Sold a toy, which brings me back down to 1942, so...
- Little Golden Books begins!
- Disney's Bambi hits cinemas
- December 1941's attack on Pearl Harbour saw a law that prohibited the production of toys containing "critical materials" such as iron, steel, zinc and rayon if it made up more than 7% of that toy's weight. This law remained in effect until the end of WWII in 1945. This saw a rise in the popularity of play things such as:
* board games
* model kits
* paper craft toys (e.g. dolls, train sets etc.)
* puzzles
etc.