Season 3
(2023)
Overview
This season turns the lens on an exciting new selection of bold visionaries and creators behind history’s biggest-selling toys, games, and action figures as they build billion-dollar empires against the backdrop of a changing world in the 20th century.
Cast
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes
Transforming Toy Invasion 0.0
October 15, 2023
In 1983, underdog company Tonka sets out to bring a game-changing toy from Japan to America: the transformable robot. B…
Mind Game Masters 0.0
October 22, 2023
Before World War II, board games are mostly simple, but postwar peace and prosperity reveals a demand for more challeng…
Video Game Visionaries 0.0
October 29, 2023
Thanks to the industry-defining innovations of three men through the creation of games like Super Mario Brothers, The L…
Game Night Legends 0.0
November 5, 2023
In the 1970s, the board game industry was aimed almost entirely at children, until a literal game changer came along in…
Mighty Mutant Mayhem 0.0
November 12, 2023
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles high kick their way into the action figure market in the late 1980s, opening the door …
Old Games, New Twists 0.0
November 26, 2023
As toys become increasingly complex in the early 1970s, two unconventional inventors risk their homes and careers to br…
Happy Accidents 0.0
December 3, 2023
Two chance discoveries in the 1950s turn mundane industrial materials into legendary toys; Etch A Sketch and Play-Doh w…
The Santa That America Built 0.0
December 10, 2023
Santa Claus is one of the most beloved figures -- and famous faces -- on Earth, a symbol of hope and goodwill for all; …
90's Fad Toys 0.0
December 10, 2023
From Furbys to Pogs, the 1990s were full of unforgettable fad toys; it was a decade where old school toys like Beanies …
Hottest Wheels 0.0
December 10, 2023
From the velocipede to the Schwinn Stingray, or even pedal cars to Power Wheels, viewers will roll their way through th…
The Prank Toy Race 0.0
December 17, 2023
For six decades two silly, but savvy entrepreneurs--S.S. Adams and H. Fishlove--turned their love of a good joke into a…
Most Valuable Toys 0.0
December 17, 2023
From Lionel Trains to video games, for the right collector our cherished childhood toys can be worth millions! Over the…