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Toys

This category includes many websites that relate to collecting Toys. Sites found here will include personal collectors, clubs and informational sites or other sites which relate to the acquisition, display, identification, and conservation of these collections. Toy related subcategories include: Cars and Trucks, Beanie Babies, Dolls, Teddy Bears, Marbles, Action Figures, Fast Food, etc.

Acceptable sites should contain original content pertaining to the acquisition, display, identification, and conservation of "Toys" that would be useful or of interest to collectors. For quick review please search through the subcategories to find the correct placement of your site.

Commercial sites will not be accepted in this category.

Sites with a shopping and/or heavy commercial focus should be submitted instead to the Antique and Collectible toys and games or the general Toys and Games shopping category.

Action Figures

For a toy to be considered an "action figure", it must be more than a static piece of plastic. By "action", it implies movable parts - be they shoulder, elbow or knee joints, or a swiveling head or waist. In collector's jargon, these movable parts are called "points of articulation".

Action figures also include accessories (weapons, tools, clothing and vehicles) and action features such as combat moves, battle damage, transformation, and electronic light-up eyes.

In other words, if the figures have no moving parts they are not considered "action figures". This includes all of the following: statues, sculptures, and static (non-moving) figures of metal, plastic, vinyl, resin and/or PVC.

Dolls such as Barbie are also not considered action figures. If they are larger versions of figures with real clothing and movable parts (such as Star Wars and GI Joes), they are referred to as 12-inch figures, not "dolls".

Submission Guidelines

The main action figures category is for general action figure fan pages and professional resource sites that offer a collector''s focus over online shopping.

Action figure sites with a heavy commercial focus, serving primarily as shopping sites are considered "Dealers" and should be submitted only to the Shopping - Action Figures category.

If you are an official licensee, distributor or manufacturer of action figures and you also sell or display your products online, please submit to the Companies and Manufacturers category.

Cars and Trucks

This category is a listing for collectible and antique toy cars and trucks, as well as construction and transportation toys. These toys are primarily made from pressed steel, cast iron, tin and aluminum. The toys were generally made expressly for the purpose of play by children and were not made as models. Some of the reproductions listed were toys originally and are now manufactured purposely as collectors models.

Please submit only sites about collecting toy cars, trucks, and other vehicles in this category.

Sites selling collectible toy cars, trucks, and related products should be listed under Shopping: Antiques_and_Collectibles: Toys_and_Games: Cars_and_Trucks.

Chats and Forums

This category is specifically for chat or message boards where the emphasis is on a variety of toys, rather than one specific toy.

Dolls

This category pertains to the recreational hobby of collecting dolls. Types of sites found in this category may be personal collector pages, published articles relating to collecting, shows, published magazines, doll chat, clubs, and forums.

If a listing is in a language other than English, it should be submitted to its appropriate World language category.

Please note that sites or businesses which sell dolls are not permitted in this category. If you have a retail site, please submit the site to the appropriate category below:

For collectible dolls: Shopping/Antiques_and_Collectibles/Toys_and_Games/Dolls
or for play type dolls: https://curlie.org/Shopping/Toys_and_Games/Dolls/

Please only submit the main URL of a website to the Curlie Directory. Deeplinks of a site which is already listed will not be permitted.

Multiple submissions are not necessary and will be deleted. Mirror urls are not permitted. In addition, please only submit a site to one specific category of the directory.

Specific doll sub-categories include: Barbie, Cabbage Patch, Chatty Cathy, Dawn, Gene, Jinny and Licca, Madame Alexander, Polly Pocket, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Sasha, and Strawberry Shortcake.

Additional doll sub-categories available are Antique, Artist, Paper, Publications, Organizations, and Shows.

If a website is still under construction, please refrain from submitting it for consideration until it is completed.

Please read the Curlie submission guidelines carefully prior to submission. Thank you.

Erector Sets

Category contains sites related to collecting Erector and Metal Construction sets. Site are anything from personal collector sites, dealer sites, articles and informational sites, organizations, etc.

