Link Roundup: Toy Hall of Fame Edition

By: Todd CoopeeNovember 7, 2014
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8 things we wanted to share this week:

  1. The Toy Hall of Fame’s 2014 inductees included the Rubik’s Cube, Bubbles, and Little Green Army Men.
  2. The Easy-Bake Oven celebrated 51 years of allowing kids to manage their own kitchens and foist their culinary concoctions on unsuspecting adults.
  3. Time magazine released their list of “The 13 Most Influential Toys of All Time” – Cabbage Patch Dolls, the Easy-Bake Oven and LEGO all made the cut.
  4. You’ll be able to binge-watch a Richie Rich live-action series on Netflix. Take that House of Cards!
  5. Hello Kitty celebrated her 40th birthday. I feel old.
  6. Author Jill Lepore released a new book called The Secret History of Wonder Woman. Check out some of the text here.
  7. Someone paid $10,350 for rare, vintage Star Wars action figure packaging.
  8. Game inventors Tim Walsh and Peggy Brown started a Crowdrise campaign to help fund a required operation for Jon Spinello, the inventor of the game Operation. It went viral with Hasbro even stepping up to the plate with assistance.