Toy of The Year
The Toy of the Year awards began in 1965 and are presented annually at an awarding dinner held during the British International Toy Fair at Olympia in January. The criteria are that the toy must have been very popular in the past year and excited interest among customers and retailers in the toy market.
- 1965 - James Bond Aston Martin die-cast car
- 1966 - Action Man (Palitoy)
- 1967 - Spirograph (Denys Fisher)
- 1968 - Sindy (Pedigree Toys)
- 1969 - Hot Wheels
- 1970 - Sindy
- 1971 - Katie Kopykat writing doll
- 1972 - Plasticraft modelling kits
- 1973 - Mastermind board game
- 1974 - Lego Family set
- 1975 - Lego Basic set
- 1976 - Peter Powell (kite)
- 1977 - Playmobil Playpeople
- 1978 - Combine Harvester (Britains Limited)
- 1979 - Legoland Space kits
- 1980 - Rubik's Cube
- 1981 - Rubik's Cube
- 1982 - Star Wars toys
- 1983 - Star Wars toys
- 1984 - Masters of the Universe
- 1985 - Transformers (Optimus Prime)
- 1986 - Transformers (toyline)|Transformers (Optimus Prime)
- 1987 - Sylvanian Families
- 1988 - Sylvanian Families
- 1989 - Sylvanian Families
- 1990 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- 1991 - Nintendo Game Boy
- 1992 - WWF Wrestlers
- 1993 - Thunderbird's Tracey Island
- 1994 - Power Rangers
- 1995 - Pogs
- 1996 - Barbie
- 1997 - Teletubbies
- 1998 - Furby
- 1999 - Furby Babies
- 2000 - Teksta
- 2001 - Bionicles (Lego)
- 2002 - Beyblades
- 2003 - Beyblades
- 2004 - RoboSapien
- 2005 - Tamagotchi Connexion
- 2006 - Doctor Who Cyberman Mask
- 2007 - In the Night Garden Blanket Time Igglepiggle
- 2008 - Ben 10 Action Figures 10” and 15”
- 2009 - Go Go Hamsters
- 2010 - Jet Pack Buzz Lightyear
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Famous quotes containing the words toy and/or year:
“To my sick soul, as sin’s true nature is,
Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss.
So full of artless jealousy is guilt,
It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The first year was critical to my assessment of myself as a person. It forced me to realize that, like being married, having children is not an end in itself. You don’t at last arrive at being a parent and suddenly feel satisfied and joyful. It is a constantly reopening adventure.”
—Anonymous Mother. From the Boston Women’s Health Book Collection. Quoted in The Joys of Having a Child, by Bill and Gloria Adler (1993)