Game on! It’s National Game & Puzzle Week!
Carnival Shooting Gallery from Ohio Art (1960s)
Ohio Art’s Carnival Shooting Gallery (#575-K) offered a compact, mechanical version of a midway-style shooting game, complete with moving ducks and rotating rabbits.
Tabletop Games, Vintage Toys & Games
The Board Games of Sid Sackson
Nicolas Ricketts looks at three essential board games from game designer Sid Sackson.
Muppet Babies Imagination Park Playset from Playmates (1989)
Released by Playmates in 1989, the Muppet Babies Imagination Park Playset capitalized on the popularity of the Jim Henson Muppet Babies characters that were introduced in the 1984 theatrical release of The Muppets Take Manhattan.
Cameron Smith-Rodewald, PEZ
Cameron Smith-Rodewald collects PEZ. In this edition of Collector Spotlight, Cameron shares how a childhood curiosity became a 3,700-piece collection and lifelong passion.
B. and Candice Woodward, The National Toy Museum of Canada
B. and Candice Woodward, founders of The National Toy Museum of Canada, join us for this edition of The Friday Five to talk about what inspired the creation of the British Columbia–based museum and to share how they rebuilt and expanded the space after moving to a larger location.
The Strong Announces 2025 National Toy Hall of Fame Inductees
The Strong National Museum of Play announced the 2025 inductees to its National Toy Hall of Fame on November 6. Battleship, slime, and Trivial Pursuit receive the honour.
Icons Cars from Playmobil
Buckle up, because Playmobil has launched a brand-new line of automotive excellence!
BLIPPO Choo-Choo Construction Set & Train from Remco (1964)
“Lock blocks here; snap panels there; and BLIPPO, there’s a tower in the air!”
Playmobil introduced its first-ever toys, developed by Hans Beck, at the 1974 Nuremberg International Toy Fair.
The Art of Acquiring: Four Considerations When Buying a Collection
Collector Jody Day offers four considerations when buying an established collection of objects.
Think a Dot from E.S.R. (1965)
Think-a-Dot from E.S.R. was an educational toy that gave players insight into a fundamental computer concept: the “flip-flops” or “gates” used to store information.
My figures were quite simple, but they allowed children room for their imagination."
— Hans Beck
