• steve
• May 14, 2026
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Last Updated 5/18/26. Original publish date 12/4/22.

I maintain three toy lists on this site right now.

• This post, which is what I hope is a definitive list of the most iconic, classic toys that have stood the test of time and belong in every family’s toybox.
  
• The Most Popular Toys Not Made in China list which represents trending toys that are trending best sellers and also not made in China. That’s the list I’ll keep updating more often as best seller lists change, and have near-real time updates as the Christmas shopping season starts each year.
  
• Best Baby Toys Note Made in China – This one lists the best baby toys that you can be assured are safe and have never touched China soil.
  
• Best STEM Toys Not Made in China, which represents the best of the best toys for science, technology, engineering, and math.

This article was my original “Best Toys” article. It focuses less on current best sellers and more on iconic, timeless toys, many of which were first made in the USA and never left. The reason these aren’t on trending best seller lists isn’t because they’re not great toys, it’s simply because they’re so iconic that most families have them already. For example, we bought many boxes of Crayola Crayons over the years, and because they’re still made in America, they still work—unless weak colored wax sticks from China that break, smudge, or lose their ability to draw.

This is a list of timeless all-time great toys that should be on the list of every family.

I originally wrote a lot of commentary on the state of toy manufacturing in the USA, but instead of putting that up top, I moved that to the bottom. Feel free to scroll down to read it there.

And now on to the toys. Enjoy!

Best all-time classic toys not made in China

1. Slinky

If you grew up in the United States and were anywhere near a staircase, chances are you owned a Slinky. If you’re old like me, you probably have random moments in your life when you find yourself singing the jingle, “A Slinky, A Slinky, for fun it’s a wonderful toy; A Slinky, A Slinky, it’s fun for a girl and a boy”.

The Slinky was invented in 1943 by American naval engineer Richard T. James. While developing springs that could support instruments on the high seas, he accidentally knocked a spring off a shelf and noticed that it “stepped”. He developed the first Slinky shortly after, which was a hit with the neighborhood kids. He and his wife Betty took out a $500 loan and formed James Industries, selling their first 400 Slinky units for $1 each.

Here’s where the story gets a little strange. Many accounts say that Richard joined a religious cult and abandoned his family. In 2006, James’s daughter posted an online message saying that this story was her mother’s side of the story, but her dad’s side of the story was that he chose to do missionary work in Bolivia and asked his wife to join him. Whatever the case, Betty ended up becoming president of the company from 1960 to 1998 and moved the headquarters from Philadelphia to Holidaysburn, PA, where it still remains today and still produces 100% of the world’s Slinkys.

Since the beginning, Betty James insisted on keeping the price affordable, It stayed at $1 for years and today can still be had for under $3.

Slinky has passed through several owners in recent years. The James’ company was sold to Poof Products, Inc. in 1998. In 2003 they merged to create Poof-Slinky, Inc. This company was acquired by Alex Brands which folded in the spring of 2020, leading to the shutdown of the Holidaysburg factory and the auction of all of its assets. The Slinky brand (along with Shrinky Dinks) was acquired by Just Play, who re-opened the factory and started producing Slinkys again.

Fingers crossed that Just Play will continue to keep Slinky made in the USA, despite the huge pressure on them to move it to China.

2. Crayola Crayons

Not everything from the Crayola company is not made in China. As they create new product lines, it’s an unfortunate reality that a lot of their products, such as toys or plastic containers, need to be made there.

But they do seem to be making an effort to keep manufacturing in the United States. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that most of their crayons are still manufactured in the United States out of their factory in Easton, Pennsylvania. I was even more happy to see all the markers I have were made in the USA as well.

Being a huge company, Crayola does have manufacturing facilities all over the world, which explains why Amazon reviews are often conflicting. Your best bet to make sure you’re supporting your own country is the visit a store in person and check the box. Buying on Amazon is just too risky; sellers will often buy products in Asia manufactured out of Asian facilities and re-sell them on Amazon.

If you’ve ever been handed a box of crayons at the Olive Garden, you’ll know instantly the difference between Crayola crayons and cheap made-in-China crayons. China crayons break easily, they don’t color solidly, and they leave a mess. That’s why Crayola’s decision to avoid China manufacturing wasn’t just patriotic on their part, it was wise strategy. By not giving away their methods and procedures to Chinese contractors, they can keep their secrets to themselves. I wish other US manufacturers had this kind of foresight–instead, more and more China is taking their secrets, creating their own brands, and cutting out the middleman who graciously told them all they need to know.

The 152 crayon collection is their highest reviewed product on Amazon–it’s the biggest crayon box available and contains most of their current colors, as well as glitter and metallic crayons as well. It also has a carrying caddy and a sharpener.

For the more traditional among us, their classic 64 crayon box with the sharpener is still available, as are their classic assortments of 32 and 16 crayons.

I had the pleasure of visiting The Crayola Experience with my family recently. The concept of the “factory tour” in the United States is dying, as factories themselves die. But the Crayola Experience did a great job at giving people a little glimpse at the process of crayon manufacturing just a short distance away. They have stations where you can print your own labels and affix them to crayons. They have craft activities that involve melting crayons and splattering them onto paper or making them into molds. They have coloring activities such as designing and cutting your own puzzle. And for those kids with short attention spans, there’s a lot of room to run and climb until they get exhausted.

3. Wiffle Ball and Bat

While I was doing research for this page, three things shocked me about the Wiffle ball and bat. First, that The Wiffle Ball, Inc. is still an independent company. Second, that hasn’t been subsumed by a big toy conglomerate. And third, that all Wiffle Balls and Bats are still produced out of Shelton, Connecticut.

The Wiffle Ball was invented in 1953. For years, of course, kids used whatever they could find to play stickball all over the country, from the prairies of Oklahoma to the sidewalks of New York. A man named David Millany was observing his kids and his friends playing baseball with a broomstick and a plastic golf ball. His son complained that his arm hurt by trying to throw curveballs with the golf ball. After some experimentation and help from a friend who work in plastics, he patented something he called “Game Ball”

The rest, as they say, is history. You can find people playing Wiffle Ball in backyards, beaches, parks, and streets. There are even Wiffle Ball tournaments. The World Wiffle Ball Championship was established in 1989, spawning many other leagues. As of 2020, the United Wiffle Championship Tournament determines the best of the best.

