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People may think they know all there is to know about the “Toys That Built America” but there’s still more to the story. This series delves even deeper into the…
When Mattel opened their doors as a picture frame company, they had no idea they’d become the empire behind the world’s most popular toys. But Mattel didn’t get to be…
Since its founding in 1923, Hasbro has grown from a modest textile and school supplies business into the biggest toy company in the world. Yet one of their most successful…
Three brothers from Massachusetts help turn an obscure form of entertainment into a billion-dollar global industry; one of their bestselling games becomes an Olympic sport, and another popular product is…
From its humble beginnings in an 1880s card shop, to singlehandedly resurrecting the video game industry, learn about how an iconic name in gaming came to be. Before creating one…
This four-part docuseries showcases visionaries such as the Parker Brothers, Milton Bradley and Ruth Handler who transformed a small toy company into the billion-dollar empire now known as Mattel. It…
As the post-war baby boom creates unprecedented demand for toys, Ruth Handler turns her greatest gamble into the most recognizable toy in the world.
A young machinist in England creates a toy car small enough to fit inside a matchbox.
Milton Bradley creates one of America’s first board games, but the Parkers threaten his reign.
During World War II, a naval engineer accidentally creates an iconic spiral toy that walks downstairs. At the same time, an engineer is trying to invent a synthetic rubber for…