When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it’s because he’s so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
Mickey Mouse was the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His star was unveiled on November 18, 1978.
It’s Kenner, It’s Fun!
The Easy-Bake Oven was inducted to the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2006.
Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.
Ben Cooper designed costumes for the Cotton Club and Ziegfeld Follies before founding his Halloween costume manufacturing company, Ben Cooper Inc.
Automobile designer George Barris auctioned the Batmobile from the original television series for $4.6 million in 2013.
The Batmobile wasn’t a stickshift, and it was a challenge to drive, believe me.
Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.
The first Chess tournament to be played entirely by computer programs took place in New York in 1970.
A teddy bear is your childhood wrapped up in faded yellow fur, and as such, he commands affection long after he is outgrown.
Ideal Novelty and Toy Company was the first maker of teddy bears in the United States.
…my colleagues bought tech stocks; I bought a Hot Wheels vehicle…
The first Hot Wheels car off the manufacturing line was a dark blue Redline Custom Camaro.
If the records are out there and you want them, go get them!
Synthetic Plastics Company of New Jersey introduced children’s record label Peter Pan Records in 1948.
The best inventions are so simple that people are like, ‘Wow, why didn’t I think of that?’
The Slip ‘N Slide water toy was invented by upholsterer Robert Carrier in 1960 and later sold to Wham-O.