Play doh history

When you start to think about the educational toys, no doubt the play dough stays on the top positions in your list. If it is not, it certainly should be. Usually People prefer to use the famous Hasbro Toys brand name "Play-Doh". It is believed has the best structure of any that have been found and better storage life than others. And here are some facts from the play dough history.

1956
PLAY-DOH Brand original compound is a non-toxic and reusable modeling combination developed in Cincinnati by Rainbow Crafts ,it is displayed and sold in a toy department of famous Woodward & Lothrop Store in Washington, D.C. PLAY-DOH brand compound is available just in one color and one size, 1.5-pound of off-white can. The year before, it had been presented to public.

1957
Appear the new three colors in the PLAY DOH compound line – blue, red, yellow, which are available in the three-pack. Earlier TV commercial featuring Miss Frances on "Captain Kangaroo" and "Ding Dong School".

1958 is the next step in play doh history
The four-pack appears, including the previous blue, yellow, red plus the white new play doh Compound, that debuted at American Toy Fair.

1960
The newly appeared FUN FACTORY play set extends the line, so PLAY DOH Pete debuted with new logo.

1964
PLAY-DOH Compound comes to the international market. It appears on sale in Italy, France and England.

1970
The PLAY-DOH Pete TV advertising, featuring the famous image on all packaging of PLAY DOH Compound, is acknowledged to the top of 100 best Advertising Age commercials.

1971
Kenner Products has merged with Rainbow Crafts, so playdoh Compound has become the essential part of well-known Kenner line.

1972
Wow! The 500,000,000th can of famous playdoh Compound is released out of a factory.

1983
Play Dough Compound introduces to the public the new pack of eight Rainbow colors. The four new colors were added to the original four.

The next step in play dough history is 1986
After 30 years of producing the cardboard cans, the play dough Compound packaging receives a makeover. Very tightly sealed, and easy-to-open the plastic containers that ensure the longer-lasting life of compound.

1991
PLAY-DOH Compound has joint Hasbro, Inc. as the part of the new Playskool line, when Hasbro purchased the TONKA Corporation and Kenner and Parker Brothers divisions.

1996
In the 40th own birthday of play dough Compound, two new colors were introduced by Hasbro , silver and gold along with new PLAY-DOH CREATIONS, the new educational game on CD-ROM for kids.

1997
The play doh fuzzy pumper barber & beauty shop play set, introduced with a play character whose "hair" is possible to extrude and style, so was re-introduced in 20 years after the first appearance.

2000
The PLAY DOH the Colorful Campaign collected over 100,000 votes to define the country's beloved colors of playdough compound. Purple Paradise, Rose Red, Blue Lagoon, and of course Garden Green won as favorites.

The next step in play dough history is 2003
The great PLAY DOH CREATIVITY TABLE was introduced. It is all-in-one play station that provides a space for a creative play, including the markers and crayons and PLAY-DOH compound!

2006
PLAY-DOH Compound turned 50 years. To mark this milestone, Hasbro presented the PLAY DOH BIRTHDAY BUCKET and moreover the play doh 50-PACK of variety of colors, that includes six new amazing pastel colors. Furthermore the famous PLAY DOH FUZZY PUMPER BARBER and BEAUTY SHOP play sets has returned as the exciting FUZZY PUMPER CRAZY CUTS play set, what is more the PLAY DOH CREATIVITY CENTER offered to kids the new place for playing, plus a lot of storage and a nice handy Pick Up Stick to help to clean playdough off the playing surfaces.

So, now you know some main facts from the play doh history.