100 Years of Great Toys

100. YEARS of GREAT TOYS CRAYOLA CRAYONS 1900 No wonder they 1903 were popular. The world was only in RAGGEDY AΝ sepia back then. Finally, awkward dads and teddy FACT: A Yale University study of 1915 American adults ranked the aroma of crayons in the top 20 most recognizable 1910 bears had a smells at #18. fourth to round out the table at a 7-year-old's tea party. FACT: Raggedy Ann was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002. YO-YO Eventually, they let in Raggedy Andy in 2007. Yo-Yo Ma 1920 can also do 1929 some amazing things with strings, but he still can't "walk the dog" with a cello. VIEW-MASTER This is one 1938 FACT: The earliest yo-yo-style toy dates to hand-held 1930 500 BC and was made with terra cotta. device that Apple hasn't figured out how to reinvent. FACT: At one point during WWII the View- Master was even used to help with training in SCRABBLE the military; we're not sure how, though. Z. No other 1940 game has 1947 made us love the letter "Z" and MR. POTATO HEAD hate the letter "I" so much. Some of FACT: The longest word playable with only vowels is "euouae," a type of Gregorian singing cadence. you have a Darth Vader 1952 1950 or Optimus Prime Mr. Potato Head on your desk right now, don't you? ETCH-A-SKETCH FACT: For a time, Mr. Potato Head enjoyed the life of a bachelor potato. But it Alright, we was short-lived; Mrs. Potato Head was introduced in 1953. 1960 still don't 1960 have flying cars, hovering skateboards, or holographic TVs. Can we, at least, get a wall-sized RUBIK'S CUBE Etch-a-Sketch? FACT: The original name of the Etch-a-Sketch The world was "L'Ecran Magique," or "The Magic Screen." 1970 1978 is full of two types of people: Those who have solved a Rubik's Cube and the rest who CABBAGE PATCH KIDS hate those people. FACT: The mathematical number of Think CPKS 1980 arrangement permutations possible on a are creepy? Don't forget 1983 Rubik's Cube is 519,024,039,293,878,272,000. Yeah, we don't know how to say that either. about their contemporary: Teddy Ruxpin. They're not so creepy now, huh? TICKLE ME ELMO FACT: By the year 2000 over 90 million 1990 Cabbage Patch Kids had been adopted. Especially for this version of Elmo, it's a 1996 good thing that NINTENDO WII James Earl Jones doesn't supply his voice. 2000 How embarrassing is it to need to FACT: Tyco originally planned to offer a 2006 Tickle Me Tasmanian Devil. wear an elbow brace only to admit to others it's "Wii As long as there have been great toys there tennis elbow?" have been great kids who never got them. FACT: The Wii is pretty Spread some joy this season and 2010 give to Toys for Tots. efficient and only uses 18 watts of power when turned on. TOYS FOR TOTS Happy Holidays from CABEDGE www.cabedge.com o 00 100. YEARS of GREAT TOYS CRAYOLA CRAYONS 1900 No wonder they 1903 were popular. The world was only in RAGGEDY AΝ sepia back then. Finally, awkward dads and teddy FACT: A Yale University study of 1915 American adults ranked the aroma of crayons in the top 20 most recognizable 1910 bears had a smells at #18. fourth to round out the table at a 7-year-old's tea party. FACT: Raggedy Ann was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002. YO-YO Eventually, they let in Raggedy Andy in 2007. Yo-Yo Ma 1920 can also do 1929 some amazing things with strings, but he still can't "walk the dog" with a cello. VIEW-MASTER This is one 1938 FACT: The earliest yo-yo-style toy dates to hand-held 1930 500 BC and was made with terra cotta. device that Apple hasn't figured out how to reinvent. FACT: At one point during WWII the View- Master was even used to help with training in SCRABBLE the military; we're not sure how, though. Z. No other 1940 game has 1947 made us love the letter "Z" and MR. POTATO HEAD hate the letter "I" so much. Some of FACT: The longest word playable with only vowels is "euouae," a type of Gregorian singing cadence. you have a Darth Vader 1952 1950 or Optimus Prime Mr. Potato Head on your desk right now, don't you? ETCH-A-SKETCH FACT: For a time, Mr. Potato Head enjoyed the life of a bachelor potato. But it Alright, we was short-lived; Mrs. Potato Head was introduced in 1953. 