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- ...that the red and yellow molded plastic Cozy Coupe from Little Tikes was called the "world's best-selling car" for most of the 1990s by The New York Times?
- ...that The Lego Group produced 381 million tires (example pictured) in 2011, making it the largest tire manufacturer in the world?
- ...that children up to the age of five can find it difficult to distinguish between television programmes and toy advertising campaigns?
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- ...that akabeko (pictured), red cow toys from the Aizu region of Japan, are believed to ward off disease?
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- ...that Amish dolls (pictured) are left faceless, possibly to emphasize that "all are alike in the eyes of God"?
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- ...that a 1950s Annalee Doll was auctioned off for a record $6,000 in 1992?
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- ... that antique bisque dolls (pictured) are collectible, and dolls from French companies like Jumeau can be worth over US$20,000?
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- ...that The Brady Bunch actress Maureen McCormick was one of the many people who voiced the 1960s toy Chatty Cathy?
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- ...that antique china dolls were predominantly made in Germany in the 1800s?
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- ...that the red and yellow molded plastic Cozy Coupe from Little Tikes was called the "world's best-selling car" for most of the 1990s by The New York Times?
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- ...that fingerboards are reduced scale model figures of skateboards that are featured in videos and used as 3-D visual aids for skateboarders to understand potential tricks and maneuvers?
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- ...that the travels of a shipment of 29,000 Friendly Floatees bath toys lost overboard in the Pacific in 1992 have been used to model the world's ocean currents?
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- ... that presenter Pat Kenny tore up two tickets for The Late Late Toy Show live on air in 2008?
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- ...that the first themed Lego Modular Houses set, released in April 2007, was designed for people aged 16 and older and meant to be "toys for adults"?
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- ...that The Lego Group produced 381 million tires (example pictured) in 2011, making it the largest tire manufacturer in the world?
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- ...that the Love Tester, created in 1969, was the first product by Nintendo to use real electronic components?
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- ...that Merrythought is the last remaining teddy bear manufacturer in the United Kingdom?
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- ...that as of 1981, New York City's Toy Center was the site of 95% of the toy business transacted in the United States?
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- ...that Silly Bandz, popular silicone bracelets that spring into a shape when taken off, have been banned in classrooms for being too distracting?
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- ...that children up to the age of five can find it difficult to distinguish between television programmes and toy advertising campaigns?
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- ...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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