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This article gives some fun facts about how the idea of the potato head was invented. From the article, you would understand in 1952, George Lerner invented and patented Mr. Potato Head based on an earlier toy called "make a face" that used a real potato. In 1953, Mrs. Potato Head was also introduced.

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Lerner originally designed his all-plastic toy as a prize for cereal premiums.

Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on network television.

In 1953, Mr. Potato Head meets Mrs. Potato Head.

The original concept of using actual fruits and vegetables was dropped in 1964 when Hasbro began supplying a plastic potato with each kit.

Newly passed U.S. safety standards required that the prongs on the face pieces be less sharp. These revised pieces could not puncture real food.

In 1987, Mr. Potato Head loses his pipe and becomes the official 'spokespud' of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout.

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Welcome to the Classic Toy Museum - Mr. Potato Head

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Lerner originally designed his all-plastic toy as a prize for cereal premiums. Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on network television. In 1953, Mr. Potato Head meets Mrs. Potato Head. The original concept of using actual fruits and vegetables was dropped in 1964 when Hasbro began supplying a plastic potato with each kit.

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Mr & Mrs Potato Head Toys & Videos | Playskool

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Mr Potato Head and Mrs Potato Head have more in common than being potatoes and great at arguing. These spuds fuel creative play and are great educational toys.

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This website sells today's versions of Mr Potato Head and Mrs Potato Head. You would be able to buy certain versions that reference pop cultural things like pirates, movies, and everything in between.

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This website discusses the historical events of the Mr Potato Head toy and how it became popular. "When Lerner tried to sell the idea to the toy companies of the time no one wanted to buy the idea because using of the fruits and vegetables was considered irresponsible and wasteful in the time after the war because they were scarce. Then Lerner got the second idea which was to make parts (eyes, ears and such) out of plastic with pins for attaching, while head of the toy would be a potato. He sold the idea for $5,000 to a food company by convincing it to distribute the plastic parts as gifts in breakfast cereal boxes."

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Mr. Potato Head is a doll in a shape of a potato with parts like eyes, ears, mouth and arms that can be attached and detached from the body. It was designed in 1949 by George Lerner. Manufacturing began in 1952 by Hasbro. Mr. Potato Head was also a first toy to be advertised on the television.

First incarnation of Mr. Potato Head was a "funny face man" that George Lerner made for his younger sister out of fruit and vegetable parts from his mother's garden. When Lerner tried to sell the idea to the toy companies of the time no one wanted to buy the idea because using of the fruits and vegetables was considered irresponsible and wasteful in the time after the war because they were scarce. Then Lerner got the second idea which was to make parts (eyes, ears and such) out of plastic with pins for attaching, while head of the toy would be a potato. He sold the idea for $5,000 to a food company by convincing it to distribute the plastic parts as gifts in breakfast cereal boxes.

When, in 1951, Lerner showed the idea to brothers Henry and Merrill Hassenfeld, who had a small school supply and toy company called Hassenfeld Brothers (which they later called Hasbro) they liked the idea so they paid to the cereal company $2,000 to stop producing parts and for $5,000 they bought the rights from them. Lerner got $500 in advance and 5% in royalties for every set of the parts that they sold. First set sold had hands, feet, ears, two mouths, two pairs of eyes, four noses, three hats, eyeglasses, a pipe and eight felt pieces in the shape of facial hair. It had no body so the potato had to be provided so the parts could be stuck into it. Beside of being first toy advertised on the television it was a toy that changed the way of advertising.

Before Mr. Potato Head, toys were advertised to adults because they were the ones paying. Mr. Potato Head was advertised directly to children. More than one million sets were sold in the first year. Mrs. Potato Head was added in 1953 with Brother Spud and Sister Yam after that with accessories. Because little children choked and cut themselves on the Mr. Potato Head's parts government regulations forced Hasbro to make less sharp parts which could not pierce potatoes any more. Because of that, Hasbro had to add plastic potato for the body to the kit in 1964. Some similar fruit and vegetable toys were added by Hasbro. They were Oscar the Orange, Pete the Pepper, Katie Carrot and Cookie Cucumber. Because child safety regulations required that, Hasbro increased size of parts and potato of the Mr. Potato Head which enabled younger children to play with it. Mr. Potato Head had round holes but Hasbro changed it into flat ones so parts could not be put into wrong holes. That changed in 1980 when Hasbro started selling parts in sets of one but returned round holes.

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Mr. Potato Head History - Who Invented Mr. Potato Head?

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Mr. Potato Head is a doll in a shape of a potato with parts like eyes, ears, mouth and arms that can be attached and detached from the body. It was designed in 1949 by George Lerner. Manufacturing began in 1952 by Hasbro. Mr. Potato Head was also a first toy to be advertised on the television.

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This website will tell you what a Mr Potato Head is and how it functions. "A type of plastic toy shaped like a potato, which includes different eyes, noses, mouths, and ears that you can put on it to give it different faces"

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