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Dunkley Matchbox collection for sale.
“Unable to walk or stand for six months, he began writing for a collectibles magazine while in hospital, eventually becoming one of the most respected authorities on Matchbox miniatures in the world. … ‘If a collector wished to build a collection of this sort now, it would take several decades. In fact, it might not actually be achievable at all.'” (See also.)
Vintage toy exhibition.
“The Erector Sets were … probably the ultimate at making you think, study and actually learn something, and actually (put) together something with nuts and bolts …”
Made in the U.S.A.
“The Commerce Department estimates that 95 percent of the nearly $23 billion worth of toys sold in America in 2007 were imported … Manufacturing wages per employee in China are around $3,000 at the current exchange rate, compared to overall U.S. manufacturing wages per employee of $55,000 …”
Toy gun control.
“While there is a piece of wood handy and a boy to shout ‘Bang, bang, you’re dead!,’ toy guns are likely to remain a part of childhood.” (A Time article from 1968.)
The Arizona Popular Culture Museum.
“To some extent, popular culture gives us common touchstones in our culture, regardless of race, class or gender … People can talk about these common experiences and feel a kind of commonality.”
Antique Toy Museum Mexico.
“I want to show Mexican youth that old toys are truly creative and they encourage sociability …” (See also.)
Packaging.
“In the branding and packaging design world, you either have to stand out or go home.”
Transformers designer Hasui Shogo interviewed.
“Eric Siebenaler, a designer from Hasbro, and I worked together; I made some suggestions, and he always replied with encouragement and his own ideas. Hasbro and we had not communicated like this during a development of Transformers before.” (See also.)
Will Wright on toys and play.
“… in some sense, I’ve always felt like that toys were kind of controlling me … they were, more than anything else in my life, impacting who I was becoming as an adult.”
Patrick Boivin profiled.
“Stop-motion is complicated in a way because you have to think about the movement of each different section of the body … Once you do a couple of them, you start to understand how to do it so they’re living-like.”