"Toy halls of fame to combine at N.Y. site" Associated Press, June 26, 2013
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The great minds of the toy industry will be honored alongside their famous creations when the Toy Industry Hall of Fame combines with the National Toy Hall of Fame under a partnership announced Tuesday.
The 5,000-square-foot National Toy Hall of Fame gallery at the Strong museum in Rochester will undergo $4 million in renovations, with the goal of opening the combined hall in the fall of 2015.
The Toy Industry Hall of Fame, whose inductees have included Milton Bradley, Frederick August Otto Schwarz, Walt Disney, and George Lucas, has been without a physical presence for about eight years following the closure of the International Toy Center in New York City.
Leaders of both halls have been talking for some time about combining the two as a way to raise their visibility and to promote their educational missions....
Games like Monopoly and The Game of Life reinforced faith in capitalism and the pursuit of the American dream....
I call it brainwashing.
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