The Toys That Built America

2021
3.5
2 reviews
TV-PG
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Season 1 episodes (4)

1 Masters of Invention
11/28/21
The incredible creations of some of the most iconic toys in history happened by chance. During World War II, a naval engineer accidentally creates an iconic spiral toy that walks down stairs.
2 Clash of the Toy Titans
12/5/21
As the post-war baby boom creates unprecedented demand for toys, Ruth Handler turns her greatest gamble into the most recognizable toy in the world. Meanwhile, rival Merrill Hassenfeld tries to capitalize on Handler's success.
3 Toy Car Wars
12/12/21
As car culture cranks up in the early 1950s, a young machinist in England invents one of the world's most successful toys when he creates a toy car small enough to fit inside a matchbox for his daughter to take to school.
4 Board Game Empires
12/19/21
After failing to make a living selling lithographs, Milton Bradley creates one of America's first board games, which will go on to become one of the biggest of all time. But the Parker brothers threaten Bradley's reign.

About this show

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.

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