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American toy company

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Duncan Toys
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
FoundedNovember 15, 1929; 95 years ago (1929-11-15)
HeadquartersMiddlefield, Ohio
ProductsToys
ParentFlambeau, Inc.
Websiteduncantoys.com Edit this at Wikidata

Duncan Toys Company is an American toy manufacturer based in Middlefield, Ohio. The company was founded in 1929 by Donald F. Duncan Sr. and purchased the Flores Yo-Yo Company from Pedro Flores, who brought the yo-yo to the United States from the Philippines.

Duncan popularized the yo-yo through competitions; it was promoted in publications by William Randolph Hearst in exchange for a requirement that contestants had to sell subscriptions to Hearst newspapers as a condition of entry. In 1965, a federal court ruled that Duncan did not have exclusive rights to the word "yo-yo" because the word had become a part of common speech. In 1968, Duncan Toys became a division of Flambeau.

In 1999, the Duncan yo-yo was inducted into the Strong National Museum of Play's National Toy Hall of Fame.

In 2017, the makers of Rubik's Cube sued Duncan Toys Company over their "Quick Cube", alleging that the toy "mimics the features and overall appearance" of the Rubik's Cube puzzle.

References

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  3. "Museum of Yo-Yo History". www.yoyomuseum.com. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  4. Jack, Albert (May 7, 2015). They Laughed at Galileo: How the Great Inventors Proved Their Critics Wrong. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4721-1671-0.
  5. Shontell, Alyson (September 17, 2010). "15 Words You Had No Idea Used To Be Brand Names". Business Insider. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  6. "History". Flambeau. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014.
  7. "Duncan Toys Rides New Yo-Yo Craze". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  8. "Duncan Yo-Yo". The Strong National Museum of Play. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  9. Whitheouse, Kaja (August 29, 2017). "Rubik's Cube creator sues maker of knockoff toy". Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  10. Stempel, Jonathan (August 29, 2017). "Rubik's Cube maker sues Duncan Toys, Toys "R" Us over knock-off cube". Reuters. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  11. "Rubik's Cube maker sues Duncan Toys, Toys "R" Us over knock-off cube". CNBC. Retrieved December 2, 2022.

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