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VEHICLES
Children have played with miniature versions of vehicles since ancient times. Toy sail boats, and wagons and carts pulled by animals were popular. Twentieth-century toys included tractors, trucks, boats, military vehicles, and trains. Die-cast metal toys and the first mass-produced airplanes and cars for young boys appeared in the 1920s. Tonka trucks made their first appearance in the 1940s.