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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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A sawmill made from Lincoln Logs

Lincoln Logs are an American children's construction toy consisting of square-notched miniature lightweight logs used to build small forts and buildings. They were invented around 1916 by John Lloyd Wright, second son of well-known architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Lincoln Logs were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1999. They are named after U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, who once lived in a log cabin.

Starting in 2014, Lincoln Logs were manufactured by K'NEX Industries Inc. In late 2017, K'NEX was bought out by Basic Fun, Inc., of Florida. Pride Manufacturing, of Burnham, Maine, manufactures Lincoln Logs for Basic Fun, and the rights to the IP are owned by Hasbro. In 2024, Basic Fun filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company will use bankruptcy proceedings to repay its creditors while remaining in operation. (Full article...)

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Image 1Tartu Toy Museum (from Toy museum)
Image 2Girls assembling a puzzle (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 3A peg wooden doll from Val Gardena, 1850 (from List of wooden toys)
Image 4A girl in Udaipur playing "Jungle Child" (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 5Rows of pink girls' toys in a Canadian store, 2011 (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 6Lego bricks are a construction set example. (from Construction set)
Image 7Interlocking Disks enable the construction of high-symmetry models such as that of C
₆₀ Fullerene. (from Construction set)
Image 8A bead maze (from List of wooden toys)
Image 9A bauernroulette game (from List of wooden toys)
Image 10Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) (from Construction set)
Image 11Various spinning tops (from List of wooden toys)
Image 12A puzzle of dexterity, a type of mechanical puzzle (from List of wooden toys)
Image 13Zometool model of the great grand stellated 120-cell (from Construction set)
Image 14An infant boy playing with a toy dump truck at the beach. (from Boys' toys and games)
Image 15Kondapalli Toys (from List of wooden toys)
Image 16Kiddicraft and Lego building blocks in different colors. (from Construction set)
Image 17Hello Kitty Dreamcast set, 2009 (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 18Girls in Barbie Fashion Show in Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 19Burr puzzles (from List of wooden toys)
Image 201970s No. 2 Meccano set (from Construction set)
Image 21Girls playing in a park in the Netherlands (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 22A gee-haw whammy diddle in use (from List of wooden toys)
Image 23Fischertechnik computing with a C64 interface (from Construction set)
Image 24Wooden unit blocks, a type of toy block, in a wooden wagon (from List of wooden toys)
Image 25Toy Museum - http://www.raheelpatel.com/toymuseum.html. (from Toy museum)
Image 26Detail 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 27A ball-in-a-maze puzzle (from List of wooden toys)
Image 28Constri (from Construction set)
Image 29Paintings of girl with dolls (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 30A matryoshka doll taken apart (from List of wooden toys)

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A rubber duck is a toy shaped like a stylised yellow-billed duck, and it is generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in Western pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing. Various novelty variations of the toy are produced.

Did you know...

... that Woody from Toy Story was originally written as a ventriloquist's dummy and the main villain of the film?
... 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 Korean brick toys, colloquially called "Korean Lego", often feature themes of "war and danger", including sets such as military vehicles?
... that the Roman emperors Augustus and Claudius may have had an affinity for gambling?
... that "Toy Town" was said to have "almost destroyed" the happy hardcore scene?

...that the red and yellow molded plastic Cozy Coupe from Little Tikes was called the "world's best-selling car" for most of the 1990s by The New York Times?

...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 children up to the age of five can find it difficult to distinguish between television programmes and toy advertising campaigns?

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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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