Wiffle bats and balls should be part of every red-blooded American household. It’s simple and easy to learn and satisfies that innate need of every kid to hit something with a bat. It teaches hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, teamwork, and helps kids get acclimated to the concept of throwing and catching before they graduate to real baseballs. There is very little more satisfying to a parent to see the look of unadulterated joy in the eyes of their child when they make contact and send the Wiffle ball sailing. It is probably one of the closest things to the perfect toy ever made. And it’s cheap, and it’s made in the USA.

One caveat–I noticed on both Amazon and Walmart only third party sellers are selling these, which is often a magnet for counterfeiters or price gougers. Beware of the seller you buy from. Your best bet is to find a Wiffle ball and bat at a local store (I found one at my local CVS) and buy there.

4. Roy Toy Paul Bunyan 200 Piece Deluxe Building Set

In many ways, the story of Lincoln Logs is an excellent and tragic metaphor for that happened to US manufacturing.

Lincoln Logs were invented by John Lloyd Wright, the son of Frank Lloyd Wright, in 1916. They were a big hit, and in 1943, John sold his company to Playskool for a ridiculously low amount of money, even by today’s standards. The rights passed to Milton Bradley, then Hasbro, before K’NEX acquired the rights in 1999. Sadly, K’NEX moved production to China and essentially destroyed Lincoln Logs.

But in 2014, a company called Pride Manufacturing—to great fanfare—started producing them in Maine again. If you bought a Lincoln Logs set from 2015 to last year, you would have gotten a Made in the USA set.

In 2018, Basic Fun acquired K’NEX. They kept K’NEX and Lincoln Logs made in the USA, but according to this article from NPR (which aggravatingly, paints Basic Fun as a VICTIM of tariffs), more than 80% of their toy properties are made in China. Basic Fun’s business model seems to be the classic private equity model: buy an iconic American brand and get it mass produced in China (in the process destroying what made the brand special in the first place). There’s a long line of these kinds of brands that Basic Fun swallowed up, including Care Bears, Lite Brite, My Little Pony, Tonka, Stretch Armstrong, The Littlest Pet Shop, and dozens of other American classic.

Most recently, Pride Manufacturing has shut down. Basic Fun ostensibly went on a “desperate 45-day search” to find another US-based manufacturer, but not shockingly, they didn’t find one. And so Lincoln Logs, as of this writing, will be conveniently mass produced in China. Again.

Here’s the good news. There’s a company called Roy Toy Manufacturing based in East Machias, Maine that has been producing their own log toy since the 1930s. After the founder’s death in the 1960s Roy Toy stopped making these toy sets, but in 1992 the founder’s grandson decided to revive Roy Toy as a business.

In many ways, Roy Toy blocks are in spirit more “Lincoln Logs” than Lincoln Logs. As Lincoln Logs evolved to contain more cheap plastic parts for its roof pieces and wooden blocks that are glazed to the point of looking like plastic, Roy Toy continues to be made of 100% natural pine wood for all its pieces. The result are houses that really look rustic and authentically American. The pieces seem to fit and lock in place much more snugly than Lincoln Logs ever did, and the roof pieces are dyed red and green like the original Lincoln Logs and not cheap plastic parts (unlike the original, the dyes used are all food safe).

I bought a set of Roy Toy logs on a recent trip to the Valley Forge National Historical Park. Kudos to the National Park Service for sourcing products made in the USA. Even though my daughter and I have a giant tub of Lincoln Logs, it’s this set that we return to over and over again for play.

In addition to the sets I highlighted here, there is a 550 piece deluxe set that will let you build an entire frontier town!

I also love that Roy Toy has innovated much more than Basic Fun, who is clearly using Lincoln Logs as a cash cow and has no intention of spending any money to improve them. On their site, you’ll find “earth friendly” blocks that have no dye whatsoever, as well as houses you can build and paint.

5. TEDCO Gyroscope

I remember one of my favorite toys growing up was a Gyroscope that I got, probably on a field trip or a family vacation to a museum or planetarium. I was amazed to see that TEDCO still makes these today, pretty much the same way that they made them in 1917 (they acquired the Chandler Company, the original manufacturers of these, back in 1982 but kept their production largely in place).

In a world of fidget spinners, pop-its, and other mind-numbing time wasters, here’s a toy that is both mesmerizing and educational. If you’ve never used one, the way it works is that you wind a string around the gyroscope, yank it, and then balance the whole thing on a stand.

Like the other toys on this list, it’s a toy that no kid should grow up without. The one caveat I’d have is to watch out on Amazon–from the reviews it looks like a lot of people are probably getting counterfeits. Make sure you check that the “Sold By” is someone reputable, like Fat Brain or Amazon.

6. Silly Putty

A long time before “slime” became a thing, there was a thing called Silly Putty. Similar to the origin story of Slinky, Silly Putty was invented during World War II. James Wright was working at the General Electric lab in New Haven, Connecticut. There was a severe shortage of rubber, since the Empire of Japan had occupied most of the islands in the Pacific with rubber trees. So the US government enlisted US industry to try to come up with a synthetic replacement for rubber.

During Wright’s experimentation he mixed boric acid with silicone oil and discovered that it produced a material with unique physical characteristics–sometimes it acted like a solid (it bounces, breaks cleanly, and shatters when you give it a sharp blow), and sometimes it acted like a liquid (it can flow and form puddles over time). It wasn’t practical for making rafts, tires, and boots, but it was mesmerizing to play with–you could stretch it, bounce it, and it didn’t go bad over time.

Back when newspapers were printed with petroleum based ink, it could lift newsprint right off of newspapers (more recent printing uses soy ink, which is why that doesn’t work anymore–and why newsprint doesn’t come off on your fingers the way it used to). It also makes a good adhesive; astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission preparing for the moon landing brought it to space with them for that purpose.

A marketing consultant named Peter Hodgson decided to sell the putty. He came up with the idea of packaging it into eggs, calling it Silly Putty, and selling it for $1. Over 300 million eggs have been sold since then, and they’re still going strong, likely to outlast the current fads of slime, pop-its, and fidget spinners.

In 1977, Binney and Smith, the creators of Crayola, purchased Silly Putty and have owned it ever since. Just as they’re keeping production of their crayons in the USA, they’ve managed to keep Silly Putty made in the USA too. Long may it goo.

Buy it from Walmart–again, annoyingly a search for “Silly Putty” on Amazon yields a bunch of made in China counterfeits. Shame on them.

