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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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Toy Story is a 1995 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The first installment in the franchise of the same name, it was the first entirely computer-animated feature film, as well as the first feature film from Pixar. It was directed by John Lasseter (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Bonnie Arnold and Ralph Guggenheim, from a screenplay written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow and a story by Lasseter, Stanton, Pete Docter, and Joe Ranft. The film features music by Randy Newman, and was executive-produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull. The film features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, and Erik von Detten.

Taking place in a world where toys come to life when humans are not present, the plot of Toy Story focuses on the relationship between an old-fashioned pullstring cowboy doll named Woody and a modern space cadet action figure, Buzz Lightyear, as Woody develops jealousy towards Buzz when he becomes their owner Andy's favorite toy. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various toy-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Girls in Barbie Fashion Show in Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 2Constri (from Construction set)
Image 3Girls assembling a puzzle (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 4Detail from Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1560), showing Flemish girls playing popular games of the era (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 5A peg wooden doll from Val Gardena, 1850 (from List of wooden toys)
Image 6Interlocking Disks enable the construction of high-symmetry models such as that of C
₆₀ Fullerene. (from Construction set)
Image 7Hello Kitty Dreamcast set, 2009 (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 8Fischertechnik computing with a C64 interface (from Construction set)
Image 9Zometool model of the great grand stellated 120-cell (from Construction set)
Image 10A girl in Udaipur playing "Jungle Child" (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 11Various spinning tops (from List of wooden toys)
Image 12Toy Museum - http://www.raheelpatel.com/toymuseum.html. (from Toy museum)
Image 13Girls playing in a park in the Netherlands (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 141970s No. 2 Meccano set (from Construction set)
Image 15Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) (from Construction set)
Image 16A ball-in-a-maze puzzle (from List of wooden toys)
Image 17An infant boy playing with a toy dump truck at the beach. (from Boys' toys and games)
Image 18Rows of pink girls' toys in a Canadian store, 2011 (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 19Paintings of girl with dolls (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 20Lego bricks are a construction set example. (from Construction set)
Image 21Kiddicraft and Lego building blocks in different colors. (from Construction set)
Image 22A bead maze (from List of wooden toys)
Image 23A matryoshka doll taken apart (from List of wooden toys)
Image 24A puzzle of dexterity, a type of mechanical puzzle (from List of wooden toys)
Image 25Tartu Toy Museum (from Toy museum)
Image 26A bauernroulette game (from List of wooden toys)
Image 27Burr puzzles (from List of wooden toys)
Image 28Kondapalli Toys (from List of wooden toys)
Image 29A gee-haw whammy diddle in use (from List of wooden toys)
Image 30Wooden unit blocks, a type of toy block, in a wooden wagon (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 Elizabeth II's childhood toys at 145 Piccadilly included 30 toy horses and a farm set collected from Woolworths?
... 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 development economist John Toye said free-market proponents "first turn liberty against equality and fraternity, then overthrow liberty itself"?
... 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 the real name of the G.I. Joe character Dusty is Ronald W. Tadur?

...that fingerboards are reduced scale model figures of skateboards that are featured in videos and used as 3-D visual aids for skateboarders to understand potential tricks and maneuvers?

...that Merrythought is the last remaining teddy bear manufacturer in the United Kingdom?

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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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Sub-projects: Board and table games • G.I. Joe • Transformers • My Little Pony

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