Toy School Buses

Almost every child has had some form of toy school buses in their lives. Children love to play with toys and the toy school bus is no exception. In the 1950s, the school bus became a favorite of children in the US as school buses became more dominant in the transportation of children. Since children can associate with the school bus, a toy school bus was a safe addition to the many toy cars, trucks, and other vehicles that many children played and collected. In the beginning, most of these toys were made of wood that was painted to match the school buses on the road. As technology progressed, steel and other alloys began to make their appearance. During the 70s, new forms of the toy school bus were created that reflected the new image of racing that was popular. Toy school buses were painted in dark colors and had flames or lightning bolts on the side of the vehicle. At events where vehicles were crashed against each other, school buses that were no longer being used by school districts were painted in extravagant colors with all sorts of decals such as pirate or confederate flags and they were run into all manner of vehicles. The school bus continued in popularity at these events until the monster trucks emerged. Today, many safety organizations are concerned about toy school buses and other miniature toy vehicles because of the amount of lead paint that is sometimes found to be used in their production. Many children place these toys in the mouths and can eventually consume much of the paint leading to cases of lead poisoning. Safety recalls and new regulations have been created to help prevent any future problems such as this one. If lead gets into a young person, it can have severe repercussions on their health and mental growth. Toy school buses are sometimes made of plastic. One rather large yellow plastic school bus was forced to be recalled because so many of the parts of the toy would break off with just a little pulling. The parts were small enough to become a choking danger and the manufacturer had to recall the toy. Although the toy was marketed to older children, young children including toddlers were very interested in the toy because they recognized it as one that their older brother or sister would get into in the morning and disappear for many hours. Toy school buses have evolved from wooden toys to toys today that have many electrical parts that allow the toy to reproduce the look and feel of the modern school bus. Safety remains a high concern for the toy and manufacturers continue to find new ways to re-invent the toy school bus for each future generation of children.	SchoolBuses.info Manufacturers Types Safety Toy School Buses