1954 Toys: Games, Planes and Dolls

Posted on 08 June 2010. Tags: 1954 toys, Army men, Board games, bottle rockets, family favorites, favorite toys, fire crackers, magnifying glass, model planes, plastic army men, Robert the Robot, Scrabble 1954, scrabble scrabble, share your thoughts, tile game, toys 1954, Toys and Games, toys games, United States, Whee-Lo, whole lot, World War II, world war ii weapons

While the 1950’s were the beginning of a period of great change throughout America, toys weren’t changing a whole lot. Board games, model planes, and small dolls were favorite toys in 1954, and they didn’t vary much throughout the whole decade. Read the full story

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1930s Toys: Improving Economy = Better Toys

Posted on 27 May 2010. Tags: 1930s toys, Board game, Board games, first years, great depression, Manufacturing techniques, new toys, New York, popular games, toys 1930s, United States, view 3

The U.S. economy in the 1930’s was a complete flip from what had been seen in earlier decades. Manufacturing techniques were getting better, materials were getting cheaper and more durable, but now people did not have the money to purchase these new toys. The Viewmaster did not come about until the end of the decade when prosperity grew, but games like board games were immediate successes during this period. Read the full story

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Ancient Toys

Posted on 18 May 2010. Tags: all kinds of games, ancient empires, ancient roman empire, Ancient Toys, archaeological sites, Board game, Board games, Decline of the Roman Empire, greeks and roman, india games, large metal hoop, mental picture, metal hoop, Roman Empire, roman toys, swords shields, Trochus, war games, wax dolls, wooden swords

What people would consider as more modern types of play can be traced back as far as 3,000 years ago to the games and toys that people of the ancient empires played with. The toys that the Greeks and Roman’s played with don’t vary by much from what kinds of toys kids continue to play with today. There are some toys that seem to be simply timeless, and you’ll find that a lot of the toys and game that kids today play have been played by every generation before them. Read the full story