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Category: National Toy Hall of Fame

Roll20 Safety Tools.jpg: Roll20's safety tools card deck in use on their virtual platform. Screenshot of Roll20.net (https://roll20.net/) gameplay.
  • Culture and Society

Keeping the Adventure Fun for Everyone: Safety tools for Tabletop Roleplay Games

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 28, 2022

In a 2020 blog, I discussed how during the pandemic many players of Tabletop Roleplay…

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Risk: Playing War with Family and Friends

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 18, 2021November 19, 2021

On November 4, 2022, the board game Risk joined the other celebrated toys and games…

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True Grit

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 11, 2021November 11, 2021

Sand may not be running through my veins, but it’s definitely been a significant part…

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American Girl Dolls Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

Following a visit to historic Williamsburg, Virginia, and a Christmas shopping trip for her nieces,…

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  • Barbie

A Vote for Barbie

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on August 19, 2021September 4, 2021

Dressed in her inaugural gown of red, blue, and silver, Barbie made her political debut…

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  • Culture and Society

Chaos Orb—Magic: The Gathering’s Wild Card

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on July 22, 2021July 22, 2021

“Charming,” “whimsical,” “masterpiece,” “pretty funny” are just a few of the words used to describe…

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  • Guest Blogger

This Week: Celebrating National Yo-Yo Day

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on June 4, 2021

This Sunday, June 6, is National Yo-Yo Day as well as the birthday of Donald…

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  • Barbie

The Life-Changing Magic of Sewing and Barbie

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on April 30, 2021April 30, 2021

“Barbie quite simply changed my life.” Many of us can say that, in one way…

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  • Culture and Society

The Play of Fortune

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on April 16, 2021April 16, 2021

Is our destiny in our hands, in God’s hands, or are we merely tossed on…

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  • Culture and Society

Charles Harrison: The Black Industrial Designer Who Revamped View-Master

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on February 10, 2021

Born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1931, Charles Harrison spent his childhood playing with model airplanes…

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  • Culture and Society

Let’s Put on a Show!

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

When I was growing up and my sister and I got together with our favorite…

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  • Culture and Society

Chalking Up a Win

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 19, 2020

Congratulations to sidewalk chalk for earning a place of honor among the three toys inducted…

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Baby Nancy Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 12, 2020December 22, 2020

It all began following the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles, California. Louis S. Smith,…

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  • Culture and Society

Skater Girls: A Brief History on Female of Skateboarders

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on September 10, 2020September 10, 2020

In 1959, Roller Derby Skate Company released its Roller Derby Skateboard, the first mass-produced skateboard…

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  • Culture and Society

This Week: How a Tension Spring Became a National Phenomenon: Ten Slink-tastic facts about the Slinky

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on August 28, 2020September 5, 2020

August 30th is National Slinky Day and 2020 is the toy’s 75th anniversary. These 10…

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