INVENTIONS OF TOYS

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INVENTIONS OF TOYS

• BY
• KATE

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1902 Teddy Bear

• Theodore Teddy Roosevelt went on a hunting trip
  and his guests wanted him to shoot a cub in a
  cage.Theodore refused. Theodore became famous and
  they based a toy design on the bear cub. Then
  they named it after Theodores middle name,
  which is Teddy.

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1903 MODEL TRAINS

• Joshua Lionel Cowen invented the small battery
  powered motor that fit into a small flatcar he
  designed. In 1903 he had his first catalogue.
• The Lionel Trains have been selling ever since.
  Joshua has also been carving trains since he was
  seven.

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1945 SLINKY

• The slinky was invented in 1945. It was almost
  made by mistake.Richard James invented the
  slinky,and his wife helped a bit.One day Richard
  was experimenting different kinds of springs.Then
  a spring fell off a shelf.Instead of just falling
  it snaked down.Then they sold over 400 slinkys in
  10 min.

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1968 HOT WHEELS

• HOT WHEELS released their fist line of 16 models
  in 1968.The two rarest models are the Mongoose
  and the Snake.for the 30th anniversary in
  1988,Mattel introduced 40 new castings instead of
  12.Hot Wheels was made in the U.S.

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1977 Video Games

• In 1977 they developed the fist home use video
  -games.Game and Watch was selling in 1980.In 1981
  Donkey Kong was invented.The 2 screen coin
  operated game was being used in 1984.The U.S
  version family nitendo experiment in 1985.On
  Sept.29,1996 the nitendo game boy was being used
  in different homes.