{"id":118734,"date":"2020-10-16T17:30:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T21:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.borndigital.com\/?p=118734"},"modified":"2021-05-28T15:26:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T19:26:59","slug":"mattel-unveils-fisher-price-digital-toy-museum","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/mattel-unveils-fisher-price-digital-toy-museum","title":{"rendered":"Mattel Unveils Fisher-Price Digital Toy Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need to Know<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Fisher-Price Toy Museum is a virtual collection dedicated to celebrating the Mattel brand&#8217;s 90-year anniversary.<\/li><li>The museum exists on Instagram with individual posts featuring images of Fisher-Price toys, organized by decade, with a caption that describes the toy&#8217;s function and date of release.<\/li><li>Users can also visit an adjacent &#8220;gift shop&#8221; where items printed with images of vintage Fisher-Price toys are for sale.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mattel subsidiary Fisher-Price now has its own online museum, the Fisher-Price Toy Museum, <a href=\"http:\/\/mattel.iprsoftware.com\/news\/mattel-opens-the-virtual-doors-to-the-fisher-priceR-toy-museum-to-celebrate-the-brands-90-year-legacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched this week<\/a> to celebrate the brand&#8217;s 90-year anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fisherprice.toymuseum\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fisher-Price Toy Museum<\/a> is a virtual experience that lives on Instagram, at @fisherprice.toymuseum. There, the brand&#8217;s most popular toys can be &#8220;visited&#8221; as individual Instagram posts, where they appear alongside photo captions detailing the toy&#8217;s function, date of release, and other interesting pieces of trivia and tongue-in-cheek museum-style commentary. The toys are organized by decade, ranging from the 1950s to the 2010s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ghupt9z9s6o0.cloudfront.net\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/13094911\/mattel-digital1-1024x1019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3ghupt9z9s6o0.cloudfront.net\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/13094911\/mattel-digital1-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d3ghupt9z9s6o0.cloudfront.net\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/13094911\/mattel-digital1-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3ghupt9z9s6o0.cloudfront.net\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/13094911\/mattel-digital1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/d3ghupt9z9s6o0.cloudfront.net\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/13094911\/mattel-digital1-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d3ghupt9z9s6o0.cloudfront.net\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/13094911\/mattel-digital1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Examples of the Fisher-Price toy museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A post featuring the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGOTyRAAcvp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rock-a-Stack<\/a>, for instance, from the 1960s, notes that the popular rainbow-colored stacking rings are pictured &#8220;with its distant cousins, stacked rocks!&#8221;, as\u00a0the image features the Fisher-Price toy styled beside towers of brightly painted rocks, in the style of a real museum diorama. &#8220;Even though they\u2019re both very colorful, the Rock-a-Stack is really the one that has helped toddlers learn about colors and hand-eye coordination for over 60 years,&#8221; the post continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Fisher-Price Toy Museum was inspired by the idea that, whether you were born in the 1950s, 1980s or 2000s, everyone has a memory of their favorite childhood toy, and many of those are from Fisher-Price,\u201d Chuck Scothon, SVP and Global Head of Infant and Preschool, Mattel, said in a statement. \u201cThe intent of this museum is to take visitors back to their unique childhood experiences, and give them the opportunity to relive their youth, even if just for a few moments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photos for the Fisher-Price Toy Museum were taken by photographer Leila Fakouri, who has previously worked with Levi&#8217;s, footwear brand Jeffrey Campbell, and cosmetics brand Almay. The museum was launched alongside a gift shop, featuring 16 items that celebrate the brand&#8217;s iconic vintage toys, including tote bags, housewares, and apparel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need to Know The Fisher-Price Toy Museum is a virtual collection dedicated to celebrating the Mattel brand&#8217;s 90-year anniversary. The museum exists on Instagram with individual posts featuring images of Fisher-Price toys, organized by decade, with a caption that describes the toy&#8217;s function and date of release. 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