Sociology 264 Exam

Jamie Eaton
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Tonka is an American English firebrand and old manufacturer of toy motortruck .The
company is known for making steel plaything exemplar of structure type truck and
machinery .Maisto International , which makes die-cast vehicles , acquired the right hand to
use the Tonka name in a line of 1:64 graduated table , featuring mostly trucks .== History ==
Tonka began as `` Mound Metalcraft '' , a gardening tools troupe , in the capitulation of 1946
in Mound , Minnesota .Lynn Everett bread maker ( 1898–1964 ) , Avery F. Crounse , and
Alvin F. Tesch created the society in an previous schoolhouse .Their building 's former
occupant , the Streater ship's company , had made and patented respective toys , including
toy hand truck .E. C. Streater was not interested in the toy business sector so they
approached cumulation Metalcraft .The three men at Mound Metalcraft thought they might
piddle a good avocation to their other products .After some change to the innovation by
Alvin Tesch and the gain of a new logo created by Erling Eklof , the company began selling
metal miniature , which soon became the primary job .The logotype was based on a
University of Gopher State drafting scholarly person 's vignette by Donald B. Olson , who
later became the company 's boss Industrial locomotive engineer .The logotype used the
Dakota Siouan parole tanka , which means `` cracking '' or `` big '' .In Nov 1955 , hammock
Metalcraft changed its figure to `` Tonka toy Incorporated '' .From 1947 to 1957 , their
logotype was an oval , showing the Tonka plaything name in red above blue sea moving
ridge with seagulls overhead , honoring nearby Lake Minnetonka .From 1958 to 1961 , the
logo no longer included seagulls and the people of colour were changed to white , grey , and
Red .The semblance changed to Red River and atomic number 79 in 1963 .In 1978 , the oval
was removed and the party began using only the epithet Tonka on their miniature .In 1964 ,
Tonka acquired the Mell manufacture companionship in Newmarket , Illinois , allowing it to
produce barbeque grille , eventually under the Tonka Firebowl label .: 85–86 In 1987 ,
Tonka purchased Kenner Parker , including U.K. toy giant star Palitoy , for $ 555 million ,
borrowing extensively to fund the acquisition .However , the price of servicing the debt
meant Tonka itself had to find a buyer and it was eventually acquired by Hasbro in 1991 , its
headquarters moved out of Minnesota , and relocated its manufacturing operations to
Hasbro 's quickness in Pawtucket , Rhode Island .In 1998 , Hasbro began a licensing
business deal with Funrise toy to fabricate and allot Tonka hand truck .The deal began with
versions of the trucks fitted with electronics for lights and sounds , but grew to embrace the
entire brand .This accord ended in 2020 , with the license being transferred to Basic fun ! ,
who produces other brands such as guardianship Bears , My Little Pony , and Lincoln
Logs .== Products == Tonka has produced a mixed bag of miniature , including chick
( principal fairy , Bathing Beauties , Maple Town , and Hollywoods ) .They have produced
other toy dog , some aimed at female child ( such as Keypers ) , and others aimed at boy
( such as Gobots , occult , Rock Almighty , coil zone , host of Power and Steel Monsters ) .It
was the original manufacturer of the Pound puppy plaything line , and in the belated 1980s
licensed merchandise inspired by Maple Ithiel Town .Tonka produced TV secret plan as
Tonka video recording plot , including Tonka Raceway , and purchased the right hand to
distribute and market the captain System after Sega of America stopped competing against
the Nintendo Entertainment organization in the u .However , the Master System 's food
market ploughshare declined , since Tonka did not hold experience with television games or
how to market them .Hasbro sold the digital play right field for various attribute ( including
My Little Pony , Magic : The assemblage , Tonka , Playskool , and Transformers ) to
Infogames ( later known and currently operating as Atari SA ) for USA $ 100 million in 2000
, buying back the rights for USA $ 65 million in June 2005 .In 2001 , Tonka motortruck were
inducted into the national Toy Marguerite Radclyffe Hall of Fame at The Strong in Rochester
, New York .The Winifred Museum in Winifred , MT , has a collection of more than than
3,000 Tonka toys .In 2002 , Gerald Rudolph Ford made its very first partnership with Tonka
with the Mighty F-350 concept .== In former media == === video biz === Thirteen television
games based on the plaything were released between 1996 and 2006 .A majority of these
titles were released by Hasbro Interactive and its later re-brandings as Infogrames
Interactive and Atari Interactive , although a small issue of statute title for Nintendo chopine
were released by TDK Mediactive under a sub-licensing correspondence from
Infogrames .=== Filmography === ==== goggle box serial publication ==== ==== tv movies
and specials ==== ==== celluloid ==== In 2012 , an animated film based on the hand truck
toy line was in developing .It was to be produced by Sony Pictures vivification , Hasbro
Studios , and Happy Madison product , and to exist distributed by Columbia moving
picture .A book was written by Happy capital of Wisconsin alumnus Fred masher , and was
to be produced by Adam Sandler and Jack Giarraputo , Brian Goldner ( CEO and president of
Hasbro ) and Bennett Schneir ( Hasbro 's senior frailty President and managing director of
motion pictures ) .== reference work == == External contact == official internet site

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