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...largest U.S. manufacturers, Hasbro and Mattel, expect to ring up more than $1 billion each in revenues for the first time ever. Total retail toy sales grew 20% last year, thanks to a healthy economy and the excitement stirred by such blockbuster products as Coleco's Cabbage Patch Kids and Hasbro's Transformer robots. That would be a tough performance to follow in any industry, but experts predict toy sales will jump an additional 10% in 1985, to $13.5 billion...
...toymaking rush to stuffed animals. The friskiest new critters in sales are Pound Puppies, a breed of soft, sad-eyed and bewrinkled hounds packaged in kennel-shaped carrying cases. They come in 80 different patterns of brown, tan, gray and white, and are meant to be "adopted," like Cabbage Patch Kids. The youngster who gets one can send to the manufacturer, Tonka, for a dog tag and ownership papers. Minnesota-based Tonka, which is diversifying from its traditional line of sturdy toy trucks, expects to sell some $50 million worth of Pound Puppies in the first season...
Devito said eight maintenance employees worked to patch together lines to restore power to the affected buildings. He said all the blacked-out buildings were linked to one of the three main lines serving the University, and that the repair crew began work late last night to find and fix the exact trouble point...
...Universe. The latter group includes the Glo Worm Musical World (remember the Plastic Exploding Inevitable?), Care Bear Cousins, Hugga Bunch Dolls, Pianosaurus, My Little Pony with Pony Wear Clothes and Jewelry, Baby Hugs or Tugs (take your pick, I guess), Rainbow Brite and Co., and finally the Cabbage Patch Dimensional Gift Set. It's war of the masses all over again...
Amidst all this fooliness there are two entries listed in the Child World which I find genuinely objectionable. The first is a minority version of a Cabbage Patch kid, called Bambo. Neither the appelation nor the fact that the girl doll's hair has been bleached blond can be construed as anything but a regrettable holdover from the days of Amos 'n' Andy. My suggestion is that these dolls should be beamed out into space along with broadcasts of that show...