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Dec 22, 2017
A look at the action figures and other toys based on George Lucas' epic film series and how they became just as iconic and popular as the films themselves.
Dec 22, 2017
The story of Barbie, the best selling doll of all time.
Dec 22, 2017
The story behind Mattel's "Masters of the Universe" toy line featuring iconic characters like the heroic He-Man and the villainous Skeletor, became one of the most popular media franchises aimed at young boys in the 1980s.
Dec 22, 2017
A look at the G.I Joe, the first "action figure" (not a doll!) for boys from the original line in the 1960s to its revival in the 1980s, which included comic book and an animated series.
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The Toys That Made Us Season 1 (2017) is released on Dec 22, 2017 and the latest season 3 of The Toys That Made Us is released in 2019. Watch The Toys That Made Us online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. The Toys That Made Us is directed by Tom Stern,Brian Volk-Weiss and created by Nicholas Ferrell with Donald Ian Black and Kirk Bozigian. The Toys That Made Us is available online on Netflix and Netflix basic with Ads.
Toys can be more than simply children's playthings, the biggest ones can say so much about popular culture and the generations raised in it. This series covers the history of the major toylines of the post-World War II generations, the media franchises they represented, and how they reflected their times and how they changed with them.