In the Turkish town of Buyukkaristiran, a serious fire broke out at the "Pilsan" toy factory. "A gigantic cloud of smoke rose above the facility, and the flames were visible from afar," reports ...
1981: The Ladybug toddler bike is made of plastic. During its peak in the 1970s, the toy factory employed up to 430 people spanning multiple generations, the museum says. By the 1980s ...
Kenner, the company's US sister firm, had bought the rights to Star Wars but needed a factory to manufacture the toys for the UK. "I'd never heard of Star Wars, but they said 'There's a film.