Nov 7th, 2008 · The National Toy Hall of Fame this year is honoring the baby doll, the skateboard and the lowly stick. Of course, you might be able to employ it as a magic wand, a sceptor or a jousting sword. In choosing the stick, toy experts found virtue in its versatility, natural ingredients, no-cost and its appeal to the imagination. In 2005, the cardboard box was inducted into the hall.
Nov 12th, 2006 · The National Toy Hall of Fame in New York anounces this year's inductees along gender lines: the Easy Bake Oven and Lionel Trains. The Easy Bake Oven has been traditionally targeted to girls; the Lionel Train, to boys.
Nov 19th, 2005 · The giant cardboard box -- the kind that refrigerators and washing machines come packaged in, was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame this week. Host Debbie Elliott talks with curator Christopher Bensch of the Strong Museum about the appeal of the simple box.