Word: toye
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shot down the rails, or stopped by powerful brakes, almost any number of Gs can be brought to bear on the man's body. Last week Colonel Donald D. Flickinger of the Air Research and Development Command told some of the results of playing with this toy. Main conclusion: In the battle of the Gs, the human body is pretty tough...
When he got the sleep out of his eyes, Rodney was soon busy dialing the toy telephone that Santa gave him. He was looking better than ever, for he is filling out nicely and no longer needs a cap or bandage to cover his head. Surgeons have made his head more normal in appearance. Rodney's speech is improving (he soon addressed Santa as "Caus"), and he is expected to be walking soon...
Rudolph & Old Scrooge. Seattle's Bon Marché pictured Christmas as it used to be in the Old World, with huge copies of German, Austrian and Italian toys. In Washington, Woodward & Lothrop brought to life The Night Before Christmas, with sleeping children, animated sugar plums, Santa and his prancing steeds. In Denver, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer wept giant tears at Daniels and Fisher Stores Co., and the May Department Stores Co. built Santa's toy factory for the city's youngsters. At Detroit's J. L. Hudson Co., a delightful doll named Christmas Carol clutched...
...Joggle Toys, intended as permanent wall decorations in the playroom. Dangling from each figure (e.g., kangaroo, horse and rider, quacking duck) is a string which, when pulled, sends the wall toy into action. The Joggle Toys were designed as an answer to the problem of decorating a child's room, which Arnold sees as "either throw-uppy cute wallpaper or nothing...
Designer Arnold has already signed contracts with several manufacturers to turn out some of his artistic toys on a mass-production basis, and hopes that they will be on the retail market in early 1954. Arnold thinks his toys will go a long way toward releasing children's creative talents, which have been clogged by too many toys "that are just miniature models of real things." Adults, says Arnold, love such realistic gadgets as a miniature train with all the details of the real thing; many young children may find them frustrating. Says Arnold: "The more realistic the toy...