Notes Design

Photo from AP: Chris Bensch, curator of collections, shows off the newest inductees into the Toy Hall of Fame, a stick.

Okay, technically, the Stick, Skateboard, and Baby Doll were inducted, but we're mostly interested in the stick part. You gotta hand it to those folks in Rochester for having the guts to do this, and to (sorry) draw a line in the sand with what any/every parent knows all too well:

"It's very open-ended, all-natural, the perfect price--there aren't any rules or instructions for its use," said Christopher Bensch, the museum's curator of collections. "It can be a Wild West horse, a medieval knight's sword, a boat on a stream or a slingshot with a rubber band. ...No snowman is complete without a couple of stick arms, and every campfire needs a stick for toasting marshmallows."

Guts indeed, given the backlash they must've received from one of their 2005 inductees: the cardboard box. We have no pick for next year; the cardboard box and the stick are it.

Thanks tort!