Welcome to Toys Timeline, where you can learn all about the history of toys. From primitive stone and wood toys to the hit Star Wars toys of the 20th century, we have a little something for everyone who is interested in toys.
02 December 2010
Toys mean more than just having something to keep you busy during your childhood. The right toy can educate a child, help them read, introduce them so to societal norms, or be an escape into a world of imagination. In 1995, society was exposed to numerous toys that forever changed previously held expectations of toys.
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31 October 2010
Every year, the Marine Toys for toys unveils a poster to help promote the toy drive for that year. While the last couple years have seen the same design according to the official Toys for Tots website (an effect of the recession?) there are a lot of great designs. Take a look at these great [...]
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30 August 2010
There was a line of toy cars – some based on the original Model T from Ford – that didn’t really have a name until 1924. On March 11, 1924, Tootsietoy was officially registered as a trade mark. That same year, the company that made the toy cars changed their name from Dowst Manufacturing Co. [...]
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26 August 2010
The Little People brought to us by Fisher-Price have been a classic American toy, introducing children to role-play toys allowing their imagination to creatively develop. The history of Little People is one so interesting it must be told.
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31 July 2010
1988 was an odd year for parents buying toys, as a new sensation was sweeping the nation up in a frenzy, the likes of which had not been seen for quite some time. It was in this year, 1988, that the Nintendo Entertainment System, most commonly referred to as the NES, experienced one of its [...]
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28 July 2010
1942 was not the best of years for the United States, or the rest of the world. World War II had already been waging on for two whole years, and the U.S. was becoming more involved as the days went on. As a result, most of the manufacturing effort in the United States started switching [...]
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25 July 2010
As the world wait to party like it was 1999, toys continued to be a hot item in 1998. Some big sellers from the past included Star Wars toys, Giga Pets, Barbie as Sleeping Beauty, Olympic Skater Barbie Doll and of course the ever present Hot Wheels. One of the lowest priced items was Crayola [...]
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13 July 2010
What toys were popular in 1977? Well, it depends on who you ask, but there were many favorites in 1977. We’re going to look at some of them below. If you remember the toys of 1977, be sure to read to the end of the article. This was the year the first Apple computers were [...]
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08 July 2010
Predicting the future is never easy. I’ve been known to struggle with it every now and then, but the future of toys can be especially confusing to predict. You never know when an old favorite toy will make a sudden resurgence into the mainstream or a new technology will bring about yet another revolution in [...]
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07 July 2010
Just before the new millennium, all kids could talk about was Pokemon. With the flood of video games, card games, T.V. shows, and movies, it was everywhere. This is why it reached such heights of popularity in 1999. There were a few other toy highlights in 1999, however. Keep reading to see more about the [...]
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1990s Toys: Beanie Babies, Pokemon, Tickle Me Elmo: The incredible demand created for toys in the 1990’s marked a new height in American consumerism. The toys that came out in the 1990s were collected by children and adults, and there w... 
1940s Toys: In the 1940’s, the world was fighting its biggest war. In the U.S., people were forced to ration what they had to be able to supply the war effort with what it needed to be successfu... 
1900s Toys of the 20th Century: At the turn of the 20th century, new industrial methods and were used to make toys. Dolls were made with a higher quality and along with the new technology, there were many new toys that... 
1910s Toys: The 1910’s were a generation of building. The nation was building its infrastructure, building wealth, and kids were building with their toys. The most popular toys of the 1910’s... 
1998 Toys: Godzilla, Giga Pets, Furby, Oh My!: As the world wait to party like it was 1999, toys continued to be a hot item in 1998. Some big sellers from the past included Star Wars toys, Giga Pets, Barbie as Sleeping Beauty, Olympic... 
1980s Toys: Cabbage Patch Kids, TMNT, Nintendo: In the 1980’s, the desire for toys was the highest it had ever been. Christmas usually means a mad rush by parents to find the next “must have” toy for their kids, and Cabbage Pa... 
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