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The 20-year-rule.
“Typically, about two decades after a particular toy is popular, the kids who played with it have become adults with a yearning to recapture their youth.”
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Adults at play.
“Toy companies have picked up on this trend and are digging through archives and vaults to produce new spins on properties that were popular in the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, and early 2000s.”
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Plastic fantastic.
“What collectors are looking to find is something that represents themselves. When an artist produces a toy, it’s a piece of their soul …”
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On toy collecting.
“Humans have collected since the dawn of time … Our tendency to forget leads us to seek out tokens or memorials of experiences that have had a significant impact on our lives.” (See also.)
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Istanbul’s Toy Museum.
“Toys are a witness to their time. You see the history of humanity in a toy museum, from architecture to the conquest of space, from the Industrial Revolution to fashion.”