Warman's 101 Greatest Baby Boomer Toys [Paperback]

Mark Rich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 5, 2005

The kids of the 1960s are the collectors of today, and their toys are among the hottest items in the collecting world.

Warman's 101 Greatest Baby Boomer Toys brings the past alive with historic details surrounding the creation and evolution of timeless childhood favorites of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. More than 300+ detailed color photos accompany production history and background about the toy industry the year each toy appeared on store shelves. From Barbie, Mr. Potato Head and Rock' Em Sock'Em Robots to The Beatles Flip Your Wig game, Twister and Hot Wheels, this book offers unparalleled insight to the best Baby Boomer toys.

-Features 300+ color photos of listed toys for easy reference

-Contains a toy price guide section for updated values

-Covers more than 20 years of toys

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications (September 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896892204
• ISBN-13: 978-0896892200
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,110,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mark Rich has published in publications ranging from Poem, Rattle, and Ship of Fools to Analog, SF Age and Amazing Stories, during the course of his writing life. He spent somewhere around fifteen years writing for toy and antique magazines including Toy Shop and Toy Cars & Models. He reports that by the time he almost knew what he was doing, these magazines met the fate of many such print-based venues, in recent years.

Recently a number of his short stories have been collected into book form. His new March 2010 biography of Cyril Kornbluth is, he believes, fully as ambitious as his TOYS A TO Z, but much more adequately realized. His fascination with Kornbluth has been nearly life-long; and the work that led to the publication of the biography began before he started down the path of becoming "expert" at American toy-manufacturing history.

C.M. KORNBLUTH: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF A SCIENCE FICTION VISIONARY is, as the title suggests, an in-depth look at both the writer and his works. It ends with a short section that explores a particular thematic strand in Kornbluth's works.