The National Toy Hall of Fame just announced the 12 finalists for the 2021 class and there a few that have left me scratching my head.
The finalists from Museum of Play this year are:
American Girl Dolls
Battleship (How is this not already in there?)
Billiards (Is billiars really a toy?)
Cabbage Patch Kids (Another one that should have been in there already!) The Fisher-Price Corn Popper
Mahjong
Masters of the Universe toys
The piñata
Risk
Sand
The Settlers of Catan
The toy fire engine (Again, should have been in there decades ago!)
The winners will be voted on by toy industry experts, plus public voting at ToyHallOfFame.org for the next week. Around three of the 12 toys will wind up getting inducted and they'll be announced on November 4th.
Risk was also nominated last year, but it didn't make the cut. The three that did make it in last year were: Jenga, sidewalk chalk, and Baby Nancy.
