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Serious business.
“Tanaka” …
The Electronic Age of Toys.
“… the time seemed not far off when every little boy and girl could climb aboard a $1.98 rocket for the moon.” (A Time article from 1956.)
On play.
“A simple object that allows for endless and open-ended permutations of play is ultimately a stronger product than which too closely defines the experience. And, maybe, the more open the play experience, the less one needs to spend on licensing and marketing.”
Promoting the creators.
“… if play is so very important, why are the people who help foster it—toy and game inventors—devalued in the media?”
The dangers of safety.
“The law isn’t making toys more safe, but is making everything more convoluted … We’re all losers, including the consumer.”
Toy and Action Figure Museum turns 4.
“We try to show people the process of how these things are created — that they’re not just imagined and appeared … What used to be children’s playthings really are now works of art for the masses.” (See also.)
Donald Kaufman 1930-2009.
“He didn’t just see a toy … He would look at that toy and think about the history. He thought about what it was made of, the design, the people who sat there and made it. He would hold it and say, ‘If only it could talk.'” (Previously.)
“I make the kinds of toys I love to play with …”
“… Rumpus represents the kind of fun-first, marketing-second approach to toymaking that has become alien to America’s corporate giants Mattel and Hasbro …” (A Time article from 1999.)
ZPrinter 650 and 3D printing.
“We are still pretty far from printing an action figure.”
The Toys of Peace.
A short story by Saki.