Tuesday List - Toys in the Toy Hall of Fame

National Toy Hall of Fame ^ | May 20, 2014 | Scoutmaster

[Scoutmaster]

The National Toy Hall of Fame, established in 1998, recognizes toys that have inspired creative play and enjoyed popularity over a sustained period. Each year, the prestigious hall inducts new honorees and showcases both new and historic versions of classic toys beloved by generations.

Anyone can nominate a toy to the National Toy Hall of Fame. Final selections are made on the advice of historians, educators, and other individuals who exemplify learning, creativity, and discovery through their lives and careers.

Toys and year of induction:

2013

Chess

Rubber Duck

2012

Dominoes

Star Wars Action Figures

2011

Blanket

Dollhouse

Hot Wheels

2010

Playing Cards

The Game of Life

2009

Ball

Big Wheel

Nintendo Game Boy

2008

Baby Doll

Skateboard

Stick

2007

Atari 2600 Game System

Kite

Raggedy Andy

2006

Easy-Bake Oven

Lionel Trains

2005

Candy Land

Cardboard Box

Jack-in-the-Box

2004

G.I. Joe

Rocking Horse

Scrabble

2003

Alphabet Blocks

Checkers

2002

Jigsaw Puzzle

Raggedy Ann

2001

Silly Putty

Tonka Trucks

2000

Bicycle

Jacks

Jump Rope

Mr. Potato Head

Slinky

1999

Duncan Yo-Yo

Hula Hoop

Lincoln Logs

Radio Flyer Wagon

Roller Skates

View-Master

1998

Barbie

Crayola Crayons

Erector Set

Etch A Sketch

Frisbee

LEGO Marbles

Monopoly

Play-Doh

Teddy Bear

Tinkertoy

[moehoward]

They are incredible!!
My 6 yr old boy was given a millennium falcon as a hand-me-down. It was missing some of it’s landing gear feet, otherwise intact, and had never had batteries in it.

Found a complete AT AT on ebay in pristine condition for $80 and tipped off Santa last Christmas.

They are his prized possessions.

[Fresh Wind]

[Cowboy Bob]

Where’s “Clue?”

[RandallFlagg]

[super7man]

Frisbee, Whamoo Airblaster, Slinkey, B-B gun

[super7man]

Bubbles

Pick-up-Sticks (always led to a fight)

[super7man]

Pocket knife

Whistle

Building Blocks

Easy Bake Oven

[Scoutmaster]

Frisbee made the inaugural list. Slinky followed two years later.

[Scoutmaster]

Frisbee made the inaugural list. Slinky followed two years later.

[Scoutmaster]

See Post 16.

[Scoutmaster]

See Post 16.

[dfwgator]

What about the Daisy Red Ryder, Range Model Air Rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time?

You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

[dfwgator]

[tacticalogic]

Remco’s Might Matilda aircraft carrier.

[Scoutmaster]

Good catch. Also, Risk and parcheesi. I addition to the original ancient game, there were dozens of games, like Trouble, that were nothing more than parcheesi with popup dice or some other minor modification.

Growing up one of three boys in a overwhelmingly baseball family, we'd pick two or three teams and play entire 162-game seasons of Strat-o-matic baseball.

We even bought the cards for classic teams, like the '27, '32, '39, and '61 Yankees, the '29 Philadelphia As, the '42 Cardinals, etc.

My younger brother has the newest computerized version of Strat-o-matic and plays the complete MLB season every year. When we get together at Thanksgiving, Christmas, or my parents' funerals, we play Strat-o-matic. It, and wiffle ball, are the two biggest links to our collective childhoods.

[dfwgator]

Best football game, ever.

[Scoutmaster]

You NEVER lined up your QB that close to the line of scrimmage.

Ours came with NFL teams: the Bears and the Chiefs (although the kicker didn't kick like Jan Stenerud). My older brother special-ordered the 49ers from the sheet inside the game box.

The Bears had one running back who ran completely straight. You put him in the backfield, thirty yards behind the line of scrimmage, and by the time he reached the line everyone had veered to the sideline. There was some player combination that, if they hit each other at exactly the right angle, would dance around in a square dance for the rest of the play.

[Scoutmaster]

Ah. You are younger than I am. I’ve never seen that.

[Responsibility2nd]

What? No one’s asked Laz what his favorite toys were growing up?

Maybe its best we don’t know.

[Lazamataz]

What? No one’s asked Laz what his favorite toys were growing up?