Because it was extraordinarily expensive the Pascaline became little more than a toy, and status symbol, for the very rich both in France and throughout Europe.

Mumy also played the character of young Pip, a boy who enjoyed playing with his father but was always ignored, in the episode " In Praise of Pip " ( September 1963 ), and the character of Billy Bayles, a boy who talks to his dead grandmother through a toy telephone, in the episode " Long Distance Call " ( March 1961 ).

The graphics, by Adrian Carmack, Kevin Cloud and Gregor Punchatz, were modelled in various ways: although much was drawn or painted, several of the monsters were built from sculptures in clay or latex, and some of the weapons are toy guns from Toys " R " Us.

Sales skyrocketed for the toy, which was marketed as a new sport.

The doodle was composed of five clay balls in the Google colors placed beside a toy block with a " G " on it.

But the harmonica still represented a toy instrument in those years and was associated with the poor.

Initially intended as a science tool, the kaleidoscope was later copied as a toy.

The embryonic console was revealed to the computing press at a toy fair held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in February 1989.

Other sceptics in the 1980s argued the photo was that of an otter or a diving bird, but after Christian Spurling's confession most agree it was what Spurling claimed – a toy submarine with a sculpted head attached.

Essentially, it was a toy submarine bought from F. W.

The growth of Internet radio from a small experimenter's toy in the mid-1990s to a huge phenomenon allowing both small do-it-yourselfers and large commercial stations to make their offerings available worldwide was seen as a threat to over-the-air music broadcasting, and was nearly shut down by onerous licensing demands made by the recording industry.

It was the first toy ever advertised on television.

This pulley was connected by a cord to a little paper toy representing a man sawing wood.

The mechanical governor was, however, still employed in some toy phonographs ( such as those found in talking dolls ) until they were replaced by digital sound generators in the late 20th century.

In January 1975, Atari staff set up a Home Pong booth at a toy trade fair in New York City, but was unsuccessful in soliciting orders.

The toy version ( made by Character Options Ltd .) was slightly larger to accommodate a working soundchip.

A common misconception is that the Doctor Who production team at BBC Wales were so impressed by how much more resilient the toy sonic screwdriver was than the real prop, that they obtained moulds of the original prototype of the toy to use in the 2006 series, in fact, this was not the case.

In relation to the prop, the size and proportions of the toy are broadly similar, unlike 2005-2010 Sonic Screwdriver, where which the toy version was made larger to accommodate a working soundchip.

Like the Doctor's screwdriver and Sarah Jane's lipstick, the Master's laser screwdriver was also created as a children's toy with sound effects.

In their leisure time the children created a number of fantasy worlds, which were featured in stories they wrote and enacted about the imaginary adventures of their toy soldiers along with the Duke of Wellington and his sons, Charles and Arthur Wellesley.

The image is of a toy model of " Il Tempo Gigante ", the main race car featured in the movie.

It has been featured in numerous toy lines, animated films, video games and television series for children, along with several television documentaries.

Mannheim Steamroller featured a toy piano in their song " Midnight On a Full Moon " from the album Fresh Aire III ( 1979 ).

They are not to be confused with the Marvel Megamorphs toy line, which also featured transformable mecha piloted by the superheroes.

In 1995, the toy store was featured in Woody Allen ’ s Mighty Aphrodite in the final scene where main characters Lenny and Linda have a chance encounter.

Topper Toys replied with a copy called " Secret Sam " that featured a toy gun that fired plastic bullets through the attache case and had a working camera that outsold 007's kit.

This season and the next featured the " Super Powers " tagline, which was part of a marketing tie-in with a toy line of the same name produced by Kenner and designed by Jack Kirby.

In 2007, lead paint used by a contract toy manufacturer in China prompted Mattel to issue recalls for nearly a million toys, many of which featured Sesame Street and Nickelodeon characters, including Dora the Explorer.

When opened, the toy featured the face used in the video games.

Meal featured a Dasani water bottle, a salad, a pedometer instead of a toy, and an exercise booklet.

The windup toy featured Abner dancing, Pappy on drums, Mammy with a drum stick, and Daisy Mae playing piano.

Giant robot characters that featured in the original toy line were:

The character of Onslaught has also been featured in video games and toy merchandise.

* Thunderbirds: while this mid-sixties series was originally not tied into a single range of toys, like other Gerry Anderson series it heavily featured vehicles that were strongly toyetic, and from its original run onwards through subsequent re-runs in many decades that followed it was accompanied by extensive merchandise in both Europe and Japan, most notably in the UK during the run-up to Christmas 1993, when demand for The Tracy Island toy set so massively outstripped supply that it became headline news and the example cited every Christmas since as the archetypal mistake the whole toy industry must avoid.

: This toy was featured on page 21 of the book Transformers: The Fantasy, The Fun, The Future by Erin Brereton, published by Triumph Books.

Although not interested in overall command, Ultra Magnus was the City Commander for Autobot City in Transformers The Movie, and his toy also featured him in the role of City Commander ( a title also held by his original opposite number, the Decepticon leader Galvatron ), which indicates that he at least is willing to accept a leadership role in a smaller capacity rather than as supreme commander, a role filled by both Optimus Prime and later Rodimus Prime.

Although the American toyline offers no supporting fiction for the Alternators toys, the line's Japanese counterpart, Binaltech, has featured a growing storyline, a new chapter released with each toy, making it clear that the Alternators / Binaltech timeline branches off from the animated series continuity prior to Transformers: The Movie.

Additionally, the 1987 Hasbro toy catalog featured a mis-transformed Fortress Maximus in a mode referred to as an " impenetrable fortress ", essentially consisting of his city mode with the legs splayed outwards.

When Hasbro began their own series of reissues, the " Powermaster Optimus Prime " toy they reissued was, in fact, the God Ginrai mold, and hence featured a die-cast cab and shorter, chromed smokestacks.

He is also featured in the new Marvel Universe toy line.

Shot over just one day and for a total budget of £ 500, it featured the entire team dressed up in military uniforms, an assortment of masks ( including one of Mario ) and toy guns.

In recent years, a Japanese store named E-hobby released a new Seeker toy called Sunstorm, in reference to a scene in the 1984 cartoon's pilot which featured an orangish yellow jet.

Despite no new DOOM releases in 2006, Kidrobot and Stones Throw released an 8 " tall Madvillain toy available to coincide with the release of the Chrome Children CD / DVD ( hosted by Peanut Butter Wolf ) which featured a DVD performance of Madvillain and several other Stones Throw artists.