TIME Magazine looks at the 100 most influential toys of all time… since the 1920s
GeekDad Jonathan Liu’s all-time best toys list dates back a little further, but we’re guessing it was pretty hard for TIME to track down the first person to use dirt as a play material. So reporter Allie Townsend started at 1923 with the invention of the Radio Flyer wagon and she’s listed chronologically what she deems to be the most influential toys ever.
We’d love to get our hands on a 1920s version of a toy chemistry set, since Townsend reports that nowadays, the A.C. Gilbert Co. chemistry set would be “nothing short of a homeland-security breach.” We’re happy to see that the Skip-It, which entertained us during so many school recesses, made the list. But we’re not sure we’d call fake vomit influential. (Or maybe more accurately, we don’t really want to see fake vomit’s influence… likewise Bratz)
