Transformers

Inducted 2024 In the early 1980s, Hasbro secured the rights to Japanese toymaker Takara’s Diaclone and Micro Change line of

My Little Pony

Inducted 2024 Hasbro based My Little Pony on their earlier My Pretty Pony. At about 11 inches high, My Pretty Pony was made of

Inducted Year: 2023 Baseball players began posing for photos in the mid-19th century. Photography, like baseball, was becoming

Inducted Year: 2022 Ancient peoples of Greece and Rome amused themselves with toys resembling the spinning tops we know today.

Inducted 2024 Black inventor and Detroit native Ken Johnson designed his first game, Dice-Baseball, when he was just 12. At 19,

Inducted Year: 2023 In the late 1960s, game designer Reyn Guyer and his co-workers at Winsor Concepts developed a game idea

Inducted Year: 2022 In 1966, a New York City window display featuring hundreds of colored lights inspired toy creators Marvin

Inducted Year: 2021 Sand may be the most universal toy in the world. From a geologist’s perspective, sand is a dry, gritty

Inducted Year: 2021 The French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse designed a board game with simple rules but complex interactions, La

Inducted Year: 2022 The story of Masters of the Universe begins in 1979 when Ray Wagner of Mattel formed a Male Action Team to

Inducted Year: 2023 In the 1950s, scientist and inventor Arthur Holt designed the Corn Popper, a stick with a plastic dome

Inducted Year: 2023 Influenced by Martha Nelson Thomas’ Doll Babies, art student Xavier Roberts created fabric sculptures he