1960 still don't 1960 have flying cars, hovering skateboards, or holographic TVs. Can we, at least, get a wall-sized RUBIK'S CUBE Etch-a-Sketch? FACT: The original name of the Etch-a-Sketch The world was "L'Ecran Magique," or "The Magic Screen." 1970 1978 is full of two types of people: Those who have solved a Rubik's Cube and the rest who CABBAGE PATCH KIDS hate those people. FACT: The mathematical number of Think CPKS 1980 arrangement permutations possible on a are creepy? Don't forget 1983 Rubik's Cube is 519,024,039,293,878,272,000. Yeah, we don't know how to say that either. about their contemporary: Teddy Ruxpin. They're not so creepy now, huh? TICKLE ME ELMO FACT: By the year 2000 over 90 million 1990 Cabbage Patch Kids had been adopted. Especially for this version of Elmo, it's a 1996 good thing that NINTENDO WII James Earl Jones doesn't supply his voice. 2000 How embarrassing is it to need to FACT: Tyco originally planned to offer a 2006 Tickle Me Tasmanian Devil. wear an elbow brace only to admit to others it's "Wii As long as there have been great toys there tennis elbow?" have been great kids who never got them. FACT: The Wii is pretty Spread some joy this season and 2010 give to Toys for Tots. efficient and only uses 18 watts of power when turned on. TOYS FOR TOTS Happy Holidays from CABEDGE www.cabedge.com o 00 100. YEARS of GREAT TOYS CRAYOLA CRAYONS 1900 No wonder they 1903 were popular. The world was only in RAGGEDY AΝ sepia back then. Finally, awkward dads and teddy FACT: A Yale University study of 1915 American adults ranked the aroma of crayons in the top 20 most recognizable 1910 bears had a smells at #18. fourth to round out the table at a 7-year-old's tea party. FACT: Raggedy Ann was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002. YO-YO Eventually, they let in Raggedy Andy in 2007. Yo-Yo Ma 1920 can also do 1929 some amazing things with strings, but he still can't "walk the dog" with a cello. VIEW-MASTER This is one 1938 FACT: The earliest yo-yo-style toy dates to hand-held 1930 500 BC and was made with terra cotta. device that Apple hasn't figured out how to reinvent. FACT: At one point during WWII the View- Master was even used to help with training in SCRABBLE the military; we're not sure how, though. Z. No other 1940 game has 1947 made us love the letter "Z" and MR. POTATO HEAD hate the letter "I" so much. Some of FACT: The longest word playable with only vowels is "euouae," a type of Gregorian singing cadence. you have a Darth Vader 1952 1950 or Optimus Prime Mr. Potato Head on your desk right now, don't you? ETCH-A-SKETCH FACT: For a time, Mr. Potato Head enjoyed the life of a bachelor potato. But it Alright, we was short-lived; Mrs. Potato Head was introduced in 1953. 1960 still don't 1960 have flying cars, hovering skateboards, or holographic TVs. Can we, at least, get a wall-sized RUBIK'S CUBE Etch-a-Sketch? FACT: The original name of the Etch-a-Sketch The world was "L'Ecran Magique," or "The Magic Screen." 1970 1978 is full of two types of people: Those who have solved a Rubik's Cube and the rest who CABBAGE PATCH KIDS hate those people. FACT: The mathematical number of Think CPKS 1980 arrangement permutations possible on a are creepy? Don't forget 1983 Rubik's Cube is 519,024,039,293,878,272,000. Yeah, we don't know how to say that either. about their contemporary: Teddy Ruxpin. They're not so creepy now, huh? TICKLE ME ELMO FACT: By the year 2000 over 90 million 1990 Cabbage Patch Kids had been adopted. Especially for this version of Elmo, it's a 1996 good thing that NINTENDO WII James Earl Jones doesn't supply his voice. 