Global toy sales grew by 2.3% in 2017 to reach $89 billion.

“Those who play rarely become brittle in the face of stress or lose the healing capacity for humor.”

“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.”

The artwork for Trivial Pursuit was created in 1980 by then 18-year-old artist Michael Wurstlin for five shares in the company.

“I was always taking garbage from around the house and making my own toys. I wasn’t given a Wii or an Xbox or anything.”

Speak & Spell, released in 1978 by Texas Instruments, was one of the first computerized learning tools designed to help children work on pronunciation and spelling. 

The Space Invaders arcade game was originally released as a cocktail-table cabinet with black and white graphics.

“To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That’s what got me into software engineering when I was a kid.”

Over four billion LEGO minifigs have been manufactured since their introduction in 1978.

“A child’s play is not simply a reproduction of what he has experienced, but a creative reworking of the impressions he has acquired.”

American toy inventor A.C. Gilbert was the first president of The Toy Manufacturers of the U.S.A., now known as the Toy Industry Association.

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect, but by the play instinct.”