Etch A Sketch, Mr. Potato Head, Crayola Crayons the 64-crayon box with built-in sharpener, of course.

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In his earliest years, his Crayola period, "I was just another kid, drawing on the walls, " he says with a laugh.

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He has also teamed up with some western toy companies, including Crayola and Revell, to make their crayons and models in Russia.

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Scientists have done such experiments thousands of times, with a Crayola box of colors and using glowing genes taken from jellyfish and fireflies (see: " Biotech's Glowing Breakthrough").

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