September 4, 2008

TOTS Try Toys / TV WHIZ KID (Aug, 1955)

Filed under: Television, Toys and Games — @ 10:36 pm
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1955
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TOTS Try Toys

Before trying to sell a new product toy maker Oliver Garfield (Toy Development Co.) tests child reactions to them.

Garfield and physicist Arthur Pinker-ton assemble Geniac, a toy electronic brain that flashes replies to queries.

TV WHIZ KID

Steve Allen, 13, with color TV he designed and built. Atherton, Calif., boy has been an electrical prodigy since the age of two.

Steve, whose color set was among first 100 in San Francisco area, made over $1000 last year repairing sets in his neighborhood.

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