Spirotot Toy by Kenner
date: label: date made
content: ca 1988
name: label: maker
content: Kenner Products
notes: label: Description
content: This orange and yellow plastic box contains four gray, clear plastic discs. The design discs are rotated with a pen to create a pattern as they revolve. The Spirotot was a creative drawing toy for young children. When new, this set included three pens and a pad of paper. Introduced by Kenner in 1968, this toy, ca 1988, is an updated version of the original. (Spirograph, introduced in 1966, was a design toy for older children. From 1966-1995 Kenner produced five Spirograph models: the original, Easy, Mega, Plus, and Super.)
label: Description
content: Kenner Products, an American toy company, was formed in 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Their most recognizable toys were: Easy-Bake Oven, a light bulb heated working toy oven; Spirograph, a geometric drawing toy and winner of the 1967 Toy of the Year award; Star Wars action figures and playsets, toys that doubled their earnings when they were released; and Stretch Armstrong, a 13” figure that could be stretched up to four feet. The Kenner organization was purchased several times by other companies including General Mills (1967), Tonka (1987), and Hasbro (1991). The Kenner name and product line remained until 2000 when Hasbro discontinued the Kenner line altogether.
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content: Sources:
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content: http://www.kennercollector.com (accessed 3/13/2019)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Toys
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Alan Gluchoff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.3007.01
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content: 2019.3007
label: catalog number
content: 2019.3007.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 16.6 cm x 24 cm; 25/32 in x 6 17/32 in x 9 7/16 in