Candy Land
• 1950-1959 Mr. Potato Head
• 1960-1969 G.I. Joe
• 1970-1979 Rubik's Cube
• 1980-1989 Cabbage Patch Kids
• 1990-1999 Beanie Babies
• 2000-Present Razor Scooter
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I had Crayola Crayons, Raggedy Ann Doll, Mr. Potato Head---- that's all!!! |
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I got Twister for my Birthday!I was begging my mom for it..And I thought she was joking about buying it..So..SHE ACTUALLY DID!I was soooo surprised!!Omigosh..Hhehe...My sisters are begging for monopoly!Hahaha..And..My dad and I always play scrabble when it's the fasting month!And I always win!!Hhahahh
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Chris, your grandma has Mr. Potato Head?! How is that???? I love Mr. Potato Head when I was small. I got so many CDs of it too.
I would certainly love a Twister. I saw it on some movies and it looked like fun. My parents said I need friends to play with and right now I don't. So I don't know if they bought it for me for Christmas.
I asked my dad if they got me something for Christmas and he said it is something small. So I said, could it be Nano Video or O2? Because they are small too!!! I hope Santa really comes to my house this year. I haven't been really an angel!! 
I love Monopoly. |
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Ohahahah...LOL..Chris..What's so fun about that?
HX..Someone got an O2 XDA Mini..Did I tell you that?Ezzat got it..Some more he wants the walkman phone..You know the one I wanted to buy?
I always play Twister with my sister and I would ALWAYS win..I brought it to school once.I lost..Over the boys!ARGH!It was so much fun!!
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Yeah..My splits are breaking up..My cartwheels are not straight!ARGH!
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ooohhh... He has O2 XDA mini?! That's what I want too. He is so lucky. I love an iPOD video and a webcam for Christmas.
My favorite Monopoly icon is Sleeping Beauty (Rose) and I always lost to my mom! I only play this set with my best friend because the set is so precious and I need to take care of it. Chris my Monopoly set is 3 years old but everything still look like new!
The Twister does look like fun but I guess you do need sisters or friends to play with.
Anyone with Yo-Yo? I just found out I need to replace the strings.
arrrggghhh... I got to go offline now. |
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Yeah..He's damn rich...I might get an iPod nano from my daddy!Yay!!
Yeah..Nothing is fun without companions..
I used to have a yo-yo..But I don't know how to play it..LOL..
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I don't think your parents would allow that! But thank you so much- how sweet of you. If you want to send me  it would be to my San Francisco address because other places I live are not permanent. |
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Why not just here?It's easier..
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| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:56 am Post subject: |
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You mean send it to the Forum?! Then the three of us could play it here! Just kidding!!! If you send anything to any addresses here in Malaysia, someone will have to mail it again to San Francisco if we are not in those addresses. It's complicated. I am still waiting for a Christmas parcel (my present) because my dad's friend sent it to a different address-
I got an iPOD Video for Christmas!!!  |
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