Popular Toys in History

By:

Macey Cropski Jared Edelstein

Crayola Crayons (1903)

•There are 13 retired colors

•The largest pack produced includes 832 crayons

•There are over 120 different colors

Raggedy Ann• Created in 1915 by Johnny Gruelle

• She appeared in Gruelle's 1918 Raggedy Ann Stories

• In 1920, Gruelle created her brother, Raggedy Andy

Monopoly:

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• In 1934, at the height of the great depression • Charles B. Dorrow created monopoly & showed

• it to the executive Parker Bros.

• In 1935, Monopoly was America's best selling game.• Today, over 200 million games have been sold.

• The longest game lasted 70 days!

Slinky

• Invented in the early 1940's

• First displayed in a Philadelphia toy store

• The Slinky was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2000

Play-Doh• Originally used as a wallpaper cleaner

• Popular as a toy during the 1950's

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•First appeared in the late 1950's

•Barbie dolls cause a lot of controversy

Made by Mattel

Rubik's Cube

• Invented in 1974

•As of January 2009, 350 million cubes have been sold

•World record for solving a cube is 6.77 seconds performed by Feliks Zemdegs (see video)

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• Game Boy and Game Boy Color have collectively sold 118.69 devices

Created in 1989 by Nintendo

• Released in 2006, also by Nintendo

• First major console to utilize body movements

• As of December 2011, the Wii beats the Xbox 360 and the PS3 in terms of sales

• It has shipped over 90 million units

Citations :p

• Bibliography:

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• Library resources:1. "SIRS Discoverer Login." SIRS Discoverer Login. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2011.

<http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTI2. "WORLD'S BEST TOYS." Mirror [London, England] 28 Aug. 2003: 6. Custom Newspapers. Web. 30 Nov. 2011.

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<http://school.eb.com/eb/article-274906?query=toys%20history&ct=>.

• Books:1. Wulffson, Don L.. Toys!: amazing stories behind some great inventions. New York: H. Holt, 2000. Print.