The answer: The first toy advertised on television was Mr. Potato Head. Introduced in 1952, it grossed $4 million in his very first year. The original Mr. Potato Head was a collection of parts with which children would use real potatoes to make countless faces. It was eight years before the plastic potato body was included. - Seacow  429.9 #296 11:05AM

Thanks! I love trivia. - LittleAprilShowers  500.2 #242 11:26AM

I think it's funny that they just sold the pieces and you used a real potato - Seacow  429.9 #296 12:20PM