The popular Rochester, N.Y., agency announced the 12 finalists for the Class of 2024 who will be onboarding this November, including iconic toys such as balloons, remote-controlled cars, rocking horses and trampolines. Transformers is once again a nominee as the brand celebrates its 40th anniversary, while the Hess Toy Truck is also looking for a spot to celebrate its 60th anniversary. My Little Pony, the Pokémon trading card game. Apples to Apples, the Choose Your Own Adventure game book, Phase 10, and Sequence all fall into this category.
The National Toy Hall of Fame honors generations of toys and receives thousands of nominations each year. Fans can vote for their favorite finalists in a Players Choice poll at toyhalloffame.org from September 18-25. The three toys with the most votes will be selected along with three other toys selected by the National Selection Advisory Committee. Final 2024 inductees will be announced in November.
To date, the following 84 toys have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame: alphabet blocks, American Girl dolls, Atari 2600 game system, dolls, Baby Nancy, balls, Barbie dolls, baseball cards, bicycles, wheels, blankets, bubbles Bubbles, Cabbage Kid, Candy Land, Cardboard Box, Checkers, Checkers, Clue, Picture Book, Crayola Crayons, Dollhouse, Dominoes, Duncan Yo-Yo, Dungeons and Dragons, Easy Bake Oven, Setup Set, Etch a Sketch, Fisher-Price- Price Corn Popper, Fisher Price Little People, Frisbee, GI Joe, Game of Life, Hot Wheels, Hula Hoop, Doll Box, Jacks, Jenga, Jigsaw Puzzle, Jump Rope, Kite, Lego, Lincoln Log, Lionel Train, Lite-Brite, Green Man, Magic: The Gathering, Pinball, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox Cars, Monopoly, Mr. Potato Head, NERF, Nintendo, Paper Planes, Pinball, Play-Doh, Playing Cards, Puppets, radio rides, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Risk, rocking horse, skates, rubber duck, magic cubes, sand, Scrabble, sidewalk chalk, play dough, skateboard, Slinky, Star Wars action figure, stick, Super Soaker , swing, teddy bear, Tinkertoy, Tonka Trucks, top, Twister, Uno, View Master and Wiffle Ball.
