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A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment. Simple examples include toy blocks, board games, and dolls. Toys are often designed for use by children, although many are designed specifically for adults and pets. Toys can provide utilitarian benefits, including physical exercise, cultural awareness, or academic education. Additionally, utilitarian objects, especially those which are no longer needed for their original purpose, can be used as toys. Examples include children building a fort with empty cereal boxes and tissue paper spools, or a toddler playing with a broken TV remote. The term "toy" can also be used to refer to utilitarian objects purchased for enjoyment rather than need, or for expensive necessities for which a large fraction of the cost represents its ability to provide enjoyment to the owner, such as luxury cars, high-end motorcycles, gaming computers, and flagship smartphones.
Playing with toys can be an enjoyable way of training young children for life experiences. Different materials like wood, clay, paper, and plastic are used to make toys. Newer forms of toys include interactive digital entertainment and smart toys. Some toys are produced primarily as collectors' items and are intended for display only. (Full article...)
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The Dreamcast is the final home video game console manufactured by Sega. It was released on November 27, 1998, in Japan; September 9, 1999, in North America; and October 14, 1999, in Europe. It was the first sixth-generation video game console, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube, and Microsoft's Xbox. The Dreamcast's 2001 discontinuation ended Sega's 18 years in the console market.
A team led by Hideki Sato began developing the Dreamcast in 1997. In contrast to the expensive hardware of the unsuccessful Saturn, the Dreamcast was designed to reduce costs with off-the-shelf components, including a Hitachi SH-4 CPU and an NEC PowerVR2 GPU. Sega used the GD-ROM media format to avoid the expenses of DVD-ROM technology. Developers were able to include a custom version of the Windows CE operating system on game discs to make porting PC games easy, and Sega's NAOMI arcade system board allowed nearly identical conversions of arcade games. The Dreamcast was the first console to include a built-in modular modem for internet access and online play. (Full article...)
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Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) (from Construction set) -
A puzzle of dexterity, a type of mechanical puzzle (from List of wooden toys) -
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Girls playing in a park in the Netherlands (from Girls' toys and games) -
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Hello Kitty Dreamcast set, 2009 (from Girls' toys and games) -
A ball-in-a-maze puzzle (from List of wooden toys) -
An infant boy playing with a toy dump truck at the beach. (from Boys' toys and games) -
Paintings of girl with dolls (from Girls' toys and games) -
A bauernroulette game (from List of wooden toys) -
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Tartu Toy Museum (from Toy museum) -
1970s No. 2 Meccano set (from Construction set) -
Burr puzzles (from List of wooden toys) -
A girl in Udaipur playing "Jungle Child" (from Girls' toys and games) -
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Rows of pink girls' toys in a Canadian store, 2011 (from Girls' toys and games) -
Lego bricks are a construction set example. (from Construction set) -
A matryoshka doll taken apart (from List of wooden toys) -
A gee-haw whammy diddle in use (from List of wooden toys) -
Girls in Barbie Fashion Show in Children's Museum of Indianapolis (from Girls' toys and games) -
Various spinning tops (from List of wooden toys) -
Detail from Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1560), showing Flemish girls playing popular games of the era (from Girls' toys and games) -
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Girls assembling a puzzle (from Girls' toys and games) -
A bead maze (from List of wooden toys)
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A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution. Puzzles are often contrived as a form of entertainment, but they can also stem from serious mathematical or logistical problems — in such cases, their successful resolution can be a significant contribution to mathematical research.
Did you know...
- ... that the design for the water playground at Chelsea Waterside Park was criticized because local residents thought that the sprinklers resembled sex toys?
- ... that the Roman emperors Augustus and Claudius may have had an affinity for gambling?
- ... that crab is served in school meals in Toyama Prefecture?
- ... that Korean brick toys, colloquially called "Korean Lego", often feature themes of "war and danger", including sets such as military vehicles?
- ... that the case Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. was considered essential to the future of video game modding in the United States in 1992?
- ... that Elizabeth II's childhood toys at 145 Piccadilly included 30 toy horses and a farm set collected from Woolworths?
- ...that the Love Tester, created in 1969, was the first product by Nintendo to use real electronic components?
- ...that Merrythought is the last remaining teddy bear manufacturer in the United Kingdom?
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Types: • Doll • Vehicle • Puzzle • Teddy bear
Industry: • American Specialty Toy Retailing Association • Birmingham toy industry • International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers • Kiddicraft • Play value • Toy safety • Toy store • Toyetic • Wooden toymaking in the Ore Mountains
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