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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. 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. Various materials, such as 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 collector's items and are intended for display only. (Full article...)

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Cabbage Patch Kids are a line of cloth dolls with plastic heads first produced by Coleco Industries in 1982. They were inspired by the Little People soft sculptured dolls sold by Xavier Roberts as collectibles. The brand was renamed 'Cabbage Patch Kids' by Roger L. Schlaifer when he acquired the exclusive worldwide licensing rights in 1982.

The doll brand set every toy industry sales record for three years running, was one of the most popular lines of children's licensed products in the 1980s, and has become one of the longest-running doll franchises in the United States. Additional Cabbage Patch products include children's apparel, bedding, infants' wear, record albums and board games. (Full article...)

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

Image 1A ball-in-a-maze puzzle (from List of wooden toys)
Image 2Various spinning tops (from List of wooden toys)
Image 3A bauernroulette game (from List of wooden toys)
Image 4Burr puzzles (from List of wooden toys)
Image 5A young boy playing with a toy dump truck at the beach. (from Boys' toys and games)
Image 61970s No. 2 Meccano set (from Construction set)
Image 7Rows of pink girls' toys in a Canadian store, 2011 (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 8A girl in Udaipur playing "Jungle Child" (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 9A puzzle of dexterity, a type of mechanical puzzle (from List of wooden toys)
Image 10Wooden unit blocks, a type of toy block, in a wooden wagon (from List of wooden toys)
Image 11Tartu Toy Museum (from Toy museum)
Image 12Paintings of girl with dolls (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 13A gee-haw whammy diddle in use (from List of wooden toys)
Image 14Girls in Barbie Fashion Show in Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 15A bead maze (from List of wooden toys)
Image 16Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) (from Construction set)
Image 17Girls assembling a puzzle (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 18Lego bricks are a construction set example. (from Construction set)
Image 19Kondapalli Toys (from List of wooden toys)
Image 20Girls playing in a park in the Netherlands (from Girls' toys and games)
Image 21Kiddicraft and Lego building blocks in different colors. (from Construction set)
Image 22A matryoshka doll taken apart (from List of wooden toys)
Image 23Detail 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 24Interlocking disks enable the construction of high-symmetry models such as that of C
₆₀ fullerene. (from Construction set)
Image 25A peg wooden doll from Val Gardena, 1850 (from List of wooden toys)
Image 26Hello Kitty Dreamcast set, 2009 (from Girls' toys and games)

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A teddy bear formerly owned by Kermit Roosevelt, thought to be made by Michtom, early 1900s; Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, 2012

Did you know...

... that Korean brick toys, colloquially called "Korean Lego", often feature themes of "war and danger", including sets such as military vehicles?
... that Elizabeth II's childhood toys at 145 Piccadilly included 30 toy horses and a farm set collected from Woolworths?
... that the design for the water playground at Chelsea Waterside Park was criticized because local residents thought that the sprinklers resembled sex toys?
... that crab is served in school meals in Toyama Prefecture?
... that before becoming a voice actor, Kikunosuke Toya was the keyboardist of an all-male Princess Princess cover band in high school?
... that "Toy Town" was said to have "almost destroyed" the happy hardcore scene?

...that Amish dolls (pictured) are left faceless, possibly to emphasize that "all are alike in the eyes of God"?

...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"?

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

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