Alfred Mosher Butts

“I don’t even know why it’s called Scrabble, to tell you the truth.”

Jenga World Record

1400 — the Guinness World Records-verified number of Jenga bricks stacked atop a single vertical Jenga block.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“Give children toys that are powered by their imagination, not by batteries.”

LEGO Group 2021 Growth

LEGO Group reported a 2021 consumer sales growth of 22% over 2020.

Garry Landreth

“Toys are children’s words and play is their language.”

Batman Television First

Batman made his first television appearance in the eponymously titled 1943 live-action serial produced by Columbia Pictures.

Bob Kane

“I created Batman about 10 years before Ian Fleming created James Bond.”

A. A. Milne Chess

“It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said “Mate!” in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful, and malicious.”

A. A. Milne

The initials “A. A.” in Milne’s name stands for Alan Alexander.

Tom Bartsch

“A whole generation of kids played with G.I. Joe for their military and backyard adventures.”

G.I. Joe

The first 12-inch G.I. Joe figure was released by Hasbro on February 2, 1964.

Top Toy Company 2020

According to Statista, LEGO Group was the leading toy company worldwide in 2020 with over 7.2 billion USD in revenue.