Santa’s Toy Pack Tops A Bill
Creative Play Has Spotlight
ot. Nicholas will travel in a jet
propelled sleigh this Christmas tc
deliver more than a billion dollars
worth of toys to American chil
dren.
The 1957 record toy pack will
include a play version of ever]
headlined marvel of our atomic
age, right alongside the old favor
ites, from blocks to xylophones
newly streamlined.
Creative play activity gets the
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■ spotlight, whether toys reproduc
> the latest electronic techniques c
’ radar and sky patrol or the basi
• skills of farming, building an
housekeeping, says spokesmen fc
!. the Toy Guidance Council and th
r Toy Manufacturers of the U.S./
: Melvin Freud, president of th
former group, specialists in hel]
, ing grownups to choose the rig!
toys for the right age, says:
“The high incidence of th
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sports car, the split-level home,
sectional furniture and color
e matched kitchen appliances are
£ typical of 1957 toyland’s realistic
c reproduction of American life.”
r While new playthings put
e heavy emphasis on career train
ing, electronic equipment, the
® guided missile program and atomic
* research, familiar toys also have
t acquired new talents. Electric
trains now come in pastel colors,
e designed especially for little girls.
. And the do-it-yourself electric
train kits shares honors with the
“atomic” train, planned for hobby
ists and scientific-minded young
sters.
About one-quarter of the billion
dollar toy budget will be spent on
dolls, top of the list in every little
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'ure lolls, from 8 to 10 inches tall,
are the favorites, since they arrive
h'T? with complete wardrobes,
luggage, furniture and beauty ac
cessories. Of course it goes with
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out saving that the new dolls are
almost human, and have been de
scribed by some enthusiasts as
| smarter than people, since they
walk, talk, roll their eyes, drink,
wet and have rooted hair that can
be shampooed, combed, brushed
and given a permanent wave.
Accent on Space
Boys will be ready for the space
travel age after practicing with
this year’s rocket launchers, space
satellite stations, flying platforms,
guided missiles and all kinds of
remote-controlled vehicles. Even
the toddler may now climb into
his own space ship, which on
closer inspection turns out to be
the modern version of the hobby
horse.
All the latest kitchen and house
keeping appliances of the push
Lowe’s Cafe
button era are reproduced in min
iature for small housekeepers, who
also will use electric utensils and
vacuum cleaners and have at their
iisposal toy-size packages of every
thing, from chuck-wagon fare and
pizza pies to cakes like Mother
makes.
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