Mr. Potato Head Celebrating 50 Years Of One Sweet Potato! [Hardcover]

Gilbert King (Author)

Book Description

Those eyes! That nose! Those unforgettable ears! Who'd have thought Mr. Potato Head would enjoy such a long and distinguished career?Originally introduced in 1952, it was the first toy advertised on television, and its popularity sent children running into the kitchen to beg a potato from Mom. It came to life again in Disney's Toy Story movies decades later, where it was immortalized as a bona fide icon of the childhood toy box.Now the beloved spud gets the royal treatment in our special 50th anniversary kit, containing new and improved 50th anniversary facial parts, potato, and body, plus a wonderfully entertaining full-color book on the history of one of America's favorite playthings. With enormous nostalgic appeal, this kit appeals to everyone from adults who owned a Mr. Potato Head kit in the 1950s to a new generation of youngsters drawn to a simple toy that encourages fun, imaginative play.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Running Press (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762412267
• ISBN-13: 978-0762412266
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 5.3 x 4.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,930,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Celebrating Mr. Potato Head, September 24, 2010

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This review is from: Mr. Potato Head Celebrating 50 Years Of One Sweet Potato! (Hardcover)

Mr. Potato Head Celebrating 50 Years of One Sweet Potato is a 32-page book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary Mr. Potato Head and his family. The book's pages are bound together by three blue ribbons threaded through metal grommets and attached in like fashion to a box appropriately containing a retro Mr. Potato Head.

RETRO Mr. Potato Head

The retro Mr. Potato head does not resemble today's potato person, but instead replicates the first plastic version circa 1964. Retro Spud has the traditional potato head and also a long lost torso, little stumpy legs, and smallish feet. He rests on a round, gold colored stand that resembles an upside down pie pan. On the pie pan pedestal is written "Happy 50th Birthday" in blue script against a bright orange background.

On Potato Head's red torso are the initials HB in fancy cursive above a printed "HASBRO". Permanently attached to his torso are mini hands and feet. Retro Mr. Potato Head stands about 8 ½" tall, 6" of which are his large potato head. This head is not perfectly smooth but actually simulates the look of an actual potato with indentations, gashes and lines, his beauty marks. Attached to the head are removable ears, mouth, nose/ moustache piece, eyes, and a round brimmed hat like one that may have been worn 100 years ago.

This Potato Head is a bit top heavy and easily tips over during handling. It happened several times while I examined him for this review. This might be why his green feet were taped to his stand out of the box.
The 50th anniversary Potato Head is not equipped with any extra parts.
The spare parts tucked into his hinged rear door were added years later.

THE BOOK

Mr. Potato Head Celebrating 50 Years of One Sweet Potatoby Gil King is my kind of book in that it has few pages and lots of pictures. Its 5" by 10" dimensions match those of the box to which it is attached. Using blue ribbon to connect book and box makes the package attractive and gift-like, but makes for an annoying reading experience. I found it tedious and troublesome to turn the pages and even tore the bottom hole of one page while flipping it normally. It's probably possible to unknot each ribbon to make book and box separate, but it seemed like too much work for me. I read the entire "book" in less time than it would have taken to perform those manipulations.