(22 Oct 2024)
US TOY HALL OF FAME
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Rochester, New York – 15 October 2024
1. Wide exterior of The Strong National Museum of Play in downtown Rochester
2. Interior entrance to the Toy Hall of Fame portion of the museum
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Bensch, Chief Curator and Vice President for Collections at The Strong National Museum of Play
“The National Toy Hall of Fame recognizes classic toys that deserve elevation to the highest tier of the world of toys and games. And every November, we pick 3 or 4 based on thousands of nominations from the public to earn that special honor.”
3. Various of My Little Pony play figures, a nominee to become part of the Toy Hall of Fame in November
4. Various of Transformers toys, a nominee to become part of the Toy Hall of Fame in November
5. Various of Phase 10 card game, a nominee to become part of the Toy Hall of Fame in November
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Bensch, Chief Curator and Vice President for Collections at The Strong National Museum of Play
“This year’s nominees include everything from card games like Phase Ten and Pokemon cards to classics like My Little Pony to the Trampoline to all sorts of things that characterize play in all its dimensions.”
7. Choose Your Own Adventure books, a nominee to become part of the Toy Hall of Fame in November
8. Pokemon Battle Academy card game, a nominee to become part of the Toy Hall of Fame in November
9. Toy N.A.R.T. car, a nominee to become part of the Toy Hall of Fame in November
10. Apples to Apples game, a nominee to become part of the Toy Hall of Fame in November
11. Generic balloon, a nominee to become part of the Toy Hall of Fame in November
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Bensch, Chief Curator and Vice President for Collections at The Strong National Museum of Play
“Every year we receive thousands of nominations. We look at those for three big criteria. One is longevity. These are toys that at least have been on the market for 20 years, so kids and their parents could both have grown up playing with them. Second, these are toys that everyone can recognize. Even if you never had a radio flier wagon or a Teddy Bear, you’d know exactly what they were. And third, these are toys that have great play value: learning, creativity, discovery, socialization, activity.”
13. Toy Halls of Fame sign
14. Various of kids playing at the Museum
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Bensch, Chief Curator and Vice President for Collections at The Strong National Museum of Play
“We winnow (narrow) down all those thousands of nominations into the 12 that we judged best meet those criteria. We then sent those out to a panel. We call it the National Advisory Selection Committee. They’re a group of experts on child development and toys and history, and they’re kind of the little Academy in our Academy Awards. Their finalists that they propose are the ones that then we follow for what actually gets inducted that year.”
16. Fisher-Price Corn Popper, inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2023
17. Twister game in Hall of Fame
18. Family playing Twister in the Hall of Fame
19. Cabbage Patch Kids, inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2023
20. 19th century diorama of squirrels playing cards, collected Margaret Woodbury Strong, founder of the The Strong National Museum of Play and now part of the Toy Hall of Fame
21. Various of an original Monopoly set, hand-painted on oil cloth in 1933 by inventor Charles Darrow before the game went into mass production
25. Mystery Date Game
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