Of course, Hasbro didn’t actually change Mr. Potato Head’s gender or take the “Mr.” from its name, ... A study in the 1980s found that over an 8-year-period, ...

By the early 1980s another innovation was introduced: A nifty trapdoor at the bottom of Mr. Potato Head to store his facial features. Mr. Head originally came with a pipe, but had to give up the ...

Ten years later, new rules about choking hazards compel Hasbro to merge the head and body into one legless lump. 1980s: ... Mr. Potato Head makes his big-screen debut in Toy Story, ...

Hasbro is scrambling to reassure fans that Mr. Potato Head still exists — amid uproar over its gender-neutral rebranding announcement. “Hold that Tot – your main spud, MR. POTATO HEAD isn ...

Mr. Potato Head appeared to be losing his gender — but there’s more than meets the detachable eye. Word came out Thursday morning on the website Fast Company that toymaker Hasbro was re… ...

A look back at 70-plus years of gadgetry, innovation and Mr. Potato Head. ... the 3-D combination puzzle invented by a Hungarian architecture professor in 1974 and released commercially in 1980; ...

Hasbro is dropping the honorific “mister” from the “Mr. Potato Head” brand, renaming the shapeshifting plastic spud to the gender-neutral “Potato Head.” ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Mr. Potato Head is no longer a mister. Hasbro, the company that makes the potato-shaped plastic toy, is giving the spud a gender neutral new name: Potato Head. The change will ...

To get a better understanding of this era, check out the vintage ad for Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head above. When Mr. Potato Head hit shelves in 1952, customers were expected to provide their own potato.

Hasbro is dropping the Mr. from the logo and overall brand to “promote gender equality and inclusion,” but clarified that Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head will still be available.