7. Calico Critters Red Roof Cozy Cottage Starter Set

Calico Critters are known as “Sylvanian Families” in Japan, where they started. These were a favorite of my daughter (and me) growing up. Unlike American toys that are more designed by lawyers than toymakers, Calico Critters dollhouses and accessories are completely true-to-life, not glued down to anything, and incredibly authentic in terms of their details.

For years, Calico Critters were made in China. I was very happy to see at a recent visit to a toy store that their iconic “Red Roof Cottage” is now made in Laos, not China. This is obviously a tariff-inspired decision, but if it forces more China factories to close and factories in developing countries to open, I hope it continues.

This is one where I’d definitely order for pickup from a brick and mortar store like Walmart so you can read the label. You never know if you’re getting old inventory or if they’ve decided to move factories again.

8. Barbie Playsets (YMMV)

I put a “your mileage may vary” note here because for years Mattel made every Barbie and Barbie accessory and playset out of China as well. On a recent trip to a toy store, I saw that the tides may have turned, likely thanks to tariffs.

The Barbie Dream Camper I saw was made in Mexico.

This Barbie car and Barbie boat were both made in Indonesia.

This is another one where I’d be sure to “trust but verify” by going to a brick and mortar store and checking the boxes. You’re likely to find a mix of made in China and not made in China. Buy the not made in China ones to send a message.

9. Faber-Castell Paint By Number Sets

Paint by number is one of those classic activities that became ruined once China monopolized supply chains for things like paintbrushes and acrylic paint. American brands that once made it (which outsourced to China in the first place) gradually went out of business, replaced by no-name, direct-from-the-factory junk from China sellers with nonsensical names.

Faber-Castell has introduced a series of very cool paint-by-number sets for adults in the style of famous artists, where adults (or children over 8) can recreate paintings by the masters on real canvas. Happily, they found a way to make them in India.

You can choose from Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, Irises, or Sunflowers; or Monet’s Water Lilies or Japanese Footbridge.

10. Hasbro Board Games

One of the brands that had gone all-in on China after globalization was Hasbro. Which is why I was very happy when I saw a few years ago—even before tariffs—that they were making a concerted attempt to reshore a lot of their manufacturing.

I was able to confirm several Hasbro board games as being made (or mostly made) in the USA. What really impresses me is the transparency; there are some molded plastic pieces that the US simply can’t seem to produce (largely due to Hasbro themselves shutting down American manufacturing capability and supply chains), but at least they seem to be trying. Here are the ones I confirmed have at least some manufacturing done in the US. I’m linking to Walmart because I believe you’ll have a better shot of finding NMIC inventory there, but I put links to Amazon as well.

• Monopoly (Made in USA, with dice and tokens made in China) – Walmart | Amazon
• Operation (Made in Vietnam) – Walmart | Amazon
• The Game of Life (100% Made in USA) – Walmart | Amazon
• Trouble (Made in USA with die made in China) – Walmart | Amazon
• Clue (Made in USA with Character Movers, Weapons, Dice made in China) – Walmart | Amazon
• Sorry (100% Made in USA) – Walmart | Amazon
• Connect 4 (100% Made in USA) – Walmart | Amazon
• Risk Made in USA with Dice, Army Figures, War Crates made in China) – Walmart | Amazon

11. Wham-O and Discraft Frisbees

While it’s nice to see iconic brands like Slinky, Crayola, Silly Putty and Wiffle on this list, one company that’s noticeably absent is Wham-O, who owns the intellectual property to iconic brands such as Frisbee and Hula Hoop. And sadly, Wham-O decided to outsource all of its production to China.

The good news is that Wham-O recently released a limited edition Frisbee to celebrate its 75th Anniversary, and like all Frisbees used to be, it is made in the USA. The bad news is that once the limited edition is sold out, it’s back to China for all their other products, complete with lax environmental protection and workers with no human rights.

Sadly, if you read reviews of Frisbee brand discs, you’ll see tons of reviews decrying how much quality has deteriorated since they were made in the USA. But if you have $29.99, I’d encourage you to buy this limited edition yet either on Amazon or on Wham-O.com directly. Who knows, if they see enough people buying it, even at a higher price point, it may get them to think twice about the real costs they’ve incurred to their brand by going all in on China.

But even after Wham-O abandons the USA—again—there’s good news. A company called Discraft makes Frisbees (since Wham-O owns the trademark for that name, let’s call them “flying discs”) that reviewers LOVE.

This Discraft 175 gram Ultra Star Sport Disc is one of the top reviewed models. It’s the official and exclusive disc of the USA Ultimate Championship, and the standard for anywho who plays Ultimate Frisbee. Reviewers in the past have said that this is made in the mainland USA in Michigan, but more recent reviewers state that it’s made in American Samoa.

Of course Discraft can’t use the word “Frisbee” in any of their marketing materials, nor even when describing the sport of “Ultimate Frisbee” because Wham-O owns the trademark. But unless Wham-O rethinks its stance of making everything in China, I’d consider Discraft the rightful heir to the Frisbee throne. It’s telling that when I look at the “Top Selling Flying Disc” category on Amazon, two of the top 25 spots go to Discraft, while ZERO of the top 25 spots go to Wham-O and Frisbee. 23 out of the top 25 are fake brands in China, while the first Wham-O product doesn’t appear until #29. Very sad.

12. (Hula Hoops) by Kess, SpinMajik, and The Spinsterz

Speaking of Wham-O, they also own the trademark to “Hula Hoop”, and these too have been all offshored to China. You can see the same phenomenon happening is cheap China rip-offs flood the market, and Wham-O lost all brand credibility by becoming one of them. If you search the top 25 hula hoops sold on Amazon, the “Hula Hoop” isn’t even on the list at all. It’s all fake China brands.

I recently came across the brand Kess. They say they’re the #1 hula hoop in the world, which I found hard to believe, as they’re not sold on Amazon except in bulk. But sure enough, when I visit my local Walmart or Party City, I see them all over the place. My guess is that they have a similar distribution strategy as Wiffle Bats—they’re not exactly cheap to ship, so they don’t make a lot of sense to sell online.

Walmart does sell these both online and for in-store pickup. This is their best selling line, the Ice Hoop, which we own. It’s sturdy, ridid, and has a beautiful iridescent finish. Since Wham-O stopped making these with any kind of quality, these are by far the best you can get for regular home use.

