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The first doll ever made is lost, but a 4,000-year-old stone head from Pantelleria is the oldest known toy doll. Here is how it compares with Egypt’s paddle dolls and a 28,000-year-old ivory figure.
Teddy bear museums checked against official sources in October 2026, from Steiff in Giengen to Izu’s 1904 Teddy Girl, plus the Naples and Stratford museums that closed.
Eddy Goldfarb sold his first hit, Yakity Yak Talking Teeth, for $900 and licensed everything after. His patents trace a career from wind-up teeth to KerPlunk.
Lincoln Logs, Slinky, Frisbee, Etch A Sketch, and Super Soaker: five famous toy inventions checked against their US patents and the National Toy Hall of Fame.
The first soft toy depends on what you count: papyrus-stuffed dolls from Roman Egypt, Steiff’s 1880 felt elephant, or the 1902 plush bear. Here is the record.
The oldest stuffed animals in museum catalogs date to 1892, and the oldest firmly dated plush is a 1904–1905 Steiff bear. Here are the objects, their records, and the gaps.