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Timeless Toys

by Hsien-Hsien Lei on October 2nd, 2005

Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them is a featured book in the October issue of The Costco Connection magazine.

Filled with more than 420 color photos of classic toys and 130 additional images of vintage ads, drawings and archival photos, this book tells the stories of the creation of Slinky, Lego and Tonka trucks–to name a few. In-depth timelines of toys history, insider profiles and rare interviews with toy icons make this book theultimate toy guide. Learn how the game Operation began as a project for an industrial-design class and how the uncertainty of the times during World War II led to the creation of the Magic 8 Ball.

Looks like a book to check out if you’re a toy lover.

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POSTED IN: Children's Books (11 to 14 yrs)