“Everybody believes in innovation until they see it. Then they think, ‘Oh, no; that’ll never work. It’s too different.'”

The Nintendo 64 home gaming system went by the code name ‘Project Reality’ during its development.

“Only a handful of characters can last for one, two, or three decades.”

The LEGO Group was named by The NDP Group as the global top toy manufacturer of the year for 2021.

“One out of every five toys sold globally this year has been a collectible.”

“I wonder how much it would take to buy a soap bubble if there were only one in the world.”

Soap bubble solution was recognized by TIME as one of the 100 most influential toys to be created between 1923 and 2011.

“Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible.”

Ideal Toy Company released The Twilight Zone Game in 1964, a board game based on the classic Rod Serling television series.

Jim Henson’s original incarnation of Kermit was created using a coat belonging to his mother.

“The most sophisticated people I’ve ever known had just one thing in common: they were all in touch with their inner children.”

In homage to Alfred Mosher Butts, Scrabble inventor, the street sign at 35th Avenue and 81st Street in Jackson Heights, NY is stylized using letters with their Scrabble values in subscript.