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Play set:Weebles playground set

Hasbro, Inc.1973

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

In the early 1970s, Playskool introduced a new line of roly-poly toy called Weebles. Egg-shaped figures small enough for a youngster's hand, Weebles wobbled in just the right way to make a kid chuckle. For a precocious child, there is a lesson in gravity in the way Webbles work, but really, Webbles are just too much fun to worry about how they work. Since 1971, Playskool has offered more than 115 Webble characters in addition to about 40 figures in the line of larger Webbles it introduced in 2010. To add play to the figures, Playskool created scores of play sets for Weebles including vehicles (Wehicles), buildings, and furnishings, and many themed sets named after children's everyday activities and characters from children's books. Advertising Weebles, Playskool uses the catch phrase: "Webbles wobble, but they never fall down."

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  • Title: Play set:Weebles playground set
  • Creator: Hasbro, Inc.
  • Date Created: 1973
  • Location: USA
  • Subject Keywords: Weebles, playground
  • Type: Play Sets
  • Medium: plastic
  • Object ID: 112.58490
  • Credit Line: Gift of Carol Colombo
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