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Boys were interested in toys styled on the conveyances of the day. This has included cars, carriages, planes, ships, trains, and trucks. The type and conveyance and style of course varied over time. I am not sure what the attraction has been over time. Conveyances were mechanical devices that were normally, large, loud, and powerful. These are all attributes that attract the attention of boys. Drivers and pilots were also traditionally men. Perhaps there were other attributes that also appealed to boys. These were toys that normally did not appeal to girls, perhaps for the same reasons that they appealed to boys. We note toys done in what ever were the mechanical conveyances of the day. hey were done in various materials and degrees of reality. Some were made to actually work. I'm not sure if there were actual steam engines, if so they would have been rather rare. More common were wind-up motors and n the 20th century electrical motors. Today of course women can be pilots and truck drivers, but these toys do not seem to be any more popular with modern girls.
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