Fast Food Toys

This category is for sites related to collecting Fast Food Toys and premiums. Types of sites found in this category may be anything from personal collector websites, articles relating to collecting, dealers of fast food toys, etc.

Lego

Lego is a "brick" toy construction system used by fans of all ages to create art, towns, vehicles, buildings, trains, boats, bridges, people, animated movies, robots, planes, and every conceivable object.

Submit sites about Lego bricks. Search the subcategories for appropriate placement of themes, models, users groups, animation, theme parks, etc..

Category is also appropriate for vintage Lego toy collections.

Sites selling Lego products should be submitted to: Shopping/Toys_and_Games/Construction/Lego/

Magic Lanterns

Magic Lanterns are an early form of slide projector.

Music Boxes

Automatic, mechanical musical instruments. Music boxes, player pianos and others.

Replicas

This category is for "replica" or "unlicensed" toys.

The latest Star Wars action-figure is easily found on the shelves of toy stores, but what about those foreign knock-off figures like Darth Vader riding a police motorcycle with "Bump-and-Go" action? This is what is called a "replica" or "unlicensed", or sometimes "bootleg" toy.

Sewing Machines

Category contains websites related to collecting Toy Sewing Machines. Types of sites found in this category may be anything from personal collector websites, articles relating to collecting, dealers, etc.

Silly Putty

Silicone bouncing putty, sold in egg shaped containers.

Snowglobes

This category is for sites related to collecting Snowglobes, Snowdomes, Shakers, etc. Types of sites found in this category may be anything from personal collector websites, articles relating to collecting, dealers of snowglobes, etc. "These plastic water filled objects are a piece of Nostalgia. They represent our childhood, memories of vacations, Christmas and happy times. We can visit places we have been and places we hope to see someday! They are the "world" encased in water and snow." Quoted from Linda's Snowdome Page.

Snugglebumms

Created in the mid-1980s, Snugglebumms was distributed by Playskool - a Milton Bradley Company at the time, bought by Hasbro in 1984. Although not a cartoon, there were a few series of toys and games based on the characters. They were distributed internationally under different names - Knuffelbunt in Germany, Les Bum-Bum in France, and other countries TroelieWoelies or Cuchi-Cuchis.

Sites predominantly containing Snugglebumms content may be listed including (but not limited to) fan pages and images galleries. If your site doesn't meet the above criteria and is submitted here anyway, inclusion in the directory can be delayed by the sorting process. Please try to find the most specific category for your site before submitting. Thank you, and please enjoy submitting your website.

Tamagotchi

Tamagotchi (egg watch) is a tiny pet from cyberspace who needs your love to survive and grow. If you take good care of your Tamagotchi pet, it will slowly grow bigger, healthier, and more beautiful every day. Bit if you neglect your little cyber creature, your Tamagotchi may grow up to be mean or ugly.

Please submit sites about the Tamagotchi virtual/ digital pet.

Teddy Bears

This category is for all sites about collecting various types of teddy bears, as well as related organizations and publications.

Please submit only informational sites dealing with the hobby of collecting teddy bears.

Sites selling teddy bears, which also list prices and give ordering information, should be submitted to Shopping: Toys and Games: Stuffed Animals: Teddy Bears. Companies engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of plush bears should be submitted to Business: Industries: Manufacturing: Consumer Products: Toys.

Toy Soldiers and Figures

Information about collecting toy soldiers and related civilian figures and animals is the focus of this category. These figures are often but not always to scale, and have been in production by various manufacturers for centuries. While most figures can be used for gaming, you will find smaller scale gaming miniatures in the related Miniatures category. Retailers of figures may be found in the Shopping subcategory.

Please submit only hobby and informational sites to this category. Retailers may submit to Shopping: Antiques and Collectibles: Toys and Games: Toy Soldiers and Figures. Manufacturers who do not offer online sales may submit to Business: Consumer_Goods_and_Services: Toys and Games: Toy Soldiers and Figures. Thank you.

Yo-Yos

This category is about yo-yos, yo-yo players and yo-yo history.

Submit sites that contain tricks, tips, reviews, models, or discussion about the yo-yo toy.