Maddeningly, someone left a review on Walmart’s Google Shopping page giving this hoop one star and saying “I can get the same thing at the dollar store”. It’s ignorance like this that we need to combat. The fake China brands have convinced the public that their cheap hollow plastic tubes are anywhere near the quality of these made in USA products, and ignorance spreads fast.

To be honest, the Kess Hula Hoop I bought is by far the most sturdy hula hoop I’ve ever seen. But for those who need even higher end hula hoops—generally heavier weight ones used for more serious exercise or gymnastics and competition use—check out the options from SpinMajik and The Spinsterz, both made in the USA.

13. Bicycle Playing Cards

The United States Playing Card Company, who makes Bicycle Playing Cards, is another one of those companies that have steadfastly remained produced out of the United States, in Erlanger, Kentucky.

My heart skipped a beat when I read that the USPCC was acquired in 1999. I thought for sure that this was another Louisville Slugger situation where a China company had bought it. But thankfully, it was bought by a Belgian company named Cartamundi.

Bicycle Cards are of course the best playing cards you can buy and are widely used by card players and magicians alike. They were first introduced in 1885.

14. Plastic Army Men by TimMee

No little boy in the world should be without plastic Army men. Sadly, the original producers of these went out of business, the first casualties of increasing globalization. Beton (Bergen Toy and Novelty Company) went out of business in 1958, while Louis Marx and Company folded in 1980.

Today, most of these toys are mass produced in China. Yet there is one American company who is making them in the USA: Tim Mee. TimMee not only makes toy soldiers, it makes realistic tanks, fighter jets, construction sets, dinosaurs, and many more.

There are two things that should never be made outside of the United States: the US flag, and plastic army men. Tim Mee was purchased by VictoryBuy in 2022. So far, it seems that Victory Buy continues to be made in the USA, even though their own brand BMC is made in China. Let’s hope the former rubs off on the latter and not vice-versa.

15. Wooden ABC Blocks by Uncle Goose

In 1983, Uncle Goose founder William Bultman was shocked and dismayed to find that no one in America was making wood blocks. He began making his own classic wood alphabet blocks by hand in Michigan.

Despite being in business for almost 60 years and enjoying success, they continue to make everything in the USA. On their Web site there’s a cryptic entry about how “evil banking practices almost destroyed the company” in the mid-2000’s. I’m guessing some VC firm tried to come in and rip them apart. But they survived.

The idea for blocks has been around for hundreds of years, but they gained popularity when Friedrich Froebel created them for another invention of his, called “Kindergarten”. The Milton Bradley company made these famous in the USA, with Milton Bradley himself being an advocate for the Froebel method. Among those inspired by the Alphabet blocks they played with as children: Frank Lloyd Wright and Albert Einstein.

You’re probably familiar with the colorfully painted, lacquered versions of these blocks that they sold through their Playskool brand and which many China companies are producing today (including whoever is making them for Melissa and Doug). You’ll want to avoid these, not just because they’re made in China, but because it’s really not good for your toddler to be putting them in his or her mouth. On the other hand, Uncle Goose has taken special care in its craftsmanship to avoid harmful chemicals and take extra care in making sure their toys are completely safe. Read more here.

16. K’NEX

I briefly referenced K’NEX above in my entry on Lincoln Logs and Roy Toys. But here’s their full story.

K’NEX was invented in 1992 by Joel Glickman, who was the son of the founder of The Rodon Group, a manufacturer in Hatfield, PA that has specialized in making injection molded plastic parts since 1956.

K’NEX took off. Soon, it became so big that The Rodon Group became a subsidiary of K’NEX Industries, Inc.. K’NEX’s plastic parts had always been manufactured in Hatfield. By 1999, K’NEX had acquired the rights to sell Lincoln Logs, and in 2012, they did the same with Tinkertoys. On paper, it seemed to make sense: while LEGO was skyrocketing, K’NEX was going to dominate not one but three classic building toys.

Sadly, K’NEX couldn’t make it work. By 2018 they declared bankruptcy, and of course, Basic Fun came in and bought up K’NEX’s assets. The Rodon Group remained independent, and to Basic Fun’s credit, they signed a long-term agreement to allow them to continue to produce K’NEX parts out of Hatfield. 90% of the parts are still made there, with specialized parts like motors being made in China.

As long as the Hatfield factory continues to be part of the picture, I can continue to recommend K’NEX—it’s a fantastic STEM toy and a lot of fun to build motorized vehicles, ferris wheels, and roller coasters.

Here are some of the most popular kits on Amazon, but you can search K’NEX’s store on Amazon or Walmart for more options.

Adventure Wheels Building Set – 480 pieces – Builds 35 models

Power & Play Motorized Set – 529 pieces – Builds 50 models.

70 Model Building Set – 705 pieces – Builds 70 models

40 Model Building Set – 141 pieces – Builds 40 models

K’NEX Education – Roller Coaster Set – Builds a classic roller coaster while teaching STEM skills

17. Tinkertoys

As I mentioned, Tinkertoys is another brand that Basic Fun took over. It’s another classic American brand that was invented by Charles H. Pajeau of Evanston, Illinois in 1914 and was made in Evanstan until the 1970s.

I don’t need to tell you the story, of course. When the brand abandoned 56 years of pride of craftsmanship to get their product mass produced by workers in China working in slave-like conditions, they may have made their executives money for a few quarters, but they lost their soul.

K’NEX eventually acquired the brand, but by then it had lost its soul. One very positive thing that K’NEX was able to do was to get The Rodon Group to start manufacturing it again, so once again it was made in the USA. They sold two version, a new version with all plastic parts, and a “classic” version with plastic rods and wooden connectors.

The new version is clearly labeled as “Made in the USA” on the box, while the classic version is a bit more subtle—I did verify that it is also made in the USA, but they may not want to promote this for one of two reasons: 1) they want to drive sales for their newer version, or 2) even though “substantial transformation” took place in the USA, they may have parts made in China and don’t want to risk a fine by the FTC.

My hope is that Basic Fun’s agreement with The Rodon Group will last a very, very long time, and I think tariffs gave the Rodon Group a very nice lifeline. Hopefully a future President or Supreme Court is not foolish enough to rescind them.

