Toy companies of the United States Toy companies of the United States The A. C. Gilbert Company was an American toy company, once one of the largest toy companies in the world. It is best known for introducing the Erector Set (a construction toy similar to Meccano in the rest of the world) to the marketplace. ...more on Wikipedia about "A. C. Gilbert Company"
All Metal Products Company was an American toy company founded in 1920 and based in Wyandotte, Michigan for most of its history. It sold inexpensive pressed metal toys under the Wyandotte brand name, using the slogan "Wyandotte Toys are Good and Safe." To keep costs down, the company used scrap and surplus raw materials whenever possible. ...more on Wikipedia about "All Metal Products Company"
The Ertl Company is an American toy company best known for its die-cast steel collectible replicas of farm equipment and vehicles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ertl Company"
F.A.O. Schwarz is the name of a toy store chain founded in New York, New York in 1870 by German immigrant, Frederick August Otto Schwarz. The original name of the store was Toy Bazaar. (The company traces its history back to 1862 in Baltimore, when Schwarz first began retailing toys from his fancy-goods store there.) ...more on Wikipedia about "F.A.O. Schwarz"
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"
KB Toys is a chain of mall-based retail toy stores in the United States. It was founded in 1922 by the Kaufman brothers. It currently operates almost 650 stores in 44 states. It is privately held in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. KB Toys was owned by Big Lots at one time. In 2004 KB Toys filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed over 300 stores leaving many states with no stores. ...more on Wikipedia about "KB Toys"
Kenner Products was a toy company founded in 1947 by Albert, Phillip, and Joseph Steiner, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was named after the street where the original corporate offices were located. Kenner introduced the Give-a-Show projector in 1959, the Easy-Bake Oven in 1963, and the Spirograph drawing toy in 1966. It was a pioneer in the use of television as a medium for advertising toys across the United States, beginning in 1958. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kenner"
Leapfrog Enterprises Inc is an educational toy company based in Emeryville, California. Leapfrog is best known for its LeapPad, a paper-based electronic reading toy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Leapfrog Enterprises Inc"
Lionel Corporation was an American toy manufacturer, specializing in toy trains and model railroads. Its trains, produced from 1901 to 1969, are the most famous toy trains in the United States and among the most famous in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lionel Corporation"
Louis Marx and Company was an American toy manufacturer from 1919 to 1978. Its boxes were imprinted with the slogan, "One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?" ...more on Wikipedia about "Louis Marx and Company"
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"
The National Entertainment Collectibles Association or NECA is an American manufacturer of high quality collectibles typically licensed from films, sports, music and television based out of New Jersey. The company was found in 1985 and has over 60 licenses of which it produces products for. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Entertainment Collectibles Association"
The Ohio Art Company is a children's toy company. It is based in Bryan, Ohio, in the United States. Some of its most recognizable products include the Etch-A-Sketch and Betty Spaghetty. Since the introduction of the Etch a sketch, the Etch a sketch became part of their corporate logo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ohio Art Company"
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" Things go better with www.shortopedia.com.
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"
Radio Flyer is an American toy company best known for their popular red wagon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Radio Flyer (company)"
Tonka is a brand of toy trucks popular in America and the United Kingdom. They were originally designed and built by Mound Metalcraft Co. in Mound, Minnesota, which had previously made just lawn and garden tools. In 1946, another local manufacturer, L.E. Streater Company, approached them about making metal toys under license. The name Tonka (named after Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota) appeared on toys from the beginning, but Tonka did not exist as a separate company until the 1950s. It was owned for a time by General Mills. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tonka"
Toys "R" Us is a toy store chain based in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Toys "R" Us"
Ty Inc. is an American toy company that specializes in the production of stuffed animals. By far their most famous line of Products are the Ty Beanie Babies, but Ty also manufactures other lines of stuffed toys. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ty"
Tyco Toys is a division of the Mattel toy company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tyco Toys"
Unique Art Manufacturing Company was an American toy company, founded in 1916, based in Newark, New Jersey that made inexpensive toys, including wind-up mechanical toys, out of lithographed tin. One of its early products was a wind-up toy featuring two tin boxers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Unique Art"
The Vermont Teddy Bear Company is one of the largest producers of teddy bears and the largest seller of teddy bears by mail order and internet. The company handcrafts each of its teddy bears and produces almost 500,000 teddy bears each year. The company was formerly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol BEAR, but was taken private by The Mustang Group, a Boston based private equity firm, on September 30, 2005, partially to avoid the reporting requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vermont Teddy Bear Company"
Worlds of Wonder or WoW was a 1980s American toy company, founded by former Atari employees, including Don Kingsborough. ...more on Wikipedia about "Worlds of Wonder (toy company)"
Yaboom Toys is a defunct toy company. They have produced many musical toys. They have produced dolls of Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, TLC, B*Witched, Elton John, Steps and Westlife. They made MCD's and musical posters for such artists as Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, N Sync, Backstreet Boys, Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, Ricky Martin, TLC, B Witched, Santana, Elton John, and Celine Dion. They are no longer in business. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yaboom Toys"
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