The Toy Hall of Fame, which has in the past inducted sand and a stick, is going organic again with the nomination of snow.
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“Is snow just precipitation—or the ultimate vehicle for play?” asked the announcement of finalists on Wednesday, Sept. 17.
A dozen contenders are vying for induction in November into the hall of fame, overseen by the Strong National Museum of Play, in Rochester, N.Y. Most recent years have seen three selections.
Besides snow, the 2025 finalists are:
• Board games Battleship, Catan, Connect Four and Trivial Pursuit
• Creative toys Spirograph and Slime
• Active toys cornhole, the scooter and Star Wars Light Saber
• Doll/plush creatures Furby and Tickle Me Elmo
The “player’s choice” ballot will be open through Sept. 24, allowing one vote per day on the finalists.
Toys that don’t make the cut can try again: My Little Pony finally got into the hall last year, its seventh time on the ballot.
The hall of fame was inaugurated in 1998 and now has 87 inductees.
Toy Hall of Fame inductees: Full list through 2024
alphabet blocks
American Girl Doll
Atari 2600 Game System
baby doll
Baby Nancy
ball
Barbie
baseball cards
bicycle
Big Wheel
blanket
bubbles
Cabbage Patch Kids
Candy Land
cardboard box
checkers
chess
Clue
coloring book
Crayola Crayons
dollhouse
dominoes
Duncan Yo-Yo
Dungeons & Dragons
Easy-Bake Oven
Erector Set
Etch A Sketch
Fisher-Price Corn Popper
Fisher-Price Little People
Frisbee
G.I. Joe
The Game of Life
Hot Wheels
Hula Hoop
jack-in-the-box
jacks
Jenga
jigsaw puzzle
jump rope
kite
LEGO
Lincoln Logs
Lionel Trains
Lite-Brite
little green army men
Magic 8 Ball
Magic: The Gathering
marbles
Masters of the Universe
Matchbox Cars
Monopoly
Mr. Potato Head
My Little Pony
Nerf
Nintendo Game Boy
paper airplane
Phase 10
pinball
Play-Doh
playing cards
puppet
Radio Flyer Wagon
Raggedy Ann and Andy
Risk
rocking horse
roller skates
rubber duck
Rubik’s Cube
sand
Scrabble
sidewalk chalk
Silly Putty
skateboard
Slinky
Star Wars action figures
stick
Super Soaker
swing
teddy bear
Tinkertoy
Tonka Trucks
top
Transformers
Twister
Uno
View-Master
Wiffle Ball
