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1) Toys
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A man's toy factory is threatened when his militaristic brother takes over and starts making weapons.
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45 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Everyone has played with LEGO toys, but not many people know who is behind this awesome invention. This fun and engaging book tells the story of how a Danish carpenter and his family turned a desperate situation into the most popular toy in history. With full-color illustrations and lively text, and chock-full of interesting facts, Awesome Minds: The Inventors of LEGO; Toys is the perfect read for those with creative spirits and curious minds. This...
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xi, 418 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"The extraordinary inside story of the LEGO company--producer of the most beloved and popular toy on the planet--based on unprecedented access to the founding family that still owns the company, chronicling the brand's improbable journey to become the empire that it is today"--
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260 pages : some color illustrations; 24 cm
Language
English
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" A bestselling journalist delivers the never-before-told story of the plush animal craze that became the tulip mania of the 1990s . In the annals of consumer crazes, nothing compares to Beanie Babies. In just three years, collectors who saw the toys as a means of speculation made creator Ty Warner, an eccentric college dropout, a billionaire, without advertising or big-box distribution. Beanie Babies were ten percent of eBay's sales in its early...
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258 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
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English
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"Powered by the advent of television and super-charged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda? Brian "Box" Brown's The He-Man Effect shows how corporate manipulation brought muscular, accessory-stuffed action figures...
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