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This Year’s Toy Hall of Fame Finalists Include: Connect Four, Cornhole, and Snow

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 The National Toy Hall of Fame revealed the 12 finalists for its 2025 class, and I finally understand why my parents never threw anything away.

The finalists this year are:  The board games Battleship, Catan, and Trivial Pursuit . . . Connect Four . . . Cornhole . . . Furbies . . . the scooter . . . slime . . . snow . . . the Spirograph . . . a “Star Wars” lightsaber . . . and Tickle Me Elmo.

The winners will be voted on by toy industry experts . . . plus public voting at MuseumOfPlay.org throughout the next week.  The inductees will be announced in November.

Battleship, slime, and Connect Four were all nominated two years ago, but they didn’t make the cut.  The three toys that got inducted last year were:  My Little Pony . . . Transformers . . . and the card game Phase 10.

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