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19th century illustration of a child playing with a toy horse and cart

A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment. Simple examples include toy blocks, board games, and dolls. Toys are often designed for use by children, although many are designed specifically for adults and pets. Toys can provide utilitarian benefits, including physical exercise, cultural awareness, or academic education. Additionally, utilitarian objects, especially those which are no longer needed for their original purpose, can be used as toys. Examples include children building a fort with empty cereal boxes and tissue paper spools, or a toddler playing with a broken TV remote control. The term "toy" can also be used to refer to utilitarian objects purchased for enjoyment rather than need, or for expensive necessities for which a large fraction of the cost represents its ability to provide enjoyment to the owner, such as luxury cars, high-end motorcycles, gaming computers, and flagship smartphones.

Playing with toys can be an enjoyable way of training young children for life experiences. Different materials like wood, clay, paper, and plastic are used to make toys. Newer forms of toys include interactive digital entertainment and smart toys. Some toys are produced primarily as collectors' items and are intended for display only. (Full article...)

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Fun-Ho! Toys were a brand of diecast toy cars and trucks manufactured and distributed by Underwood Engineering Co. Ltd. of Inglewood, New Zealand. Production was started by Jack Underwood about 1935 and continued until 1982. Since this time reproductions have been made also in Inglewood (Taranaki) at the Fun Ho! Toys Museum. Currently toys are occasionally cast as museum memorabilia using original molding plates and boxes. The name was always portrayed with the exclamation following Fun Ho! (Full article...)

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The following are images from various toy-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Burr puzzles (from List of wooden toys)
Image 2A gee-haw whammy diddle in use (from List of wooden toys)
Image 3Toy Museum - http://www.raheelpatel.com/toymuseum.html. (from Toy museum)
Image 4Various spinning tops (from List of wooden toys)
Image 5A bead maze (from List of wooden toys)
Image 6An infant boy playing with a toy dump truck at the beach. (from Boys' toys and games)
Image 7Girls playing in a park in the Netherlands (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 8A bauernroulette game (from List of wooden toys)
Image 9Girls assembling a puzzle (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 10Zometool model of the great grand stellated 120-cell (from Construction set)
Image 11Paintings of girl with dolls (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 12Fischertechnik computing with a C64 interface (from Construction set)
Image 131970s No. 2 Meccano set (from Construction set)
Image 14Hello Kitty Dreamcast set, 2009 (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 15A girl in Udaipur playing "Jungle Child" (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 16Wooden unit blocks, a type of toy block, in a wooden wagon (from List of wooden toys)
Image 17A peg wooden doll from Val Gardena, 1850 (from List of wooden toys)
Image 18Tartu Toy Museum (from Toy museum)
Image 19Kondapalli Toys (from List of wooden toys)
Image 20Girls in Barbie Fashion Show in Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 21Lego bricks are a prominent example of a construction set (from Construction set)
Image 22A matryoshka doll taken apart (from List of wooden toys)
Image 23Detail from Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1560), showing Flemish girls playing popular games of the era (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 24Interlocking Disks enable the construction of high-symmetry models such as that of C
₆₀ Fullerene. (from Construction set)
Image 25A ball-in-a-maze puzzle (from List of wooden toys)
Image 26Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) (from Construction set)
Image 27Rows of pink girls' toys in a Canadian store, 2011 (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 28A puzzle of dexterity, a type of mechanical puzzle (from List of wooden toys)

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A modern rubber duck

A rubber duck is a toy shaped like a stylised yellow-billed duck, and it is generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in Western pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing. Various novelty variations of the toy are produced.

Did you know...

... that Woody from Toy Story was originally written as a ventriloquist's dummy and the main villain of the film?
... that the design for the water playground at Chelsea Waterside Park was criticized because local residents thought that the sprinklers resembled sex toys?
... that the case Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. was considered essential to the future of video game modding in the United States in 1992?
... that the Roman emperors Augustus and Claudius may have had an affinity for gambling?
... that development economist John Toye said free-market proponents "first turn liberty against equality and fraternity, then overthrow liberty itself"?

...that a 1950s Annalee Doll was auctioned off for a record $6,000 in 1992?

...that the Love Tester, created in 1969, was the first product by Nintendo to use real electronic components?

...that Tuttuki Bako players insert their finger 60 mm (2.4 in) into an electronic device to render images of that finger on an LCD screen?

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Types: • Doll • Vehicle • Puzzle • Teddy bear

Industry: • American Specialty Toy Retailing Association • Birmingham toy industry • International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers • Kiddicraft • Play value • Toy safety • Toy store • Toyetic • Wooden toymaking in the Ore Mountains

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Sub-projects: Board and table games • G.I. Joe • Transformers • My Little Pony

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