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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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Hasbro, Inc. (/ˈhæzbroʊ/; a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational conglomerate holding company incorporated and headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Hasbro owns the trademarks and products of Kenner, Milton Bradley, Parker Brothers, and Wizards of the Coast, among others. As of August 2020, over 81.5% of its shares were held by large financial institutions.
Among its products are
Transformers, G.I. Joe, Power Rangers, Rom the Space Knight, Micronauts, Beyblade, Zoids, M.A.S.K., Monopoly, Furby, Nerf, Ouija boards, Play-Doh, Twister, and My Little Pony, and with the Entertainment One acquisition in 2019, franchises like Peppa Pig and PJ Masks. The Hasbro brand also spawned TV shows to promote its products, such as Family Game Night on the Discovery Family network. It is the former parent of mass media and entertainment company Entertainment One. Hasbro sold E1 to Lionsgate in 2023, however, it kept eOne's family brands and eOne's stake in Astley Baker Davies, placing them into a new subsidiary called Hasbro Entertainment. (Full article...)General images -
Paintings of girl with dolls (from Girls' toys and games)
A gee-haw whammy diddle in use (from List of wooden toys)
Toy Museum - http://www.raheelpatel.com/toymuseum.html. (from Toy museum)
Girls playing in a park in the Netherlands (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 puzzle of dexterity, a type of mechanical puzzle (from List of wooden toys)
Girls assembling a puzzle (from Girls' toys and games)
Interlocking Disks enable the construction of high-symmetry models such as that of C
60 Fullerene. (from Construction set)
Hello Kitty Dreamcast set, 2009 (from Girls' toys and games)
Tartu Toy Museum (from Toy museum)
Lego bricks are a prominent example of a construction set (from Construction set)
An infant boy playing with a toy dump truck at the beach. (from Boys' toys and games)
Burr puzzles (from List of wooden toys)
A girl in Udaipur playing "Jungle Child" (from Girls' toys and games)
Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) (from Construction set)
Constri (from Construction set)
A bead maze (from List of wooden toys)
Rows of pink girls' toys in a Canadian store, 2011 (from Girls' toys and games)
Girls in Barbie Fashion Show in Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from Girls' toys and games)
A bauernroulette game (from List of wooden toys)
Various spinning tops (from List of wooden toys)
A matryoshka doll taken apart (from List of wooden toys)
1970s No. 2 Meccano set (from Construction set)
A ball-in-a-maze puzzle (from List of wooden toys)
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A construction set is a set of standardized pieces that allow for the construction of a variety of different models. The pieces avoid the lead time of manufacturing custom pieces, and of requiring special training or design time to construct complex systems.
Did you know...
- ... 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 Elizabeth II's childhood toys at 145 Piccadilly included 30 toy horses and a farm set collected from Woolworths?
- ... 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 Woody from Toy Story was originally written as a ventriloquist's dummy and the main villain of the film?
- ... that the Roman emperors Augustus and Claudius may have had an affinity for gambling?
- ...that Amish dolls (pictured) are left faceless, possibly to emphasize that "all are alike in the eyes of God"?
- ...that The Lego Group produced 381 million tires (example pictured) in 2011, making it the largest tire manufacturer in the world?
- ...that Tuttuki Bako players insert their finger 60 mm (2.4 in) into an electronic device to render images of that finger on an LCD screen?
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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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