2000 How embarrassing is it to need to FACT: Tyco originally planned to offer a 2006 Tickle Me Tasmanian Devil. wear an elbow brace only to admit to others it's "Wii As long as there have been great toys there tennis elbow?" have been great kids who never got them. FACT: The Wii is pretty Spread some joy this season and 2010 give to Toys for Tots. efficient and only uses 18 watts of power when turned on. TOYS FOR TOTS Happy Holidays from CABEDGE www.cabedge.com o 00 100. YEARS of GREAT TOYS CRAYOLA CRAYONS 1900 No wonder they 1903 were popular. The world was only in RAGGEDY AΝ sepia back then. Finally, awkward dads and teddy FACT: A Yale University study of 1915 American adults ranked the aroma of crayons in the top 20 most recognizable 1910 bears had a smells at #18. fourth to round out the table at a 7-year-old's tea party. FACT: Raggedy Ann was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002. YO-YO Eventually, they let in Raggedy Andy in 2007. Yo-Yo Ma 1920 can also do 1929 some amazing things with strings, but he still can't "walk the dog" with a cello. VIEW-MASTER This is one 1938 FACT: The earliest yo-yo-style toy dates to hand-held 1930 500 BC and was made with terra cotta. device that Apple hasn't figured out how to reinvent. FACT: At one point during WWII the View- Master was even used to help with training in SCRABBLE the military; we're not sure how, though. Z. No other 1940 game has 1947 made us love the letter "Z" and MR. POTATO HEAD hate the letter "I" so much. Some of FACT: The longest word playable with only vowels is "euouae," a type of Gregorian singing cadence. you have a Darth Vader 1952 1950 or Optimus Prime Mr. Potato Head on your desk right now, don't you? ETCH-A-SKETCH FACT: For a time, Mr. Potato Head enjoyed the life of a bachelor potato. But it Alright, we was short-lived; Mrs. Potato Head was introduced in 1953. 1960 still don't 1960 have flying cars, hovering skateboards, or holographic TVs. Can we, at least, get a wall-sized RUBIK'S CUBE Etch-a-Sketch? FACT: The original name of the Etch-a-Sketch The world was "L'Ecran Magique," or "The Magic Screen." 1970 1978 is full of two types of people: Those who have solved a Rubik's Cube and the rest who CABBAGE PATCH KIDS hate those people. FACT: The mathematical number of Think CPKS 1980 arrangement permutations possible on a are creepy? Don't forget 1983 Rubik's Cube is 519,024,039,293,878,272,000. Yeah, we don't know how to say that either. about their contemporary: Teddy Ruxpin. They're not so creepy now, huh? TICKLE ME ELMO FACT: By the year 2000 over 90 million 1990 Cabbage Patch Kids had been adopted. Especially for this version of Elmo, it's a 1996 good thing that NINTENDO WII James Earl Jones doesn't supply his voice. 2000 How embarrassing is it to need to FACT: Tyco originally planned to offer a 2006 Tickle Me Tasmanian Devil. wear an elbow brace only to admit to others it's "Wii As long as there have been great toys there tennis elbow?" have been great kids who never got them. FACT: The Wii is pretty Spread some joy this season and 2010 give to Toys for Tots. efficient and only uses 18 watts of power when turned on. TOYS FOR TOTS Happy Holidays from CABEDGE www.cabedge.com o 00 100. YEARS of GREAT TOYS CRAYOLA CRAYONS 1900 No wonder they 1903 were popular. The world was only in RAGGEDY AΝ sepia back then. Finally, awkward dads and teddy FACT: A Yale University study of 1915 American adults ranked the aroma of crayons in the top 20 most recognizable 1910 bears had a smells at #18. fourth to round out the table at a 7-year-old's tea party. FACT: Raggedy Ann was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002. YO-YO Eventually, they let in Raggedy Andy in 2007. Yo-Yo Ma 1920 can also do 1929 some amazing things with strings, but he still can't "walk the dog" with a cello. VIEW-MASTER This is one 1938 FACT: The earliest yo-yo-style toy dates to hand-held 1930 500 BC and was made with terra cotta. device that Apple hasn't figured out how to reinvent. FACT: At one point during WWII the View- Master was even used to help with training in SCRABBLE the military; we're not sure how, though. Z. No other 1940 game has 1947 made us love the letter "Z" and MR. POTATO HEAD hate the letter "I" so much. Some of FACT: The longest word playable with only vowels is "euouae," a type of Gregorian singing cadence. you have a Darth Vader 1952 1950 or Optimus Prime Mr. Potato Head on your desk right now, don't you? ETCH-A-SKETCH FACT: For a time, Mr. Potato Head enjoyed the life of a bachelor potato. But it Alright, we was short-lived; Mrs. Potato Head was introduced in 1953. 