“The best toys are 90 per cent kid, 10 per cent toy, with play fueled largely by the child’s imagination.”

The Toy Industry Hall of Fame was established in 1984 to recognize the individuals and businesses that have made a significant contribution to the toy industry.

British television personality James May built a full-size house made of LEGO in 2009.

“LEGO has essentially taken the concrete block, the building block of the world, and made it into the building block of our imagination.”

“One is never alone with a rubber duck.”

The rubber duck was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2013. 

Soviet cosmonaut Aleksandr A. Serebrov took his Game Boy to space on his TM-17 space mission 1993.

“Video games foster the mindset that allows creativity to grow.”

May your holiday season be all wrapped up with cheer and filled with celebration for the new year.

“I realized that experimenting with the future from a safe distance through pretend play was a very important part of growing up.”

Barbie’s hometown is the fictional city of Willows, Wisconsin.

“Play in our species serves many valuable purposes. It is a means by which children develop their physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and moral capacities.”