Toys

Who doesn't like toys? I didn't even know there was a Toy Hall of Fame for this...

Summer time means school is done and children are encouraged to get outside, explore, and play!...But are the toys your kids playing with safe? A new list has come out that informs parents of ten toys they should avoid buying their children this summer.

What TOY(s) Will Make The Cut?

This week a photo of a fake Fisher-Price toy went viral. The photo of the toy was for "Happy Hour Playset", in which it was a bar for toddlers complete with bar stools! According to WGRZ internet comedian Amiri King shared this fake photo to his Facebook page...

One of my all-time favorite episodes of SNL was the "Holiday Edition of Consumer Probe" from 1976 with the incomparable Dan Akroyd. He defends 'Bag of Glass' and a teddy bear with a built in chainsaw. (Watch it here!) Unfortunately, there are some real toys out there deemed quite unsafe.  Do...

Tuesday's election results have some people really upset. Let me tell you what I'm really upset about. Perhaps only second to the allure of a big, empty cardboard box, bubble wrap is the best non-toy toy for kids (ok, me too) throughout all generations lucky enough to be alive in the age of plastic...

No matter what year, no matter what decade, there have always been must-have holiday toys.

Bring a new unwrapped toy to Gi-Ro Dry Cleaners and receive $3.00 off of your dry cleaning

These toys can be choked on, break limbs, take out an eye or confuse children on the difference between fake and real weapons.

Remember how so many Star Wars fans lost their minds when we first saw Kylo Ren’s bizarre hilted lightsaber in the trailer for Star Wars: Episode 7? Well, they’re about to lose ‘em all over again. Hasbro is introducing a new line of toys that will allow children (and their parents) to customize their own Jedi weapons. If you should a little hilt was crazy, then you probably aren’t prepared for what people will soon be able to create in their homes.

Back when Amazon was just a rainforest and the word "iPod" sounded like a one-man spacecraft, people still got musical gifts for Christmas.

Hard to believe these are still around.