The Hall of Fame

It's nearing the end of baseball season so who's headed to Cooperstown?  It's the beginning of football season so who was honored in Canton? Hockey will soon be in full swing and who might be destined for Toronto?  There's even more serious fighting going on but these winners won't end up in Canastota. They may very well, however, end up in Rochester and they couldn't care less.  You see, these contenders are just lifeless, inanimate objects. But for those of us with children, grandchildren or even were children.....and believe me, I'm pretty sure I know some adults who were never children, the list contains Hall of Fame material that brought life to us all and made it ,oh, so much  more fun!
Here are the contenders for entry into the National Toy Hall of Fame.

• American Girl Dolls   ( they get my vote..........and my money)
• Bubbles   ( they turn baths into giggles and wands into wiggles)
• Little People ( we always called them midgets...oh wait.....they weren't toys)
• Hess trucks   ( bought them, kept them in the box, sold them at a profit)
• Little green army men (I wonder if the government knows they carry little green guns?)
• My Little Pony  (the only ones that were allowed in our "barn"..Jeff's allergic)
• Operation  ( loved it...no co-pay, no recovery, no enemas)
• Paper Airplanes  ( The price is right but no in-flight snacks)
• Pots and Pans  ( they're not getting "in")
• Rubik's cube  (still can't do it....causes depression)
• Slip and Slide  ( making your yard and inexpensive water park.....)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  (they're baaaaack)

If last year's winners ( the rubber duck and chess) are any indication of what two terrifically, tremendous toys will achieve infamy at The Strong, I'm choosing Bubbles ( a non thinking toy) and Operation ( strictly on the non-merits of Obama care.)  American Girls will get there eventually but history hasn't reached its pinnacle in the doll  (or education) world .........yet!!!