Talk:Tonka

message: There is another meaning for the word "tonka", which is a sort of rocket fuel, used for some time since 1940. According to the John Clark's "Ignition!" book on liquid rocket propellants (printed around 1970), von Zborowsky (the guy who also invented the term "hypergol") from Caltech lab (?) used the word "tonka" (after a coumarin bean with vanilla-like smell) as a codename for a fuel he worked with.
Confused, would-be poets such as myself might want to look at Tanka for info about the Japanese poem form.
I am not sure the General Mills information is correct. Is there a citation? -- No, the General Mills information was incorrect. It has been removed.
There are several problems with this article, and I intend to correct them. I don't know who Berg Holmgren was, but the chronology of events looks to have been passed down by his family, as Mound Metalcraft purchased the Streater templates for two toys after Streater had failed to market them. If Berg Holmgren designed those two toys, he did so for Ed Streater, not for Mound Metalcraft, and it was Mound Metalcraft that purchased them from Streater and marketed them as Tonka Toys. Anyway, I am going to start working on the article now. I will probably take my time and do it bit by bit, as I learn the formatting here. Any help in Wikifying what I put in would be appreciated. Dennis M. Myers 00:42, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Can someone in the know insert the location(s) of the company HQ over the years --all we have now is Hasbro's. --A Good Anon 08:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  location, location, location 

message: When I was growing up, I was told that the thing that marked Tonka toys as different from their competitors was their near indestructible build-quality, i.e. that they were specifically designed so that kids would be able to really punish them yet they'd still work. Can anyone confirm whether this is true? If it is then it would be good to have it mentioned in the article. A few photos of some of the toys wouldn't go amiss either! -- Hux 20:03, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The Tonka ethos

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Tonka logo.png

message: I think that photo of the Tonka truck should be deleted or have it's caption changed because it seems to give the wrong impression that a Tonka toy design was made into a real vehicle when in reality it's just a CGI image that even then might not fall under fair use.--Anguirus111 03:44, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tonka toy made 'real' 

message: Tonka has been crtisized by Feminist critics, based on its current ad campaign "Built for Boyhood"...
Check it out 
http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/tonka-built-for-boyhood/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.202.10.103 (talk) 20:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gender Roles 

message: I am from MOund Minnesota.Original home of TONKA TOYS. I would like more info on Tonka Toys dumping into Lake Minnetonka. Rumor has it that they moved to Mexico to avoid dumpng fines.I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE. IT IS JUST WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD. Mound is a very small town with VERY VERY high rates of cancer, immune disorders, autism and severe as well as rare birth defects.I worked in special ed several years back so I have seen this first hand and I have a son with autism, and many life threatening health problems.He and my daughter also have significant immune dificiencies.I have heard that when Lost Lake was uncapped, a few years back,instead of levels of toxins being lower,they were higher....I want to know what toxins?? I want to know some truth and solid facts....how much dumping did Tonka TOys do??What did they dump??and what are the long term affects on the environment.Noone is talking.There was a doctor her a few years back doing research on the subject but he was closed down. I want to know who closed him down and how?? Another doctor told me that there is a specific classification for us, "PIFM"- meaning patient is from Mound.When the docotors see this they know they will encounter many medical problems and few answers.He said we should ask what was dumped in the lake but the lake is all this small town has ,so far as revenue, so noone is going to even suggest that it may be unhealthy.
SOooo, do any of you Tonk TOys experts know WHERE DID THEY REALLY GO??WAS IT MEXICO?? WHERE ARE THEY NOW??DOES TONKA TOYS EVEN EXIST ANYMORE OR WAS IT TAKEN OVER BY HASBRO????WHERE DO THEY MANUFACTURE THEIR TOYS NOW???MORE IMPORTATNLY WHERE IS THEIR HEADQUATERS LOCATED????
Any help would be greatly appreciated.As a parent, I am just stabbing in the dark for answers.
Thanks Uhane  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Uhane (talk • contribs) 14:14, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:   researching tonka toys legacy 

message: Funrise Toys is (as of 2014) the importer/licensee of the Tonka brand from Hasbro, amongst a large collection of classic toy brands.  
(see http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/8/prweb9805292.htm) 
Is this a sufficiently wiki-relevant business and collector detail?
I'd think it would be of more interest to collectors down the road than, say, a feature film director's attachment to a project.
Thoughts?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.39.216.12 (talk) 21:56, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The first step in this answer is whether or not it has been reported in independent reliable sources. (It's worth noting this article is not specifically aimed at "collectors down the road". Collectors, in general, are interested in minutia that a more general audience would not care about.) - SummerPhD (talk) 22:17, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it warrants a small mention at least, like the video game rights and the original transfer to Hasbro. It's been mentioned in business press a few times in the twenty years of partnership (the deal began in 1998 and continues; Hasbro no longer maintains a website for Tonka and the brand is represented entirely in association with Funrise). I've added a small note about it. Mockingbus (talk) 06:09, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tonka licensed/impoted by Funrise under Hasbro license--Relevant? 

message: The article omits the history of E.C. Streater.  E.C. Streater allegedly producted wood products, specifically wooden ammunition cases during WWII.  From scrap wood, he produced wood toys that sold under the name "Tick Tock, made exclusively for Firestone."  Ive seen some of these toys on ebay.  The label has the "Tick Tock" and "Firestone" names.    Marc S.  206.192.35.125 (talk) 14:56, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you explain how this is connected to Tonka? Binksternet (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Streater

message: Yes, on Wikipedia, EVERYTHING is a revelation <samll>("a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way")</small>
That said, the meaningful part as far as this article is concerned is that there was a film in production, not that it was announced or revealed. Most of this (or any other) article could be rewritten with "revelations".
"The Winifred Museum in Winifred, Montana, has a collection of more than 3,000 Tonka toys."
becomes
"In 2012 it was revealed that the Winifred Museum..."
"In 1964, Tonka acquired the Mell Manufacturing Company in Chicago, allowing it to produce barbecue grills, eventually under the Tonka Firebowl label."
becomes
"In 1964 it was revealed that Tonka acquired..."
In short order, Wikipedia is no longer about anything real, it's all a series of revelations. - SummerPhDv2.0 02:07, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "revealed" 

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message: Hasbro is the parent company. Those other two never owned the brand. 2600:1008:B044:D9AC:0:39:A07F:B401 (talk) 16:59, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parents