Sure, but with a toy that simple I would expect it to be a lot older than just a century. But I guess it may be a cultural context thing: in my country some hou

Sure, but with a toy that simple I would expect it to be a lot older than just a century. But I guess it may be a cultural context thing: in my country some houses were built before Europeans even set foot in North America and the city I grew up in was literally founded by the Romans. Given how simple the toy is, I wouldn't be surprised to find out it dates back 500 or even 5000 years or more, even if it had to be re-invented several times in between.