Classic Toys:: Favorites of The 21st Century
Classic Toys:: Favorites of The 21st Century
CLASSIC TOYS:
Favorites of the 21st
Century
CLASS TOY QUIZ:
Rate the following GAMES from the oldest to the newest
(Manufactured)
1867- PARCHEESI
– Originated in India
– Textile factory workers
created a game that was
played on fabric with a
unique pattern.
Classic Toys
1900- LIONEL TRAIN
– 1st electric Lionel train was
window display in New York
City. Soon shoppers were
asking to buy it.
1903- CRAYOLA CRAYON
– Crayola products are sold in
more than 80 countries & 12
languages.
– The average child in the US
will wear down 730 crayons
by his/her 10th birthday.
Classic Toys
1903-TEDDY BEARS
– Named after President
Theodore (Teddy)
Roosevelt following a bear
hunt in Mississippi.
– Ideal Toy Company was the
first company to mass-
produce the Teddy Bear.
– Teddy Bears are still a
favorite toy for people of all
ages.
Classic Toys
1915- RAGGEDY
ANN & ANDY
– 1st handcrafted dolls
had brown yarn hair
instead of the trade-
mark red yarn hair.
Classic Toys
1948- SLINKY
- Average size Slinky
has 63 feet of wire or
plastic.
– It takes 10 seconds
to produce one
Slinky.
Classic Toys
1954- MATCHBOX
CARS
– This little car was
originally created for
a girl. A small brass
car was put in a
matchbox for her to
take take to school.
Classic Toys
1956- YAHTZEE
– Invented by a Canadian
couple while on their
yacht, so they called it
“Yahtzee”.
Classic Toys
1957- FRISBEE
.
– Pies made by the Frisbee
Baking Company of
Bridgeport, Connecticut,
were sold to college
Frisbe students. The students
e discovered that they
could toss and catch the
empty pie tins for hours of
fun.
Classic Toys
1958- LEGO’S
– “LEGO” comes from a
Danish word that means
“play well”.
– More than 6,000 children
helped to construct the
world’s tallest LEGO
structure. It stands 82
feet in Tallin,Estonia.
They worked for 3 days in
rain and high winds.
Classic Toys
1959- BARBIE
– Invented by the co-founder of
Mattel toy company.
– Named after her daughter
Barbara - Ken was named
after her son.
– 3 Barbie Dolls are sold
somewhere in the world every
second.
– The world’s largest Barbie
collection is in the United
Kingdom. A woman there has
1,125 dolls. (Ken dolls included)
– “Barbie Pink” is a recognized
color
CLASSIC TOYS
1964- G.I. Joe
– The world’s 1st action
figure.
– Average of 10 G.I. Joe for
boys 5-10 years old.
– Skip the Navy Frogman,
Rocky the Marine
Paratrooper, and Ace the
Fighter Pilot were
considered names.
CLASSIC TOYS
1966- TWISTER
– 1st called Pretzel-
promotional product for a
shoe polish company.
– The largest Twister mat in
the world was made for a
printing company’s grand
opening.
– The company was located
in Salt Lake City, Utah!
(60 x 19.75 feet)
CLASSIC TOYS
1998- FURBY
– Interactive stuffed toy
– Reacted to human
sounds - and other
Furby’s with winkles,
giggles, speaKing
“Furbish”, and English.
Many other toys have endured the test of
time …
What toys of the present will become
CLASSIC TOYS for the next century!