1960 still don't 1960 have flying cars, hovering skateboards, or holographic TVs. Can we, at least, get a wall-sized RUBIK'S CUBE Etch-a-Sketch? FACT: The original name of the Etch-a-Sketch The world was "L'Ecran Magique," or "The Magic Screen." 1970 1978 is full of two types of people: Those who have solved a Rubik's Cube and the rest who CABBAGE PATCH KIDS hate those people. FACT: The mathematical number of Think CPKS 1980 arrangement permutations possible on a are creepy? Don't forget 1983 Rubik's Cube is 519,024,039,293,878,272,000. Yeah, we don't know how to say that either. about their contemporary: Teddy Ruxpin. They're not so creepy now, huh? TICKLE ME ELMO FACT: By the year 2000 over 90 million 1990 Cabbage Patch Kids had been adopted. Especially for this version of Elmo, it's a 1996 good thing that NINTENDO WII James Earl Jones doesn't supply his voice. 2000 How embarrassing is it to need to FACT: Tyco originally planned to offer a 2006 Tickle Me Tasmanian Devil. wear an elbow brace only to admit to others it's "Wii As long as there have been great toys there tennis elbow?" have been great kids who never got them. FACT: The Wii is pretty Spread some joy this season and 2010 give to Toys for Tots. efficient and only uses 18 watts of power when turned on. TOYS FOR TOTS Happy Holidays from CABEDGE www.cabedge.com o 00 100. YEARS of GREAT TOYS CRAYOLA CRAYONS 1900 No wonder they 1903 were popular. The world was only in RAGGEDY AΝ sepia back then. Finally, awkward dads and teddy FACT: A Yale University study of 1915 American adults ranked the aroma of crayons in the top 20 most recognizable 1910 bears had a smells at #18. fourth to round out the table at a 7-year-old's tea party. FACT: Raggedy Ann was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002. YO-YO Eventually, they let in Raggedy Andy in 2007. Yo-Yo Ma 1920 can also do 1929 some amazing things with strings, but he still can't "walk the dog" with a cello. VIEW-MASTER This is one 1938 FACT: The earliest yo-yo-style toy dates to hand-held 1930 500 BC and was made with terra cotta. device that Apple hasn't figured out how to reinvent. FACT: At one point during WWII the View- Master was even used to help with training in SCRABBLE the military; we're not sure how, though. Z. No other 1940 game has 1947 made us love the letter "Z" and MR. POTATO HEAD hate the letter "I" so much. Some of FACT: The longest word playable with only vowels is "euouae," a type of Gregorian singing cadence. you have a Darth Vader 1952 1950 or Optimus Prime Mr. Potato Head on your desk right now, don't you? ETCH-A-SKETCH FACT: For a time, Mr. Potato Head enjoyed the life of a bachelor potato. But it Alright, we was short-lived; Mrs. Potato Head was introduced in 1953. 1960 still don't 1960 have flying cars, hovering skateboards, or holographic TVs. Can we, at least, get a wall-sized RUBIK'S CUBE Etch-a-Sketch? FACT: The original name of the Etch-a-Sketch The world was "L'Ecran Magique," or "The Magic Screen." 1970 1978 is full of two types of people: Those who have solved a Rubik's Cube and the rest who CABBAGE PATCH KIDS hate those people. FACT: The mathematical number of Think CPKS 1980 arrangement permutations possible on a are creepy? Don't forget 1983 Rubik's Cube is 519,024,039,293,878,272,000. Yeah, we don't know how to say that either. about their contemporary: Teddy Ruxpin. They're not so creepy now, huh? TICKLE ME ELMO FACT: By the year 2000 over 90 million 1990 Cabbage Patch Kids had been adopted. Especially for this version of Elmo, it's a 1996 good thing that NINTENDO WII James Earl Jones doesn't supply his voice. 2000 How embarrassing is it to need to FACT: Tyco originally planned to offer a 2006 Tickle Me Tasmanian Devil. wear an elbow brace only to admit to others it's "Wii As long as there have been great toys there tennis elbow?" have been great kids who never got them. FACT: The Wii is pretty Spread some joy this season and 2010 give to Toys for Tots. efficient and only uses 18 watts of power when turned on. TOYS FOR TOTS Happy Holidays from CABEDGE www.cabedge.com o 00