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Added on: 19th Mar 2015

 

TONKA TRUCK

Tonka Truck

A Tonka truck was an all-metal toy produced by Tonka Toys

Incorporated which originally was known as the Mound Metalcraft

that manufactured garden implements. A business that started only

as a side line, Tonka trucks like the Mighty Dump Truck earned a name

for being indestructible because of being made of pure steel. However,

the material used was slowly replaced by plastic in the 1980s.

 

 

YO-YO

Yo-Yo

Introduced by U.S. immigrant Filipino Pedro Flores, the history of this

toy can be traced back to nearly 500 B.C but it only found mainstream

success when Flores founded the Yo-Yo Manufacturing Company in 1928.

In the U.S. alone, 300,000 of these toys were produced and sold every day.

Because of its popularity, it was labelled as a “Wonder Toy.”

 

 

FRISBEE

Frisbee

As a predecessor of the Pluto Platter that wobbles while on flight,

Frisbee dominated the market in 1964 due to the clever marketing

strategy of Wham-O, the toy company that invented the toy.

Frisbee’s stabilized flight made it a perfect material for a new sport

known as the Ultimate Frisbee, invented by high school students in

New Jersey in 1967, three years after the toy’s invention.

 

 

BARBIE

Barbie

The American toy company, Mattel Inc. produced the Barbie doll in

1959 as a fashion doll that could have different accessories and wear

several set of clothes. Its creation was inspired by a German

doll called the Bild Lill.

 

 

HULA HOOP

Hula Hoop

It is said that no inventor can claim the hula hoop as his original product.

However, the modern hula hoop as we know it today was invented by

R. Knerr and A. Melin in 1958. It is a toy hoop that can be twirled

around the neck, waist, hand, and knees. Hula hoops differ in size

for adults and children. Although, the modern hula hoop is made of plastic

which contain rocks or other noise makers which serve as weights,

traditional manufacturers used rattan or grapevines for the toy.

 

 

KEN

Ken

Originally known as Ken Carson, Ken is also a product of the toy

company Mattel Inc. and was invented by Barbie’s inventor Ruth Handler.

Produced to serve as Barbie’s fictional boyfriend, it also has a wide

array of fashion which included clothes and accessories.

 

 

G.I. JOE

G.I. Joe

G.I Joe is a collection of action figures manufactured by toy company

Hasbro in the 1960s. Because dolls were too mainstream a term for girls,

“action figures” were accepted as a term for boys’ toys that originally

represented the US Navy, US Army, USAF, and the USMC. The re-launch

of the line in 1982 included a play set with cars and other vehicles for

the figures. A team known as the Cobra Command served as GI Joe’s

counterpart in the background story of taking over the Free World.

 

 

BEACH BALL

Beach Ball

Invented by Jonatthan De Longe in 1938, a beach ball is a classic

beach toy that is usually about the size of a hand but can reach sizes of

over 3 feet (1m) across or bigger. A beach ball set normally features

a set of soft plastic panels, two circular end panels and an inflation valve.

 

 

LITE BRITE

Lite Brite

This toy is another product of the toy company Hasbro. As its name

suggests, Lite Brite is a light box that has small holes where coloured

(translucent) plastic pegs fit and create a picture by templates or by

imagination. Colours include green, blue, red, yellow, purple, pink,

orange, and a colourless clear one.

 


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