Interesting facts about toys
Interesting facts about toys
- The biggest teddy bear appeared in 1999 in Finland. He reached almost eight meters in height and weighed 800 kilos. Too many to play with...
- The oldest surviving plush toy bear was made in 1894 and is still passed down from generation to generation as a heirloom in one of the families.
- There is also a bear - a traveler. Due to a mistake made by the federal postal service, the bear traveled 329,000 kilometers in the parcel. Twice he visited Mexico, traveled all over America, returned to Australia five times. Only after 3 years did he still reach the addressee.
- In the 90s, the Guinness Book recorded a record - the largest kite. Its area is 680 sq.m. In 1999, this kite even flew above the ground.
- The staging of the cartoon "The Lion King" on Broadway became famous for the use of a huge number of toys in the presentation - more than 200 pieces. In addition to the toys, a variety of puppets were used, including rod-based, flat and life-size puppets.
- Most tires on the planet are produced by the Lego company - to equip their toy cars.
- Take just six parts of any Lego constructor and you can make 120 million different combinations of them.
- The total number of parts released by Lego in its entire history has exceeded 320 billion. This means that for every inhabitant of the Earth, who has never even held this famous designer in his hands, there are at least 52 parts.
- A special substance is added to the plastic from which Lego parts are made, which is well displayed on x-rays. This is done specifically in case the child swallows the item.
- The most popular Barbie doll among buyers has become a beauty with long, toe-length hair.
- If a Barbie doll were human height, her measurements would be 39-23-33. Her neck would be twice the length of a normal human neck.
- From the birth of the Barbie doll (March 9, 1959) to the present day, the doll has gained more than 100 different professions, 45 nationalities, more than 1000 different outfits and 15 modifications of her appearance - pregnant, plump, in a wheelchair, etc.
- The most expensive dolls are made from biscuit porcelain. They should not be played with because they are very fragile. Such dolls are called collectible.
- The average age of a game console owner in Japan is 40 years old, which indicates the considerable popularity of video games among adults.
- The famous "Monopoly" was invented not by a financier, as one might think, but by an ordinary American unemployed - the seller Charles Barrow, who remained out of work. And this happened during the Great Depression, when most consumers were thinking not about increasing their capital, but about how not to lose their belongings. Monopoly is played everywhere, underwater too. Activists of the diving club "Buffalo" even own a kind of record - 45 days of continuous play at the bottom of the sea.
- The potato head, first introduced in 1959, was the first toy to be advertised on television. In the first year of sale, manufacturers generated about $30 billion in sales revenue (at 2005 rates).
- In 1955, Joseph and Noah McVicker invented Play-Doh with the intention of creating a wallpaper cleaner. It was originally only available in one color (off-white) and was sold in a 1.5 pound tin. Plasticine has all the colors of the rainbow these days. His recipe is kept secret. Over 700 million pounds of this completely non-toxic paste has been sold since production.
- In 1939, the most expensive Mickey Mouse was released. This sample was different from the one we are used to seeing. Old Mickey had a different facial expression, he also had longer arms and a different arrangement of ears. This toy was purchased at auction for $83,650.
- Matryoshka has Japanese roots. The idea of creating a nested doll was suggested by S. V. Malyutin with a Japanese toy brought from the island of Honshu by the wife of S. I. Mamontov. It was the figure of the sage Fukurokuju, in which there were several more figures nested one inside the other.
Each figurine is handcrafted. The master performs up to 15 operations with a lime chock before it becomes a finished nesting doll.
· The largest matryoshka is located ... the facts are contradictory. The building in the form of a nesting doll 30 meters high is located in Manchuria (China), the largest non-expanding nesting dolls (13 meters) were made by the artist Boris Krasnov and are located in Moscow, and the largest drop-down nesting doll - 1.5 meters high, made in Semyonovo was donated Japan in 1970.