Monica Reed

Vote on toys for the National Toy Hall of Fame

Rochester, New York, USA. November 7, 2016. The exterior garden to the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, home to the National Toy Hall of Fame Photo: shutterstock

Vote on toys for the National Toy Hall of Fame

The National Toy Hall of Fame just announced the 12 finalists for its 2020 class.  The finalists this year are:

Baby Nancy doll

bingo

Breyer toy horses

Jenga

Lite-Brite

He-Man action figures

My Little Pony

Risk

sidewalk chalk 

Sorry!

Tamagotchi

Yahtzee.

The winners will be voted on by toy industry experts plus public voting at ToyHallOfFame.org for the next week. Around three of the 12 toys will wind up getting inducted. They’ll be announced on November 5th.

Last year the three toys that made it in were the coloring book, “Magic: The Gathering” cards, and Matchbox cars.

Four of the nominees this year were ones that didn’t make the cut last year: Jenga, He-Man, My Little Pony, and Risk.

Do your voting!

 

 

 

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