The Toys That Built America

The Toys That Built America

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S1 E3: Toy Car Wars

28 Min Left • Original Air Date: Dec 12, 2021

A young machinist in England invents one of the world's most successful toys when he creates a toy car small enough to fit inside a matchbox for his daughter to take to school; Elliot Handler creates one of the biggest toy rivalries in history.

10-10:51AM

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51 Min

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2021

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TV-PG

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S2 E5: Order Out of Chaos

Original Air Date: Nov 20, 2022

Hungarian professor, Erno Rubik's 3-D puzzle takes the world by storm; Leslie Scott stops at nothing to bring an iconic building block board game to market; Alexey Pajitnov risks everything to launch a video game obsession based on a puzzle.

9:07-10AM

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53 Min

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S2 E4: Brick by Brick

Original Air Date: Nov 13, 2022

At the height of the industrial age, Alfred Carlton Gilbert goes all in on a revolutionary steel building toy that inspires generations of Americans to build bigger; decades later, a struggling Danish carpenter creates the world's biggest toy empire.

8:14-9:07AM

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53 Min

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S2 E3: The Idea Man

Original Air Date: Nov 6, 2022

A visionary named Marvin Glass oversees the creation of many of the most iconic toys of the 20th century; from chattering teeth to a legendary game based on a mousetrap, Glass pushes the boundaries of what a toy can be and inspires generations.

7:23-8:14AM

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51 Min

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S2 E2: The Birth of Video Games

Original Air Date: Oct 30, 2022

Defense contractor Ralph Baer invents the world's first home video game console, but it is soon eclipsed by a new table tennis game; when a third pioneer, Jerry Lawson, creates a console featuring swappable games, the video game industry explodes.

6:32-7:23AM

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51 Min

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S2 E1: Masters of the Toy Universe

Original Air Date: Oct 23, 2022

After passing on the biggest deal in toy industry history, Mattel President Ray Wagner finds himself a step behind former colleague-turned-rival Bernie Loomis.

5:42-6:32AM

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50 Min

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