Popular Toys Through Time

TOYS THROUGH TIME JOYEUX NOEL THE SIXTIES Dear Father Christmas, thave been very good this year. For Christmas I would ike, This is a picture i drew of a remote controled car A remote control .can An Etch a Sketch A Playmobil set Thank you very much, ove from Susan REMOTE CONTROL CAR ETCH A SKETCH PLAYMOBIL These 3-inch figures became so popular that in 1975 they were released internationally and featured in Until the 1960s toy Originally unpopular upon its release in 1959, the Etch a Sketch was bought cars had wires to connect them to their remotes, which made these radio controlled devices an innovation by The Ohio Art Co for $25,000 more than any other toy they had invested in McDonald's Happy Meals THE SEVENTIES Dear Mr Santa Claus Thank you for my presents last year, they were really nice. This year I would like A Rubik's cube A NERF ball A Darth Vader figure thanks a lot love from Paul RUBIK'S CUBE NERF BALL STAR WARS FIGURES The world record for solving a Rubik's cube is held by These foam balls Although manufacturers were became an instant not prepared for the surge in popularity of the Star Wars success upon their Mats Valk of the release in 1970, selling 4 million in their Netherlands, who completed the puzzle in 5.55 seconds first year franchise, original 1978 figures are now valued at up to $20,000 THE EIGHTIES I hope You have had a Good year at the NorTh DEar SanTa Pole. I would like A Transformer TeenAge MutAnt NinJ a Turtle A mY LitTle Pony thiS is OPtimus love AshleY priMe! THE NINJA TURTLES THE MY LITTLE PONY TRANSFORMERS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first appeared in comics in 1984, before expanding to a cartoon series in 1987 and accompanying action figures in 1988 The first generation of My Little Ponies was released in 1982, and included Earth Ponies, Pegasus Ponies, Unicorn Hasbro adapted Transformers from two Japanese toys, Diaclones and New Microman, and released them in the U.S in 1984 Ponies and Sea Ponies THE NINETIES I rEglly liked the presents I got last year foR being good. I would like, Degr FathEr ChriStmas, A Furby A Super Sogker pokémon Red game Thanks, I hope you have a nice time thIs is a draWing of the FurBy thaTi want!! Love from Jack FURBY SUPER SOAKERS POKEMON The first generation of Pokémon games were developed by Nintendo in 1996 and became an instant hit. The entire franchise has sold over 217 million units to date As an addition to the emerging electronic toy market, Furby was released by Hasbro in 1998 and The Super Soaker was developed by engineer Lonnie Johnson in 1993 and sold 1.8 million units went on to sell over 250 million units in its first year and 14 million units in worldwide its second THE NOUGHTIES My Bratz Doll @ 52% www.my-email.co.uk To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Bc: [email protected] Subject: My Christmas List Hi Santa - I hope you and your reindeer are ok. For Christmas this year I would like, A Bratz Sasha doll A Nintendo Wii A Razor Scooter Thank you very very much love from Emily [email protected] NINTENDO WI RAZOR SCOOTER BRATZ The four original Bratz dolls were Released in 2006, Over 5 million of the released in 2001 and by 2005 global sales had reached $2 billion. In 2006 Bratz held 40% of the the Wii became instantly popular as a more affordable, family-friendly console and by 2009 sales had surpassed 50 million units collapsable Razor Scooters were sold within a year of their release in 2000, and they are still a popular way for children and teenagers to travel fashion-doll market AND NOW? 83% 22:02 00000 MYPHONE SG 8 Tweet Cancel Charlotte @charlotte2202 @santaclaus this #christmas can you bring me a #monstermoshi and a #peppapigtoy and a #ben10car love you loads santi claws #christmas2013 #lolz MOSHI MONSTERS PEPPA PIG BEN 10 This started as an online entertainment site and, although not initially successful, by 2012 it had 50m users and generated over $100 million in gross sales The BAFTA winning Peppa Pig series is one of the most watched shows on The Ben 10 television series won its third Emmy Award in 2013 and the franchişe has Milkshake and Nick Jr. and sold over 5 million sold over 100 million toys worldwide units in DVD sales in 2011 BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ELVES AT HOUSE OF FRASER SINCE 1849 REFERENCES content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2049243,00.html www.dollreference.com/ken_doll1961.html news.sky.com/story/1122005/worlds-fastest-rubiks-cube-king-crowned www.brianstoys.com/Product/SV3CIBENKENOBIC9.2B_26_AFA13840797/Vintage_SW_Ben_%28Obi-Wan%29_Keno- bi_%28Double_Telescoping%29_12_Back-A_AFA_75_%28C70_B80_F85%29_13840797_ Actual_Photo.aspx turtlepedia.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_figures_%281988-1997%29 content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1947621_1947626_1947647,00.html www.parentdish.co.uk/2011/03/26/the-most-popular-baby-names-past-and-present/ www.vgchartz.com/article/250656/top-10-in-sales-pokemon-franchise/ bratzfan.wikia.com/wiki/Bratz_Wiki news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7964459.stm www.businessinsider.com/best-selling-toys-christmas-last-decade-2011-11#2000-razor-scooters-1 www.entrepreneur.com/blog/222773 www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-02-05-moshi-monsters-why-70-million-kids-love-them eonefamily.com/news-events/eone%E2%80%99s-peppa-pig-retains-her-crown-as-no-1-pre-sch Ш