The National Toy Hall of Fame is pretty spot on as far as what toys are gracing its halls. The hall was established in 1998. Here’s a complete list of toys in the hall to date. The National Toy Hall of Fame does include some of my favorite toys but it is missing a few so I now give you the Scot Frassetto Toy Hall of Fame.
Ball- The simplest toy but you can play catch, kickball, 4 square, the list goes on forever. This toy spans over all generations. Plus it’s a toy that keeps you active.
Mini Gumball Machine Football Helmets- These are what got me interested in broadcasting. I would play with these and do play by play moving the helmets around my floor. I even kept the scores and stats on notebooks.
Big Wheel- This is in the National Toy Hall of Fame as it should be. As a former Big Wheel Champion at the Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna, I don’t know how my childhood would have been without this toy. I remember my first big wheel. It was red, yellow, and black with a cobra on it. I loved racing my friends or pushing it around in the snow.
GI Joes- I’m assuming the GI Joes in the Hall are the original GI Joes. Those were fine but I played with the smaller ones from the 80’s and 90’s from the cartoon. Out of all the toys I had I probably spent most time playing with my GI Joes.
Hot Wheels- Get this toy in the Hall of Fame!!! Possibly the best toy ever. Popular when my dad was a kid, popular when I was a kid, popular now. Play with them, collect them it doesn’t matter. My favorite thing was to race them on the ramps that Hot Wheels made. A few years ago my cousins and myself (all of us but one were out of high school) set up the ramp and had race offs all afternoon. Man I loved being a kid.
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