Mr. Potato Head can now marry another Mr. Potato Head. ... Head in 1952 for the princely sum of $0.98 (or $10 in today’s currency). Back then, families had to supply their own real potato, ...

Hasbro launched Mr. Potato Head in 1952 for $0.98, the equivalent of $10 today. At the time, families had to supply a real potato, which kids could then turn into people thanks to plastic pieces ...

Originally, the Mr. Potato Head concept was just the toys that kids would add on to their own — real — potato. That changed after Hasbro bought the IP and started releasing plastic, hollow ...

In the beginning Mr. Potato Head was just a collection of push-pin eyes, ears, nose and lips, for kids to attach to real fruits and vegetables. A distinct toy, it the first marketed directly to ...

The original Mr. Potato Head was basically a box of body and face parts with sharp prongs on the back so you could cram them into A REAL POTATO. And, of course, the set came with a pipe because ...