Toy companies

American Girl (formerly Pleasant Company) is a company currently owned by Mattel that makes 18" dolls for girls ages eight and up. The most well known line is the American Girl Collection, which includes eight dolls from America's history and two that are "best friend" dolls. There are also a few other popular lines, most notably the Just Like You and Bitty Baby lines. American Girl was started in 1985 by Pleasant T. Rowland of her frustration of not being able to find dolls that were high-quality, wholesome and educational. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Girl (company)"

Baby Einstein is a multimedia series and toy line that specializes in learning activities for children aged six months to three years old. Each video of the series is designed to capture the attention and stimulate the mind of its young audience. Subjects such as classical music, art, and poetry are prominently explored. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baby Einstein"

Bandai Co., Ltd. is a Japanese toy making company. It is the world's third largest producer of toys. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bandai"

Bluebird Toys Plc is a British toy company. They are responsible for the Polly Pocket brand and the Disney Tiny Collection. Previous toylines include Manta Force. Their headquarters is in Swindon, Wiltshire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bluebird Toys Plc"

Coleco was a company founded in 1932 by Maurice R. Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company" to sell leather supplies to shoemakers. This led to a business in leather craft kits in the 1950s which led to the sale of plastic wading pools in the 1960s. The leather part of the business was then sold off. The company is best known for producing the video game consoles Coleco Telstar and Colecovision. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coleco"

Daiwon C&A Holdings, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is a major Korean anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company formed by the merger of Daiwon. The company is commonly referred to as "Daiwon", the same name used in previous incarnations of Daiwon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daiwon C&A Holdings"

Fisher-Price is a well-known brand of toys, with headquarters located in East Aurora, New York. The company is a division of Mattel. One of the better-known lines of Fisher-Price is their Little People toys, which include various sets of buildings and vehicles with their respective "people" figures, which used to be made of wood and metal but are now made of plastic. The figures, which were once armless and legless but are now molded with more detail, have holes in the bottom allowing them to be used as finger puppets. Fisher-Price also had, during the 1970s and 1980s, a series of full bodied action figures, and currently have a popular line of action figures based on rescue service personnel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fisher-Price" shortopedia - now!

G & R Wrenn was a toy company specialising in the manufacture of model railways. It was founded in 1950 by George & Richard Wrenn. Its early product line was trackwork for OO scale model railway equipment. In 1960 G & R Wrenn branched out into electric car racing toys similar to Scalextric but smaller scale and capable of racing three cars at a time. Other products included battery-operated boats. ...more on Wikipedia about "G & R Wrenn"

Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. was a toy company best known for creating Micro Machines and the video game cheat device called Game Genie. The South San Francisco based company was founded by Barbara Frankel and Lewis Galoob in 1954 as an import business. Before it was purchased by Hasbro in 1998, it was the US's third largest toymaker [1]. ...more on Wikipedia about "Galoob"

GEOMAG is the brand name of a toy construction system created in 1998, consisting primarily of steel ball bearings (spheres) and short connecting sticks with a magnet on each end (bars). ...more on Wikipedia about "GEOMAG"

Hasbro is an American toy and game company. It is the second largest toy maker in the world, second only to the toy giant Mattel. Hasbro is also the publisher of the world's most popular board game, Monopoly. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hasbro"

Iconix Entertainment, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is a major Korean anime and entertainment company formed by the merger of Iconix. The company is commonly referred to as "Iconix", the same name used in previous incarnations of Iconix. ...more on Wikipedia about "Iconix Entertainment"

JOVO Click 'N Construct is a brand name of toy constructions system invented by Josef Volgger and produced by JOVO International of Helsinge Denmark. The toy consists of equilateral triangle, square and regular pentagon plastic pieces that click together on their edges, and the edges then act as hinges to allow them to be folded up into three dimensional shapes. The pieces were designed to model regular faced polyhedra, such as the Platonic Solids, Arcimedean Solids, but they are also used for creative or artistic shapes, and are good for exploring tilings of the plane. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jovo"

K'NEX is a brand name of a toy construction system invented by Joel Glickman, designed and produced by K'NEX Industries, Inc. of Hatfield, PA. The toy consists of interconnecting plastic rods and connectors. It improved upon, and was inspired by, an earlier construction toy made of colored wooden dowels and connecting nodes called Tinkertoys. It is a construction toy in the same genre as LEGO and Meccano, although it uses rods, not bricks or metal strips. Until recently, K'NEX had not introduced sets containing brand constructions (as LEGO does with Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc.), but often based its sets around popular fads (such as mech warriors and RC cars). However, in 2001, K'NEX broke from this trend and introduced a line of toys using the BattleTech/ Mechwarrior label. ** ...more on Wikipedia about "K'NEX"

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The Lego Group is a family-owned company, based in Billund, Denmark and best known for the manufacture of Lego-brand toys. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lego Group"

Lines Bros Ltd was a British toy manufacturer of the 20th Century - operating under the Tri-ang brand name. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lines Bros Ltd"

LJN was a Japanese toy company started as a subsidiary of Matsushita, that created toylines such as WWF Wrestling Superstars, E.T., and Thundercats. They were also a fairly large video game maker for the Nintendo Entertainment System. ...more on Wikipedia about "LJN"

Mattel Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. It produces products including Barbie dolls, board games, and in the early 1980s, video game consoles. It was founded in 1945 by Elliot Handler and Harold "Matt" Matson (hence the name "matt-el"). Elliott Handler's wife Ruth Handler would later become president, and is credited with establishing the Barbie product line for the company in 1959. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mattel"

Meccano Ltd was a British toy company established in 1908 by Frank Hornby in England to manufacture and distribute Meccano and other model toys and kits created by the company. During the 1920s and 1930s it became the biggest toy manufacturer in Britain and produced three of the most popular lines of toys in the twentieth century: Meccano, Hornby Model Railways and Dinky Toys. ...more on Wikipedia about "Meccano Ltd"

Mega Bloks, Incorporated is a publicly traded children's toy company based in Montreal, Canada and the name of their most popular toy. Mega Bloks, the toys, are plastic building blocks very similar to the more famous ones produced by the Danish company Lego. Mega Bloks Inc. distributes toys worldwide but are most popular in North America. They claim to be one of the top 10 toy brands in North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mega Bloks"

Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc. ...more on Wikipedia about "Namco Bandai"

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Play Along Toys is a toy company. In 1999, the founders of Play Along chose the Britney Spears Doll line as the first licensing venture with their new company. The line as it went on to break all records for an individual personality doll. ...more on Wikipedia about "Play Along Toys"

Playskool is a toy brand owned by Hasbro. The toys are intended for children and babies who are up to five years old. ...more on Wikipedia about "Playskool"

Radica Games Limited is a company that produces electronic games. It was founded in 1983. It began by producing electronic souvenir games for casinos. In the late 1990s, it became famous for its Bass Fishin line of games. While Radica still produces many electronic handheld games based on casio or card games, it has also branched out into other types of toys, board games, and video game accessories. ...more on Wikipedia about "Radica Games"

Sanrio Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that creates a range of (mostly) animal dolls, and sells and licenses various products branded with these characters. Its best known character is Hello Kitty, a white cat with pink bow. Hello Kitty is one of the most successful marketing brands in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sanrio"

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