18. Potholder Kit by Harrisville Designs

I had to do a double-take when I saw that these Potholder Kits for kids are made in the USA. They’re made by Harrisville Designs, a professional weaving and knitting company that makes looms, wool-spun yarns, and instructional classes out of New Hampshire. They have their own kid’s brand called “Friendly Looms” that makes craft kids for children. All made in the USA.

I cringe when I see an American brand that’s putting out a cheap, plastic weaving kit for kids that’s made in China, undercutting the price, and getting 7,000 positive reviews from clueless parents. Adding injury to insult, it’s almost guaranteed that these China toys contain cotton from Xinjiang.

But I’m heartened to see how Harrisville’s Potholder Loom Kit has over 2,400 rave reviews. It gives me hope that there are still some parents out there that recognize the value and quality of things made in the USA, from the sturdy metal frame of the loom to the high quality USA cotton that goes into them.

Their most popular model is the one pictured that contains a 7″ loom and cotton loops to make two potholders that are 6 inches by 6 inches. They also a higher end model that contains a 10″ loom that makes two 8 inch x 8 inch potholders.

Once your child (or you) make your first professionally woven potholder that’s truly “made in the USA”, everyone in your family and all of your friends will want one too. Just look for “Cotton Loops” on Amazon, and you’ll see lots of options to make potholders of all different colors using your loom.

19. Fubbles Bubbles

Blowing bubbles as a kid is fun, but as a grown-up you kind of have to wonder. What exactly IS in the solution that millions of kids are blowing into the air and ending up in our environment and often in our kids and pets? Can we really trust that lowest bid contractor in China has thought of that?

Happily, Fubbles Bubbles has created a solution that is 100% non-toxic and 100% made in the USA.

Unfortunately many of Fubbles Bubbles’ toys are made in China, including some of their smaller containers. But this no-spill bucket with 3 wands is made in the USA. Get it on Amazon or Fat Brain.

If you bought a bubble maker from any other brand or at a theme park like Disney, you can buy Fubbles Bubbles refills and enjoy 100% American bubbles.

20. Little Tikes Cozy Coupe

Little Tikes is another one of those companies that is stubbornly keeping a good chunk of its manufacturing in the USA, despite what must be tremendous pressure not to.

Little Tikes has been based in the heartland of America in Hudson, Ohio since it was established in 1969. Despite being acquired by Rubbermaid in 1984 and then by MGA Entertainment (known for Bratz, LOL Surprise, Num Noms, and Rainbow High) in 2006, it managed to stick to its core of keeping things in the USA. Let’s hope they stay that way for a long, long time.

The Cozy Coupe is one of their iconic toys. It’s a ride-on toy where your toddler can sit with their hands on the steering wheel (the steering wheel doesn’t actually do anything) while you push them. There’s a handle you can use to push in the back like a shopping cart; just be prepared to crouch down to push if you’re tall. There’s even a horn that makes a squeaking sound, a gas tank cover that opens, and cupholders.

It’s a great alternative to pushing your kid around in a stroller because it activates all kinds of imagination in your child and gives them a feeling of being in control.

The floorboard also comes off so that as your child learns to walk he or she can “scoot” themselves Fred Flintstone-style, but I found that works a little better in theory than in practice).

The one pictured here is the “cuter” version of their original. It was released in 2008 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the car. The original is still available as well from the manufacturer or from Walmart.

21. Berlin Flyer Wagon

I was heartbroken when I saw that Radio Flyer started outsourcing production of its iconic little red metal wagon to China back in 2004, in the process closing a plant in Chicago and laying off 90 employees. That joins nearly every other Radio Flyer product, like tricycles, scooters, and ride-ons. Boo.

If you’re in the market for a more classic wagon, skip Radio Flyer (as well as other sellouts like Duncan, John Deere, and Roadmaster) and check out this Berlin Flyer Sport Wagon, made in Holmes Country, Ohio by an Amish and Mennonite-owned and operated business using locally-sourced lumber and steel.

22. Most LEGO Sets sold in the USA

LEGO was one of my favorite toys growing up, and being a member of Gen X whom their “adult models” are targeted to, I never really stopped playing with them. Now, I’m introducing them to my daughter.

For years, LEGO bricks were made only out of Europe (Billund, Denmark and Baar, Switzerland). From 1975 to 2000 they were also made out of Connecticut.

Today, there are seven factories for LEGO—in Denmark, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Mexico, China, and Vietnam. In a surprise and welcome move, LEGO opened a new factory in Virginia in the United States in 2025.

While it’s disheartening to see China on the list, simply because of China’s track record of taking intellectual property and stealing it, I was also heartened to see Lego’s transparency. Here’s a cool breakdown of where your LEGO sets are coming from.

Simply put, if you’re buying LEGO in the United States, it’s most likely coming from Mexico (and soon Virginia), while if you’re buying in Europe, it’s likely coming from Denmark, the Czech Republic, or Hungary. They wisely opened a factory in Vietnam so that all APAC countries will not be dependent on China.

This is talking about LEGO bricks and brick sets, of course. When buying LEGO-branded clothes and accessories, there’s still a chance you’ll get something from China. But if you’re buying LEGO sets, you can be assured they’re NOT from China.

23. Anything from AmishToyBox.com

I wish I had heard about this company when my child was growing up. They’re based out of Ohio and source their toys from Amish craftsmen throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania.

They have an incredible assortment of handcrafted wood toys that big American corporations have long since converted to cheap injection molded plastic and outsourced to China.

Not only does buying from them put hard-working Americans to work, it lessens our reliance on communist China AND takes plastic out of the waste stream. These toys are all heirloom-quality, so you can pass them to your grandchildren and beyond. And in the unlikely event that you need to dispose of them, they’ll degrade into the environment like any other kind of wood.

These were toys are they were ORIGINALLY intended to be played. For my money, they’re far superior than anything an American corporation that sees your children as walking dollar signs can produce.

Here are the ones I would have jumped at back when my daughter was growing up.

• Wooden Rocking Horse – Made in Lancaster, PA
• Wooden Train Set – Made in Lancaster, PA
• Deluxe Croquet Set – Made in Lancaster, PA
• Marble Roller Racetrack – Made in Lancaster, PA (my daughter would have LOVED this)

Check out their full Amazon Store.

24. Anything from American Plastic Toys

It’s almost become instinctive to me to assume that any toy made of plastic has to come from China. And then I discovered American Plastic Toys.

