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Atari 2600 inducted into National Toy Hall of Fame photo

It was announced today that among the twelve toys nominated, the Atari 2600 was one of three to be inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at the Strong National Museum of Play. The other two? Raggedy Andy and the kite. Yeah, we'll get to that in a minute.

The museum's curator, John Paul Dyson, notes that Atari's system paved the way for today's gaming consoles, and "mesmerized a generaion with games such as Space Invaders, Pac Man, and Frogger." You don't say. 

My question is, who's in charge of deciding what to induct and what not to? The 2600 now has its spot, and most deservedly so, but the kite? Really? How was that not already in there?  Among the toys beaten out by the Atari were Hot wheels and Yahtzee, so it sounds like this is a pretty tough joint to get into. It's at least nice to see our classic gaming roots getting some respect out there, or as much as you can garner when you share a room with the teddy bear, roller skates and Mr. Potato Head. 

 








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Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/08/2007 17:11
Topher Cantler
Let me state for the record that I am actually a very big fan of Mr. Potato Head.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/08/2007 17:12
Cheeburga
Haha. :]

Pogs?
DangerousD's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/08/2007 17:12
DangerousD
On my wii typing this. I can get all these games on the net but its not the same.
Deathsaw's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/08/2007 17:21
Deathsaw
It's not a toy!! It's a gaming machine!*sniff*
Lord The Night Knight's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/08/2007 17:30
Lord The Night Knight
Maybe the kite lobby wasn't powerful enough until now.
DarkTetsuya's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/08/2007 17:38
DarkTetsuya
HOT WHEELS? Seriously? I mean I'll give em credit for including the 2600... although the NES was where videogames really hit it big, but that's a discussion for another time. HOT WHEELS should've already been on there, though.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/08/2007 17:51
Darren Nakamura
I agree with Dark Tetsuya, if there's anything I wasted the most of my money on in my early years (when getting ten dollars was a big deal), it was Hot Wheels. God I had a sick collection of Hot Wheels.
grrza's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/08/2007 17:59
grrza
the kite? Isn't that pretty abstract? I mean, shouldn't the atari version be 'the videogame' in that case?
DarkTetsuya's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/08/2007 20:26
DarkTetsuya
Dexter345:

Exactly... It was the same with me, when I wasn't playing Nintendo/Atari/etc. I had a huge collection of Hot Wheels/Matchbox/etc. cars...

Heck to this day I have a couple misc. die cast cars on my bookshelf.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/09/2007 01:14
Aaron Mxy Yost
They have a National Toy Hall of Fame?
Axle's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/09/2007 06:15
Axle
Surely Matchbox cars would be ahead of the inferior Hot Wheels production line model???
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