Children have, probably since the beginning of human kind, always needed something to entertain themselves with. There are accounts as far back as the biblical times of children playing with various forms of toys. Realizing the need for children to be entertained, many companies and brands of toys have popped into the market, particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries. The toys they produce can be placed in a large list of different categories.

Here is a partial list of toy brands and/or companies:

Action figures

• Action Man
• Bendos
• Dukes of Hazzard
• G.I. Joe
• Green Soldiers
• Kung Fu
• Masters of the Universe
• Power Rangers
• Rambo
• Robocop
• Rocky
• Star Trek
• Star Wars
• Starting Lineups
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Board games

• Candy Land
• Life
• Milton Bradley Company
• Monopoly
• Parker Brothers
• Risk
• Intellect Games
• Sorry!
• Scrabble
• Operation
• Trouble

Die-Cast toys

• Corgi
• Dee Toys
• Dinky Toy
• Dyna-Flytes
• Hot Wheels
• Maisto
• Majorette
• Matchbox
• Muki
• Tonka
• Lone Star
• Racing Champions

Dolls

• Barbie
• Blythe
• Bratz
• Lizzie McGuire
• Mary-Kate and Ashley
• My Little Pony
• Razanne
• Sabrina the teenage witch
• Sailor Moon
• Strawberry Shortcake
• Cabbage Patch Kids
• Raggedy Ann
• Mr. Potato Head

Educational

• Bob the Builder
• Crayola
• Fisher-Price
• Fuzzy felts
• LeapFrog

General brands/toy companies

• Kid Galaxy
• Louis Marx and Company
• MacFarlane
• Mattel
• Hasbro
• Wham-O

Model toys

• Airfix
• Erector Set
• Hasegawa
• LEGO
• Lincoln Logs
• Lionel Trains
• Meccano
• Mega Bloks
• K'NEX
• Nostalgair
• Playmobil
• Revell
• Schabak
• Tinkertoy
• Tyco Toys
• Wooster

Sports toys

• Nerf
• Schwinn

Video games

• Atari
• Nintendo
• PlayStation
• Sega
• Microsoft Xbox