When Aussies discovered a rather random Big W toy could snag them a Qantas business class flight, they wasted no time purchasing the now sold out $3.50 item.

and the rubber duck’s place in the National Toy Hall of Fame, The Strong National Museum of Play is giving rubber ducks away to the first 500 guests on Saturday. There will also be giant rubber ...

Still, it wasn’t until Georgian-Russian-American sculptor Peter Ganine patented his design in 1949 that the rubber duck became as famous as we know it, selling more than 50 million toys worldwide.