Think of any plastic toy you can. Plastic pails and shovels. Plastic ride-on cars. Plastic doll accessories. Plastic sports sets. Plastic sleds. Plastic pretend play toys like shopping carts and tea sets. Plastic kitchen sets. Chances are in most cases you end up sending all your money to brands like Fisher Price, which take their cut and pass the rest on to China.

But what would your reaction be if I told you that you can find all these toys, made in America? Well, you can. American Plastic Toys builds all of these out of one of five facilities in Michigan and Mississippi. In total, they have 125 toys that they make, ranging from a simple sand pail to a kitchen play set.

All of their toys are molded with about 80% polypropylene and 20% polyethylene, with no phthalates or other poison common in China products. All their plastic is sourced from here in the United States, they do all their safety testing in the USA by independent US-based safety labs (whose jobs are to actually test for safety, not to tell a China business what they can get away with), and it even uses FDA-approved colorant. All of this means that you can trust it much more than anything that comes from China.

The selection of toys available at retailers changes often, so I’d suggest checking with top retailers to see what they have in stock at the moment.

American Plastic Toys at Walmart

American Plastic Toys at Amazon

So why isn’t the world beating a path to buy American Plastic Toys? They’re facing a few uphill challenges.

The first challenge is with us, the American consumer. We’re often get so fixated on getting “a good deal” that we don’t think about the real costs of buying stuff made in China, such as reduced product safety, poor product quality, and a Chinese government that couldn’t care less about the harm that it’s doing.

Another challenge is with Amazon. If you search Amazon for any of the products they sell (“plastic sand bucket”), chances are you’ll see a sea of cheap products dumped from China companies that all kind of look the same. Amazon props these listings up by allowing fake reviews, which trick their algorithms into showing them more and more.

Finally, another challenge is with American Plastic Toys. Demand is so high for their products that it seems that they have a hard time keeping them in stock. That opens the door for cheap China brands to come in and flood the marketplace. I think they could be doing a better job in marketing themselves too–this company in Germany is doing a nice job of differentiating its sand toys and their indestructible nature.

So how do we help them? It’s easy. The next time you need a common plastic toy, like a sand shovel or a sled, find an American Plastic Toy version at a retailer that carries them like Amazon, Walmart, Five Below, Walgreens, Big Lots, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Menards, or Dollar General. Even if it costs a few more dollars, be assured that when you buy the made in America version of the toy you want, you get what you pay for. The brand may not have the caché of a big toy company brand name, but it’ll last and you’ll feel good that not one red cent went to support the Communist Party of China. And tell your friends to do the same.

25. Most STEM sets from Thames and Kosmos

I have an arrangement with my daughter. If she wants most toys, she really has to “earn” them, by being on her best behavior, by doing well in school, by helping with housework, and so on. But if she wants toys that teach her things like science, math, technology, and engineering, I’ll be a pushover.

I wanted to get her a chemistry set. When I searched on Amazon, I found a lot of sets that looked promising, but they were either from brands that sold out to China (National Geographic and Discovery being the most disappointing–they had nothing to do with building their sets, they just license their name out), or from those annoying “fake” China brands like SNAEN with their thousands of fake reviews. And for the love of everything good, please avoid Bill Nye, who got rich off of science but is really not a very good science guy.

But Thames and Kosmos stood out, first because their sets are really, really well made (they’re not just “toys” but they teach actual science), and second because they’re mostly made in places like Germany and Taiwan (a few sets are made in China, but just avoid those–they’re easy to find because Amazon actually shows their country of origin in their product listing). They have STEM toys that are both interesting and teach chemistry, physics, robotics, botany, mechanical engineering, and much more. And they’ve won a boatload of awards across all their products.

Explore their online store to see which ones you like. Here are ones that stood out to me:

Chem C3000 Chemistry Set – At $250 this set goes well beyond a “toy”. It provides an amazing introduction to high school level chemistry, complete with high quality lab equipment and chemicals to power over 333 experiments. The Wall Street Journal named it the best chemistry set money could buy. And it’s made in Germany. Of course, this isn’t for everyone–if you’re looking for a more affordable price point, you can try the more affordable C1000 or C500. For a set that’s more “fun”, you can try a product like their Ooze Labs Chemistry station for children aged 6 and up that lets kids make slime, bubble, fizz, and colors all in the name of science.

Structural Engineering: Bridges and Skyscrapers – For folks who are more interested in structural engineering, this Structural Engineering set lets kids learn concepts like force, load, compression, tension, and more. It’s appropriate for kids 8-14, and goes a step beyond Legos to help them construct real structures like a real engineer. It’s made in Taiwan.

Wind Power 4.0 – This is one I’ll probably get for myself. I remember when I was in high school, I was proud of myself when I discovered that I could make a light bulb light up by connecting the wires of the bulb to a tiny motor and spinning the motor with my hands. This is an actual version of the same thing where you can build a turbine that charges a rechargeable AA battery to power a model car (all included).

Magnetic Science – This is a fun set that teaches kids about magnets of all shapes and sizes. It includes a lot of appealing pieces, and covers everything from how a compass works to how to build an electromagnet.

I could actually keep going talking about Thames and Kosmos sets that I love, but you should explore their store for yourself and see what jumps out at you.

26. Schleigh Horse Club Sets

As my little girl was growing up, I looked forward to the time I could buy her a set of Breyer horses, which I remember from growing up with a sister is a right of passage for all little girls since they began producing toy horses in 1950, all manufactured in the USA.

We recently finished reading Misty of Chincoteague and took a family vacation to Virginia, where we rode horses at the amazing Mountaintop Ranch outside of Shenandoah National Park and then visited Chincoteague and Assateague Islands themselves, taking in incredible views of wild horses.

My sister bought my daughter her first set of horses, and my heart sunk when I saw that this American classic was now made, you guessed it, in China. For Breyer Horses, the “end” came in 1985 when a company called Reeves International acquired Breyer Animal Creations and turned them from a company that made collectable works of art to a company that mass produced cheap plastic schlock. Yet another American icon relegated to the sweatshops of China.

That’s when I heard about Schleich. Schleich was founded in 1935 in Germany–not exactly a great time to be starting a company in Germany. But their speciality was in intricately detailed animal toys. And yes, they are famous for their toy horses, although the American public wouldn’t realize it for years later (Schleich first gained recognition in the US in the 1960s with its introduction of Smurf toys to the US market).

