They are playfully called the 'forgotten five': A handful of toys - the pogo stick, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers, and Transformers - that regularly approach toybox royalty as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, only to be tossed back on the pile.
This photo provided by the National Toy Hall of Fame shows five toys that have been finalists for induction multiple times. One will be voted in by fans as the Hall of Fame celebrates its 25th anniversary. The winner, and …ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Toys usually are chosen for the annual induction ceremony with input from a panel of historians, educators and other experts. The members vote for their top three out of a dozen finalists that have been selected by an internal committee from among thousands of nominations that come in each year. “They’re like Susan Lucci was to the Emmy Awards, or Steve Tasker to the Pro Football Hall of Fame,” chief curator Christopher Bensch said. “Now, one of these five will make the hall and, for the first time, it will be purely in the hands of the voting public.”The winner, along with the other inductees, will be revealed during the induction ceremony on Nov. 9.
The Fisher-Price Corn Popper, a push toy with colorful balls, has been a repeat finalist for encouraging babies who are learning to walk. My Little Pony mini horses are in the running after outselling even Barbie for several years while at the height of their popularity between 1982 and 1993, according to the Hall of Fame.
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