The 2024 National Toy Hall of Fame Nominees


September 19, 2024 12:00 PM CDT
By: Laura McKenna
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You can vote for your favorite toys now through September 25th at toyhalloffame.org. The 3 toys that receive the most public votes will make up a “Player’s Choice” ballot that will be tallied along with ballots from 22 historians and other experts.
This year’s toys that are up for induction are:
-Transformers
-Hobbyhorse (Stick Horse)
-Phase 10 card game
-My Little Pony
-Trampoline
-Sequence game
-Remote Control Car
-Balloons
-Pokemon
-Hess Toy Trucks
-Apples To Apples game
-Choose Your Own Adventure Books
It’s hard for me to believe that My Little Pony toys have been nominated for seven times already and never made it in! Maybe that’s just me being partial as an ’80s baby. Also Transformers? How are those not in already, too?
Don’t get me wrong, I love to read and think books should be a regular part of every person’s childhood….but….
Choose Your Own Adventure Books?
Those aren’t really a toy, right? It’s a book, not a toy. And sure, you can play with a book but its purpose it to be read. You can play with a lot of things but I don’t think that makes them “a toy”. I used an unplugged curling iron growing up to pretend I was entertaining huge crowds but I wouldn’t call a curling iron “a toy”. Get what I’m saying?
However, don’t let me sway your toy voting. You do you. But do it before voting closes on the 25th: toyhalloffame.org
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