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A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment. Simple examples include toy blocks, board games, and dolls. Toys are often designed for use by children, although many are designed specifically for adults and pets. Toys can provide utilitarian benefits, including physical exercise, cultural awareness, or academic education. Additionally, utilitarian objects, especially those which are no longer needed for their original purpose, can be used as toys. Examples include children building a fort with empty cereal boxes and tissue paper spools, or a toddler playing with a broken TV remote control. The term "toy" can also be used to refer to utilitarian objects purchased for enjoyment rather than need, or for expensive necessities for which a large fraction of the cost represents its ability to provide enjoyment to the owner, such as luxury cars, high-end motorcycles, gaming computers, and flagship smartphones.

Playing with toys can be an enjoyable way of training young children for life experiences. Different materials like wood, clay, paper, and plastic are used to make toys. Newer forms of toys include interactive digital entertainment and smart toys. Some toys are produced primarily as collectors' items and are intended for display only. (Full article...)

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Big Wheel is a brand of low-riding tricycle, made mostly of plastic, with a large front wheel and exceptionally low seat. Introduced by Louis Marx and Company in 1969 and manufactured in Girard, Pennsylvania, the Big Wheel was a very popular toy in the 1970s in the United States, partly because of its low cost and partly because consumer groups said it was a safer alternative to the traditional tricycle or bicycle. Its low center of gravity made it a stable tricycle for children to ride, minimizing both tip-overs and severity of any related falls. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various toy-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Tartu Toy Museum (from Toy museum)
Image 2Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) (from Construction set)
Image 3Girls in Barbie Fashion Show in Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 4A girl in Udaipur playing "Jungle Child" (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 5Girls assembling a puzzle (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 6A bauernroulette game (from List of wooden toys)
Image 7An infant boy playing with a toy dump truck at the beach. (from Boys' toys and games)
Image 8Kiddicraft and Lego building blocks in different colors. (from Construction set)
Image 9A ball-in-a-maze puzzle (from List of wooden toys)
Image 10Kondapalli Toys (from List of wooden toys)
Image 11Toy Museum - http://www.raheelpatel.com/toymuseum.html. (from Toy museum)
Image 12Fischertechnik computing with a C64 interface (from Construction set)
Image 13A gee-haw whammy diddle in use (from List of wooden toys)
Image 14Hello Kitty Dreamcast set, 2009 (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 15Lego bricks are a construction set example. (from Construction set)
Image 161970s No. 2 Meccano set (from Construction set)
Image 17Various spinning tops (from List of wooden toys)
Image 18Wooden unit blocks, a type of toy block, in a wooden wagon (from List of wooden toys)
Image 19Detail from Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1560), showing Flemish girls playing popular games of the era (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 20Rows of pink girls' toys in a Canadian store, 2011 (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 21A matryoshka doll taken apart (from List of wooden toys)
Image 22Paintings of girl with dolls (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 23Interlocking Disks enable the construction of high-symmetry models such as that of C
₆₀ Fullerene. (from Construction set)
Image 24A bead maze (from List of wooden toys)
Image 25Girls playing in a park in the Netherlands (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 26Constri (from Construction set)
Image 27A peg wooden doll from Val Gardena, 1850 (from List of wooden toys)
Image 28Burr puzzles (from List of wooden toys)
Image 29A puzzle of dexterity, a type of mechanical puzzle (from List of wooden toys)
Image 30Zometool model of the great grand stellated 120-cell (from Construction set)

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Lincoln Logs is the name of a children's toy consisting of notched miniature logs, used to build miniature forts and buildings. They were invented by John Lloyd Wright, son of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Lincoln Logs were inducted into the US National Toy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Did you know...

... that Elizabeth II's childhood toys at 145 Piccadilly included 30 toy horses and a farm set collected from Woolworths?
... that the Roman emperors Augustus and Claudius may have had an affinity for gambling?
... that Woody from Toy Story was originally written as a ventriloquist's dummy and the main villain of the film?
... that before becoming a voice actor, Kikunosuke Toya was the keyboardist of an all-male Princess Princess cover band in high school?
... that the case Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. was considered essential to the future of video game modding in the United States in 1992?
... that development economist John Toye said free-market proponents "first turn liberty against equality and fraternity, then overthrow liberty itself"?

...that the real name of the G.I. Joe character Dusty is Ronald W. Tadur?

... that presenter Pat Kenny tore up two tickets for The Late Late Toy Show live on air in 2008?

...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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Types: • Doll • Vehicle • Puzzle • Teddy bear

Industry: • American Specialty Toy Retailing Association • Birmingham toy industry • International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers • Kiddicraft • Play value • Toy safety • Toy store • Toyetic • Wooden toymaking in the Ore Mountains

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Main project: Toys

Sub-projects: Board and table games • G.I. Joe • Transformers • My Little Pony

Related Projects: Animation • Anime and manga • Biography • Comics • Film • Fictional characters • Media franchises • Music • Television • Video games

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