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.

“To me, nostalgia isn’t necessarily about the toys but rather about who you were, who you are now, and being reminded of your former self.”

Little Tike’s Cozy Coupe toy car was designed by Jim Mariol, a one-time employee of Chrysler.

“The people aren’t embarrassed anymore about admitting that they collect comic books.”

George Henderson opened Canada’s first-ever comic book store, Memory Lane Books, in Toronto in 1967.

Madame Alexander was the first manufacturer to release a doll based on a licensed character with the company’s Alice in Wonderland doll in 1930.