“They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.”

The Jem fashion doll released by Hasbro outsold Mattel’s Barbie in 1986.

The term for a person who collects comic books is ‘pannapictagraphist’.

“’Comic book’ has come to mean a specific genre, not a story form, in people’s minds.”

Nintendo’s Mario character was named after real estate developer Mario Segale, the landlord of Nintendo’s first warehouse.

“The opposite of play isn’t work. It’s depression.”

“Someone once told me they named the Blue Power Ranger after me, his last name was Cranston. I found out years later that was true.”

Dino Rangers was the original working title for Power Rangers.

“It took us nearly two years to iron the kinks out of Super Ball before we produced it.”

At the height of its popularity in the mid-1960s, Wham-O’s Super Ball sold over 170,000 units per day.

“Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.”

Crayola Crayons were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1998.