'Star Wars' figures are as much of a childhood staple as Mr. Potato Head and View Master reels. So with a seemingly endless array of new 'Star Wars' products in our immediate future thanks to the upcoming movies, the time seems right to reflect upon the saga’s i
Andre Cassagnes, the man responsible for inventing the venerable Etch A Sketch, a toy that inspired countless children ever since it was introduced in 1960, has died at age 86 in France.
Ever since it was introduced in 1963, the Easy-Bake Oven has been marketed exclusively to girls, leaving aspiring boy chefs out in the cold. But that's about to change thanks to a campaign led by a teen girl on behalf of her four-year-old brother, who loves to cook.
Thirteen year-old McKenna Pope is fighting mad at Hasbro, and this little activist wants some positive changes now. The eighth grader, who hails from Garfield, New Jersey, has started a petition on Change.org asking Hasbro to make their Easy Bake Ovens more gender-neutral.
You can always spot a parent around the holiday season. Their hair is a frazzled mesh of cow licks and stray strands as if it’s been pulled by a crowd of frantic people. Their eyes dart around in all directions desperately seeking something that could suddenly appear at a moment’s notice. They break down and cry during commercials that advertise “the hottest toy of the holiday season.”
Scandinavian Toys"R"Us licensee Top-Toy has taken a new approach to making sure kids get what they really want for Christmas: a fully gender-blind catalog that erases the line between boys' and girls' toys.
Here are 11 awesome toys from the 1990's we wish we could play with right now.
Kids have so much toys these days, but when I was a kid I think I had the coolest toys ever! Check out My Top 5 Favorite Toys of All Time!
According to a Harris Interactive survey of adults planning to buy children’s presents this holiday season, the most popular kid’s gift items — more popular than video games, board games and dolls — are books.
Somewhere in the world, there must be an island inhabited by life-size LEGO people living in a massive LEGO world. How else would you explain one of these guys washing up on our shores?
This 2000-foot long Hot Wheels track can’t be contained by a single house. It creeps out into the yard and the sidewalk, and will make your inner-child very, very jealous.
Recently, Mattel released Tokidoki Barbie, a hipster version of their iconic doll which comes complete with pink hair, an ironic half-shirt and visible tattoos on her chest, neck and shoulder. Finally, a Barbie who thinks you’re lame for playing with dolls.
