7 Best Selling Toys of All Time
When it comes to pointing out the best-selling toys in history, anyone growing up with He-Man and Rainbow Brite in their toy collection might be a little biased. Any toys stand the test of time and in the process post impressive numbers. In only one or two decades, some flame up overnight, selling wild figures. Posted On November 24th, 2020
Cabbage Patch Kids
"These dolls were the first toys that were not related to a common TV movie, or comic that everyone wanted to have and no one could find," says Jim Silver, TimetoPlayMag.com. publisher. Parents knocking over display tables, pulling, and shoving each other just to get one for their children were mentioned in a December 1983 TIME post. The creators of Cabbage Patch dolls were able to build an urgent sense of demand by billing each doll as special (each came with adoption records and a birth certificate), a technique imitated by Beanie Babies, ZhuZhu dogs, and more.
Rubik’s Cube
More than 350 million have been sold globally since architecture professor Erno Rubik invented it 40 years ago in Budapest, making the cube one of the best-selling puzzles of all time. (There are an incredible 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different ways to twist and turn it.) Currently, annual competitions are organized to honour the quickest solvers, and a similar mechanism has been introduced by the Transformers toys.
Monopoly
Monopoly is a board game which Hasbro is currently selling. In the game, players roll two six-sided dice to move, buy and sell lands, and build them with houses and hotels around the game board. Plays earn rent from their rivals with the intention of driving them into bankruptcy.
Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles
Turtle Power! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (or merely "Ninja Turtles," abbreviated as "TMNT," and formally known as "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles" in the United Kingdom) are a fictitious band of four anthropomorphic turtle mutants, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo, who are trained to become professional ninja warriors by Sensei Master Splinter.
Buzz Light Year
For words, Buzz Lightyear is never at a loss. Like this talking action figure, everybody's favourite Space Ranger has something to say. With more than 10 words, plus laser beams, as he senses another immersive character nearby, Buzz begins chatting.
Barbie Dolls
The Barbie doll is easily one of history's most popular and best-selling dolls. Barbie has a staying power of over a billion dolls sold that other dolls might only dream of. Given that for over 50 years, the pint-sized princess has been a pillar of popular culture, it is fair to say that she will be around for a long time to come.
Teletubbies
The sweet little Teletubby undoubtedly reflects harmony, completeness, and wholeness with a circular antenna, and it illustrates the spirit of Mother Earth and that of Feminism. It was seen as an auspicious symbol of the spirit of femininity.
