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  4. Toys That Built America - Season 2

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Toys That Built America - Season 2

Series: Toys That Built America
4.3
(36)
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Episodes
10
Rating
TVPG
Year
2022
Language
English
Publisher
History

About

Against the backdrop of major events in American history like the Civil War and the Great Depression, "The Toys that Built America" tells a different story-one that brings toys to the forefront as driving forces behind untold cultural and economic shifts.

Related Subjects

  • Documentary

Episodes

1. Masters of the Toy Universe

42m

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After passing on the biggest deal in toy industry history, Mattel President Ray Wagner finds himself a step behind former colleague-turned- rival, Bernie Loomis. Wagner steals a page from Loomis' playbook to create the next blockbuster toy.

2. The Birth of Video Games

43m

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Defense contractor Ralph Baer invents the world's first home video game console. But it is soon eclipsed by a new table tennis game that becomes one of the most famous video games of all time.

3. The Idea Man

43m

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A visionary named Marvin Glass oversees the creation of many of the most iconic toys of the 20th Century. From chattering teeth to a legendary game based on a mouse trap, Glass pushes the boundaries of what a toy can be, and inspires generations.

4. Brick by Brick

43m

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At the height of the industrial age, a struggling Danish Carpenter emerges whose passion for innovation leads him to a new building material--plastic. With it he'll create the biggest toy empire the world has ever seen.

5. Order Out of Chaos

43m

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Hungarian professor, Erno Rubik, ignites "Cube Mania" with his 3-D puzzle that takes the world by storm. Leslie Scott will stop at nothing to bring an iconic building block board game to market.

6. Cabbage Clash

43m

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In the midst of the 1970s folk art movement, art student Martha Nelson creates a one-of-a-kind doll to sell at local Kentucky craft markets. She has no idea that a visionary young entrepreneur will use her artwork as inspiration for a mass-produced doll.

7. 80's Tech Toys

42m

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In the 1980s, groundbreaking technology redefines classic toys. A former amusement park employee combines his animatronic knowledge with the cassette tape to create the world's first realistic talking toy.

8. Plumber Bros vs. Hedgehog

43m

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After the U.S. videogame crash of 1983, a Japanese electronics company single-handedly resurrects the industry with a game featuring a jumping plumber. But a rival rises to challenge their dominance, setting off a war between video game superpowers.

9. Christmas Crazes

21m

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The Christmas crazes that helped transform holiday shopping into the frantic, no-holds-barred $1.1 trillion frenzy that it is today.

10. Gross Out Icons

21m

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These are the stories of America's most innovative, groundbreaking, and profitable toys designed to shock--and how they grew to claim a bigger piece of the 100-billion-dollar toy industry than you would think.

Extended Details

  • SeriesToys That Built America
  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Ian KarrActor
Jordan HembroughActor
Adam RichmanActor