Intellectual Property Law

Ordinary Stick Voted Into Toy Hall of Fame

By Ann Bartow

Not a joke. Here is an excerpt from an account by the AP:

… The lowly stick, a universal plaything powered by a child’s imagination, landed in the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday along with the Baby Doll and the skateboard.

The three were chosen to join the Strong National Museum of Play’s lineup of 38 classics ranging from the bicycle, the kite and Mr. Potato Head to Crayola crayons, marbles and the Atari 2600 video game system.

Curators said the stick was a special addition in the spirit of a 2005 inductee, the cardboard box. They praised its all-purpose, no-cost, recreational qualities, noting its ability to serve either as raw material or an appendage transformed in myriad ways by a child’s creativity. …

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Full post as published by Madisonian.net on November 09, 2008 (boomark / email).