Who made the Hasbro i-Dog Robotic Music Loving Canine?”
I’m going to give you some highlights of the company’s history: Hasbro was founded in 1923 by two brothers, Henry and Helal Hassenfeld, in a small office in Providence, Rhode Island. Originally named Hassenfeld Brothers, the Company first sold textile remnants, but soon moved into manufacturing pencil boxes and school supplies. Henry Hassenfeld’s son, Merrill, became president of Hassenfeld Brothers and the Company expanded its product line to include paint sets, wax crayons, and its first toys, doctor and nurse kits. A “groundbreaking” toy was created in 1952 — MR. POTATO HEAD! MR. POTATO HEAD was the first major toy success for Hasbro and revolutionized the toy industry by being the first toy to be advertised on television. Hasbro launched the world’s first “action figure” in 1964 – G.I. JOE. The designers at Hasbro wanted to provide boys with a poseable figure as a plaything, but the no one thought that boys would play with a “doll,” hence the creation of the term “action figure.”
