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A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment. Simple examples include toy blocks, board games, and dolls. Toys are often designed for use by children, although many are designed specifically for adults and pets. Toys can provide utilitarian benefits, including physical exercise, cultural awareness, or academic education. Additionally, utilitarian objects, especially those which are no longer needed for their original purpose, can be used as toys. Examples include children building a fort with empty cereal boxes and tissue paper spools, or a toddler playing with a broken TV remote control. The term "toy" can also be used to refer to utilitarian objects purchased for enjoyment rather than need, or for expensive necessities for which a large fraction of the cost represents its ability to provide enjoyment to the owner, such as luxury cars, high-end motorcycles, gaming computers, and flagship smartphones.
Playing with toys can be an enjoyable way of training young children for life experiences. Different materials like wood, clay, paper, and plastic are used to make toys. Newer forms of toys include interactive digital entertainment and smart toys. Some toys are produced primarily as collectors' items and are intended for display only. (Full article...)
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Matchbox is a toy brand which was introduced by Lesney Products in 1953, and is now owned by Mattel, Inc, which purchased the brand in 1997. The brand was given its name because the original die-cast "Matchbox" toys were sold in boxes similar to those in which matches were sold. The brand grew to encompass a broad range of toys, including larger scale die-cast models, plastic model kits, slot car racing, and action figures.
During the 1980s, Matchbox began to switch to the more conventional plastic and cardboard "blister packs" that were used by other die-cast toy brands such as Hot Wheels. By the 2000s, the box style packaging was re-introduced for the collectors' market, such as the 35th Anniversary of Superfast series in 2004 and the 50th Anniversary of Superfast in 2019. (Full article...)General images -
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Girls assembling a puzzle (from Girls' toys and games) -
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A puzzle of dexterity, a type of mechanical puzzle (from List of wooden toys) -
Constri (from Construction set) -
Various spinning tops (from List of wooden toys) -
Interlocking Disks enable the construction of high-symmetry models such as that of C
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An infant boy playing with a toy dump truck at the beach. (from Boys' toys and games) -
Girls playing in a park in the Netherlands (from Girls' toys and games) -
A bauernroulette game (from List of wooden toys) -
Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) (from Construction set) -
Tartu Toy Museum (from Toy museum) -
A girl in Udaipur playing "Jungle Child" (from Girls' toys and games) -
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1970s No. 2 Meccano set (from Construction set) -
A bead maze (from List of wooden toys) -
A gee-haw whammy diddle in use (from List of wooden toys) -
Lego bricks are a construction set example. (from Construction set) -
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Toy Museum - http://www.raheelpatel.com/toymuseum.html. (from Toy museum) -
A matryoshka doll taken apart (from List of wooden toys) -
Girls in Barbie Fashion Show in Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from Girls' toys and games) -
Burr puzzles (from List of wooden toys) -
Hello Kitty Dreamcast set, 2009 (from Girls' toys and games) -
Rows of pink girls' toys in a Canadian store, 2011 (from Girls' toys and games) -
Detail from Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1560), showing Flemish girls playing popular games of the era (from Girls' toys and games) -
A ball-in-a-maze puzzle (from List of wooden toys) -
Paintings of girl with dolls (from Girls' toys and games) -
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A rubber duck is a toy shaped like a stylised yellow-billed duck, and it is generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in Western pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing. Various novelty variations of the toy are produced.
Did you know...
- ... that Woody from Toy Story was originally written as a ventriloquist's dummy and the main villain of the film?
- ... that development economist John Toye said free-market proponents "first turn liberty against equality and fraternity, then overthrow liberty itself"?
- ... that the design for the water playground at Chelsea Waterside Park was criticized because local residents thought that the sprinklers resembled sex toys?
- ... that the case Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. was considered essential to the future of video game modding in the United States in 1992?
- ... that the Roman emperors Augustus and Claudius may have had an affinity for gambling?
- ... that Elizabeth II's childhood toys at 145 Piccadilly included 30 toy horses and a farm set collected from Woolworths?
- ...that Amish dolls (pictured) are left faceless, possibly to emphasize that "all are alike in the eyes of God"?
- ... that presenter Pat Kenny tore up two tickets for The Late Late Toy Show live on air in 2008?
- ...that Silly Bandz, popular silicone bracelets that spring into a shape when taken off, have been banned in classrooms for being too distracting?
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Types: • Doll • Vehicle • Puzzle • Teddy bear
Industry: • American Specialty Toy Retailing Association • Birmingham toy industry • International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers • Kiddicraft • Play value • Toy safety • Toy store • Toyetic • Wooden toymaking in the Ore Mountains
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