FINALISTS: There were a dozen deserving finalists, but only four made it.

We’re talking about the 2023 induction into The Strong’s National Toy Hall of Fame. Here are the 12 finalists — you bring the memories.

Baseball cards, used in card trading and schoolyard bartering, as well as other flipping games.

Battleship, originally a pencil and paper game in the late 19th century, has gone through many variations, like printed paper, plastic, computerized and electronic versions.

Bingo is descended from a lottery game first played in Italy around 1530, and has become a staple of adult play and fundraisers for churches and charity organizations.

Bop It debuted in 1996 and combined electronic game processes with free play and physical elements in an innovative way.

Cabbage Patch Kids, the must-have toy of 1983, offered American children a soft, cuddly playmate in a world of hard toys and cold electronics.

Choose Your Own Adventure Gamebooks gave kids new opportunities to play with reading, and became one of the bestselling children’s book series of all time.

Connect 4 — based on an earlier strategy game — challenges players to be the first to place four tokens in a row.

Ken was introduced by Mattel as Barbie’s boyfriend in March 1961.

Little Tikes Cozy Coupe with its now iconic red chassis, yellow roof, a trunk, and working doors. Nerf Toys, introduced as a harmless foam ball in the 1960s, have evolved into a line of blasters that shoot harmless foam darts for outdoor fun.

Slime has leveraged its squishy, squashy, tactile appeal to become a beloved plaything for generations of kids.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, comic book and play icons, transmedia trailblazers, and an enduring popular cultural sensation known as “Turtlemania”—generating toys, television shows, movies, video games, and merchandise over the past 39 years.

The winners tomorrow.