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The Ohio company that has produced or owned the Etch A Sketch for more than five decades has sold the classic toy to a Toronto-based toy firm.

《素描刻蚀》已有50多年的历史， 如今，这家俄亥俄公司将其卖给了多伦多玩具公司_qKid02h*1LP%Y。

Bryan-based Ohio Art Company made the surprise move to sell the Etch A Sketch and its spinoff, the Doodle Sketch, to Spin Master Corporation for an undisclosed price.

这家总部设在布莱恩的艺术公司出其不意，将《素描刻蚀》及副产品Doodle Sketch卖给了多伦多Spin Master玩具公司，价格并未透露zM-x13vW2FM=XwnO^o。

Martin Killgallon, Ohio Art's president, told The Blade in Toledo, "I think it's such an icon, it's a part of our everyday life here."

俄亥俄艺术公司总监基加隆在托莱多接受The Blade杂志采访时表示，《素描刻蚀》已经成为了一种标志，它已成为了我们生活的一部分qbPUk3]u52。

The company said the move leaves it with more capital to focus on metal lithography--the craft on which it was founded over a century ago.

该公司表示，公司将集中资金开展金属光刻研发，该工艺已有100多年的历史Q1I2%+6#15WoGq。

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