Schleich had been produced out of Germany, but when that became unsustainable, they diversified their supply chain to Romania, Moldova, Portugal, Tunisia, and China, with their China footprint wisely diminishing many years before COVID.

You do have to look carefully to avoid getting a set made in China, but I was able to find a number of products that weren’t, including this 44-Piece Riding Center Playset from Romania, this Pickup Truck and Horse Trailer from Germany, this Big Horse Show set from Costa Rica, and more from other countries. It looks like the latest kits mix together pieces from many countries, so while you probably can’t escape having some parts from China, at least you can be assured there’ll be some from others as well as long as you choose a product without a country of origin of China.

27. Some (not all) products from Green Toys

Green Toys used to be on top of this list as one of the most reliable brands for ensuring you’re getting something that’s not only made in the USA, but made sustainably from recycled materials.

In a move of profound stupidity, Green Toys started to partner with a molder in China for “select items” in their catalog. A Reddit user shared the screenshot you see here. Of course, the Green Toys rep throws in lines like “we uphold the same high standards of blah blah blah”. That’s B.S. If Green Toys really had “standards”, they’d know that they’ve done irreparable harm to their brand, and may have started down the same road so many others have in self-destruction. It’s shocking that they’re rushing to China at a time when everyone else is rushing out due to tariffs.

The good news is, they still do some of their manufacturing in the US. Their Web site still clearly marks which toys are made in the US. I would definitely suggest shopping for Green Toys at Fat Brain Toys, who does the best job of showing Country of Origin. They even have a filter called “Not Made in China”. In fact, you should be doing all your toy shopping there!

Here are some of the best picks. I’ve put links to both Fat Brain and Amazon, but I strongly suggest Fat Brain to send a message to Green Toys, Fat Brain, and Amazon alike.

Ferry Boat – Fat Brain – Amazon

Tea for Two – Fat Brain – Amazon

Farm Playset – Fat Brain – Amazon

Seaplane – Fat Brain – Amazon

Car Carrier – Fat Brain – Amazon

Removed from List

Lincoln Logs – Had been on this list for a long time, but Basic Fun was unable to keep production in the US after their factory in Maine closed down. Like pigs going to the troph, they simply had them made by the same people who make all their other junk, except for K’NEX and Tinkertoys (for now).

Commentary and Update Log

9/14/25 Update

I’ll do a proper refresh of this page as we get closer to Christmas 2025, but in the meantime I added AmishToyBox.com to the list of iconic toys.

1/31/25 Update

Another sad departure from the list. Green Toys was one of those brands that proudly said “Made in the USA” and boasted about how they helped American factories and workers. But just in the last week, they scrubbed their Web site of all mentions of “made in the USA”. nanawdw on Reddit verified that they were indeed moving production to China.

This isn’t just a betrayal, it’s a punch in the gut. And of course, they’re off this list and no longer recommended.

7/13/23 Update

Sadly, I have to take Lincoln Logs off this list. In 2014 there was a lot of hype and fanfare when K’Nex moved the making of Lincoln Logs back to the USA from China. But the signs are clear. When I write to Basic Fun to ask where Lincoln Logs are made today, they ignore me. And the Country of Origin on Amazon.com and FatBrain have both changed to China. Therefore, I can no longer recommend them.

The good news is that a company called Roy Toy is made in the USA, and after buying a set I find that they’re superior than Lincoln Logs in almost every way. More below under #4.

12/1/22 Update

K’Nex is a weird situation. They’ve updated some of their labels to read “Made in China with USA parts”, likely due to the new Rules that the FTC started enforcing in August 2022. I’m taking them off the list until I have a chance to figure out what’s going on.

That’s the bad news. The good news is even as big brands are treating our children as their personal ATM machines, small brands are making an effort to recreate iconic toys and produce them right here in the USA. I’ve added two new brands to the list: Uncle Goose and TimMee. If these don’t sounds familiar to you, the products they made will: wooden blocks and plastic Army men.

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Where you should buy ALL your toys:

While other retailers are deliberately hiding country of origin from consumers, I found a few toy retailers that respect their customers enough to provide the ability to filter by country of origin. The companies are Fat Brain Toys, HABA, and Oompa. Be sure to shop at these sites, even if you find the price slightly higher at Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Why? Because retailers like this respect you, and don’t see you as just another figure on a spreadsheet to squeeze money out of.

Why are so many toys made in China?

After the China was granted admission to the WTO in 2001, American toy companies fell over themselves to shut down their own domestic manufacturing capability and shift all their manufacturing to China. Never mind the catastrophic effect that this would have on their local communities. Never mind that it was practically guaranteed that companies in China would steal all their intellectual property. All corporate executives saw were dollar signs. The imprimatur of the WTO gave them all the cover they needed to tell their shareholders and their customers that yes, China was just like any other country.

One can only imagine the number of people who amassed huge fortunes from this decision (hint: look at the estimated worth of anyone in the executive or legislative branches of the US government during these years).

2007. The year that should have changed everything, but didn’t.

2007 should have been an eye-opening year. In August 2007 Mattel, the world’s largest toy company, recalled 19 million toys when it was discovered that many toys, from die-cast figures from the movie Cars to toys featuring Elmo and Dora the Explorer, contained lead. What makes this exceptionally frightening is that many of these toys were targeted at preschoolers who were more likely to put the toys in their mouths, and more likely to suffer brain damage by ingesting lead. Toys from other companies suffered the same fate–Thomas and Friends wooden train sets, Curious George plush toys, and many more.

This was the same year that thousands of pets grew sick and died because China manufacturers decided to cheat by putting chemicals into pet food that let them pass tests for protein but also caused kidney failure in pets.

Action was swift. China, being a totalitarian communist state, reacted by executing the head of their Food and Drug Administration, Xiaoyu Zeng. Seems that he was the sacrificial lamb to take on the sins of all the pet food and toy problems.

But other than this guy losing his head (actually, he died of lethal injection), what were the consequences of the debacle in 2007?

Sadly, not a lot. These days China makes 85% of all toys made in the world. And Mattel is a $8 billion company. So they seem to be doing all right.

How did we get here? While it’s easy to point the finger at “big business”, the reality is that this was a team effort. Politicians rushed to normalize trade relations with China without any meaningful conditions. Corporations rushed to move all their production to enjoy dirt-cheap costs without questioning why the costs were so cheap. And consumers loved getting more and more “cheap stuff”.

But what were the real costs?

