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Category: Ride On Vehicles

  • Cars

Revved Up and Ready to Roll: Manual-Powered Ride-On Toys

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on March 11, 2021

Ride-on toys, or kiddie cars, first appeared on the paved sidewalks and driveways of America…

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  • Books

Good to Go: Playful Ways to Get Around

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 30, 2017

It seems that now, perhaps more than ever, people everywhere are constantly on the go.…

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  • Culture and Society

“All Aboard!” for Fun with Trains

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 17, 2017

Growing up in Pennsylvania, my parents frequently looked for family excursions within a few hours’…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

An Interview with Robert Pasin, CEO of Radio Flyer

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on November 4, 2016

Robert Pasin is the man in charge of one of the toy industry's oldest and most…

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  • History

Tricycles; A Look Back

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 14, 2016

Starley's Coventry Rotary Tricycle was patented in 1876 One thing most of us had in…

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  • Books

A Giant Sand Box, A Wizarding Camp: Adults Who Want to Play

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on June 18, 2016

  I continue to make the point, and I do again today, that those who…

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  • Breaktime @ GTN

The Pogo Stick; An Appreciation

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 27, 2016

The Pogo Stick is one of those playthings (think stilts or a unicycle) that defy…

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  • Demographics

Who Does the Talking in the Disney Princess Movies?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 10, 2016

  The percentage of female voices fell to a low of 10% in Aladdin. The Disney Princess…

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  • Dolls

Toy Fair, The Gathering of the Tribes

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on February 3, 2016

I have gotten so many requests to repeat this piece that each year, the week…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Chariots of Fire; A Problem with Hoverboards

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on December 11, 2015

The toy industry has garnered some of the weirdest press coverage this year.  We have…

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