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2. Tinkertoy - Wikipedia

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   Children in Laos playing with Tinkertoy sets. The construction set was designed in 1914—six years after the Frank Hornby's Meccano sets—by Charles H. Pajeau, who formed the Toy Tinker Company in Evanston, Illinois, to manufacture them. Pajeau, a stonemason, designed the set after seeing children play with sticks and empty spools of thread ...

3. Lite-Brite - Wikipedia

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   Lite-Brite is a toy that was originally marketed in 1967. It consists of a light box with small colored plastic pegs that fit into a panel and illuminate to create a lit picture, by either using one of the included templates or creating a "freeform" image on a blank sheet of black paper.

4. Cabbage Patch Kids - Wikipedia

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   1984: Sales for Cabbage Patch Kids branded products, from toys to children's apparel, set a children's merchandising record setting of $2 billion. The CPK record, titled Cabbage Patch Dreams, produced by the Chapin Brothers for Parker Brothers' music, went Platinum and Parker Publishing's series of Cabbage Kids’ books were best sellers.

5. Educational toy - Wikipedia

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   Alphabet blocks. The identification of specific toys as having an explicitly educational purpose dates to the 1700s. [11] In 1693, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, liberal philosopher John Locke asserted that educational toys could enhance children's enjoyment of learning their letters: "There may be dice and play-things, with the letters on them to teach children the alphabet by playing ...

6. JumpStart Toddlers - Wikipedia

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   JumpStart Toddlers is a 1996 educational video game, the fourth within the JumpStart franchise. An enhanced version was released in 2000. While the game itself received generally positive reviews, much of the commentary surrounding this title was as a key example of a burgeoning controversial lap-ware video gaming market, targeting children aged 5 and under.

7. Toys "R" Us - Wikipedia

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   Toys "R" Us [nb 1] is an American toy, clothing, and baby product retailer owned by Tru Kids (doing business as Tru Kids Brands) and various others. The company was founded in 1948; its first store was built in April 1948, with its headquarters located in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey , in the New York metropolitan area .