50 years of the top Christmas toys
http://www.urlesque.com/2009/12/02/50-years-top-selling-holiday-toys/
Hmm, I'm not sure I believe this. At the very least, I'd like to see some actual sales figures and whther we're talking simply money made, or units sold, (there was a big price difference between a computer and a troll, for instance). I'm a little surprised that the mid-60's don't feature any spy stuff. James Bond and the Man From Uncle were pretty popular, as I recall. And showing D&D in 1974 is pure rubbish. It was nearly impossible to find copies then outside of a few hobby shops in the midwest. I owned the first and ONLY copy in the DC region in that year. Virtually all copies purchased had to be mail ordered from Gary Gygax himself, (operating out of his house), the print runs were small, etc. No way this was a big seller until the marketing to younger children* began and larger print runs with professional distribution took place, (which was around 78-79). Just this example alone tends to make me doubt the rest of the list. But, it's still an interesting little memory flogger.
*When D&D was first produced, it was marketed solely to wargamers. For the first two or three years, the vast majority of players, both locally and nationwide, were young adults in their 20's. It wasn't until later that teens and pre-teens dominated the market.
Hmm, I'm not sure I believe this. At the very least, I'd like to see some actual sales figures and whther we're talking simply money made, or units sold, (there was a big price difference between a computer and a troll, for instance). I'm a little surprised that the mid-60's don't feature any spy stuff. James Bond and the Man From Uncle were pretty popular, as I recall. And showing D&D in 1974 is pure rubbish. It was nearly impossible to find copies then outside of a few hobby shops in the midwest. I owned the first and ONLY copy in the DC region in that year. Virtually all copies purchased had to be mail ordered from Gary Gygax himself, (operating out of his house), the print runs were small, etc. No way this was a big seller until the marketing to younger children* began and larger print runs with professional distribution took place, (which was around 78-79). Just this example alone tends to make me doubt the rest of the list. But, it's still an interesting little memory flogger.
*When D&D was first produced, it was marketed solely to wargamers. For the first two or three years, the vast majority of players, both locally and nationwide, were young adults in their 20's. It wasn't until later that teens and pre-teens dominated the market.
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