Consequence #1: Safety

Did China manufacturing suddenly get safe after 2007? Or has China just become better at covering up problems through propaganda and the PR departments of the companies who outsourced to them?

The reality is, if you view the monthly report of recalls from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, there are almost daily reports of safety violations with products from China. Just on my random viewing, I see a children’s robe made in Wuhan that was made of flammable material, a fishing game made in Shenzhen that tested positive for lead paint, an infant bath seat made in Dongguan that posed a drowning hazard, a plush shepherd toy from China that posed a laceration hazard, a bicycle helmet from Shenzhen that posed a risk of head injury, a science kit from China containing lead paint, and many more.

[December 2021 Update – it seems that the CPSC has removed the monthly China report from their Web site altogether, which is why that link currently goes to a dead page. I’m keeping that link in place to make a point–corporate America and the US government can be easily “convinced” by CCP lobbyists to remove content that the Chinese Communist Party finds “insulting”. One hopes this is just government incompetence and not a sign that the CPSC plans on going easy on China. You can still view the most recent recalls from China by going to their Recalls tool and searching for “Manufactured in” China. Just in the last few weeks I see a flammable children’s robe, a pair of wireless headphones that can catch on fire (which goes great with the robe), and a kid’s flashlight where children can easily access the delicious button cell batteries].

In fairness, sometimes product defects happen. But what’s disturbing is how routine these recalls have gotten. It’s as if unsafe product design has become a calculated risk of doing business. If a child gets sick, injured, or worse, American companies just need to be able to pay a few million dollars in settlement costs and allocate some PR money to mitigate the risk. Or a China company just needs to shut down and create a new “brand” under a different gibberish name. It’s a reflection of how amoral our business world has become.

It comes down to one word. Money. Because companies in China could be the “low bidder” on projects vs. manufacturers in the US or in other countries, they won every contract. Manufacturing that had been in the US, Europe, Japan, Taiwan shut down. Workers were fired. Factories were dismantled and sent to China.

Consequence #2: Intellectual Property Theft

Before the 2000s, when you went to places like Chinatown and saw knock-off products, they were usually laughable. But after 2001, you could start finding counterfeit products that were uncannily similar, and in some cases indistinguishable from the original. That’s because American brands were too foolish to think of the consequences of showing their contractors in China every secret about manufacturing.

Just one example. A few years ago, Disney’s Tsum Tsum plush animals were all the rage. Stores had problems keeping them in stock. My little girl loved them, and so I went to eBay and bought what I thought was a genuine Disney product, complete with the original label. But then it struck me. How is it that every retailer was long sold out, and yet these sellers on eBay had seemingly unlimited stock? It’s easy. The same factory workers and equipment that produced products for Disney just kept on running.

How can I avoid toys made in China?

Sadly, the reality is, you probably can’t. Toys were one of the first categories of products to be outsourced to China for a few reasons. Most notably, consumers of toys are extremely price sensitive–very few parents will be willing to pay more than a few dollars for a toy. And so toy manufacturers need to keep their production costs low in order for them to achieve higher volumes and higher margins.

And sadly, most consumers don’t think of the long-term consequences of their actions. What kind of a message are we sending our children when we buy them a toy that’s made by a worker who’s likely working in subhuman conditions, using raw materials that are damaging the environment, and that the money we’re paying is contributing to propping up a government that is going to be the cause of untold suffering in their lives (we know because this same government caused suffering of their people in our lifetimes and our parents’ and grandparents’ lifetimes)

How bad it is today?

It’s pretty bad. For example, as I was doing my research, two of the brands I identified as being made in the USA were the iconic Wilson football and the iconic Louisville Slugger baseball bat. And yes, as far as I can tell the Wilson football is still made in Ada, Ohio and Louisville Slugger wood bat is still produced by Hillerich & Bradsby Company out of Louisville, Kentucky.

But look behind the curtain and a chilling reality emerges. The Wilson Company and Louisville Slugger are owned by a company called Amer Sports, which is based in Helsinki, Finland. And in 2019 Amer Sports was bought out by a company called Anta Sports. Anta Sports is a $57 billion company based in JinJiang, Fujian, China.

Do you remember the incident in 2019 when Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey tweeted support for the Hong Kong protests? It wasn’t even a tweet, it was a retweet saying “Fight for freedom. Stand with Hong Kong”. You can’t see it anymore because he deleted it right away after posting it. But not before the Chinese Basketball Association announced it was suspending relations with the Rockets, Tencent announced it was cancelling its $1.5 billion media deal, China’s state television announced it would not be airing Rockets games, and LeBron James went on every media outlet groveling apologies that Morey “wasn’t educated”. Oh yes, and Amer Sports announced that it was boycotting the NBA.

By May 2020 it looks like all was forgiven. Wilson Sporting Goods replaced Spalding brands (owned by Berkshire Hathaway) as the NBA ball supplier (not that that was a big loss either, as Spalding basketballs are manufactured in–you guessed it–China). Oh, and human rights, freedom of the press, and freedom of speech in Hong Kong are over.

How did that happen? One step at a time. Louisville Slugger probably didn’t think twice when a big Finnish company wanted to buy them out. And the stockholders of the Finnish company didn’t think twice when a China company decided to pay a premium for their shares. The result? A portion of every Wilson football and Louisville Slugger bat made in the USA goes to fund the Chinese Communist Party.

And so, they’re off this list. It doesn’t look like you can buy any major brand basketball or baseball bat that doesn’t go to help China. And if you think this phenomenon is limited to sporting equipment, you’re sadly mistaken.

About This List

I’ll probably post a few lists on toys (read my post on baby toys if you haven’t already), but I’ve been wanting for a while to spend some time talking about iconic toys that have stood the test of time AND are proudly NOT made in China.

A lot of these toys aren’t fancy. A spring. A plastic bat. A football. A deck of cards. They’re exactly the kinds of products you’d think a company would have outsourced to China years ago to enjoy much lower production costs. And yet these companies have stubbornly insisted on being made in the USA. And because of this they should be the first toys that you put in your toy box.

About the photo at the top

By the way, the image you see on the top of the page is from a store called Bobb Howard’s General Store, an amazing store in New Hyde Park, NY that carries all the vintage candy and toys you remember, many still made in the US. They’re worth a visit if you’re ever out on Long Island.

Do you know of other iconic toys not made in China worthy of mention here? Let us know in the comments!