I did a phoner today about the three latest inductees to the National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester. I spoke to museum spokesperson Susan Trien, who seemed to share a genuine love for toys. She told me about this years inductees, Raggedy Andy, the kite, and the atari 2600 gaming system. I found it highly amusing that she spoke about andy being reunited with his sister, ann, as if the two are real people.
She also told me about the selection process, which is very thorough. An internal committee in the museum nominates toys, and then they send their nominees to a national selection committee. They then chose the top finalists, who are then finally chosen to be inducted. Typically, two toys are inducted in the museum, which has ran since 1968. However, this year three toys made it, becuase there was a lot of pressure to reunite raggedy andy with his sister raggedy ann. The criteria that goes into induction is longevity, discovery, icon status, and innnovation. She said the toys really need to trancend generations, and make a real impact.
She was very friendly and candid, so the interview went smooth. So did the newscast for the most part. Team A was done surprisingly early, around 3:15. Things always get messed up in the booth though, and we cut one story and had to shorten a lot after the break. We hit the post just in time. Another good week in the books.
(picture taken from National Toy Museum's website)
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