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TSA agent confiscates sock monkey's toy pistol
Rooster Monkburn" the cowboy sock monkey is without his pistol, thanks to a diligent TSA agent in St. Louis. Phyllis May of Redmond, Wash. says she is “appalled and shocked and embarrassed all at the same time” about the incident that happened on Wednesday.
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Plus-Size Barbie Sparks Debate Over Body Image
"Plus-size" models (or any models above the super-skinny norm, for that matter) serve a dual purpose: They showcase plus-size clothing for a growing market... and they also provide women with a more diverse range of bodies to look up to. So if we have plus-size women modeling clothes, why not have plus-size Barbies? That's the question posed recently by Plus-Size-Modeling.com on Facebook, when the group posted an illustration of a plus-size Barbie-like doll
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102-year-old toy catalog shows what rich children did for fun
FAO Schwarz was founded in 1862, making it the oldest toy retailer in the US. Now, thanks to the Internet Archive, a brochure published in 1911 by the company's New York store — the inspiration for Home Alone 2's Duncan's Toy Chest — has been digitized.
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Warlock boomerang
This is my Warlock boomerang. Handcrafted and ready to fly from some of the best finish birch on the market. I make them all with 10 ply 5mm birch. Hope you like it
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Lead Designer, 'Barbie's body was never designed to be realistic'
Barbie's unrealistic proportions are a standard talking point around body image. For the first time Barbie's lead designer fires back.
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How Legos Licensed the Universe, and Ended Up Ruling Us All
Lego today: Crushing the toy industry under its interlocking feet, having overtaken Mattel and Hasbro as the most profitable toymaker in the world. That's partially due to licensing deals, which, starting in 1999, added icons like Darth Vader and Batman to the mix.
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The Michelangelo of Lego Who Quit Law to Play With Toys
Nathan Sawaya was a corporate lawyer. Now he blows minds on a daily basis with his massive sculptures created entirely of Lego bricks. Here’s his wild story.
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Ghostbusters Lego
Ghostbusters will make its Lego debut in early June. Fans will have the chance to build brick versions of Ecto-1, the ghost-fighting team's classic vehicle, and play with minifigure versions of Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore.
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The business of play: inside the weird world of Toy Fair 2014
The business of toys is one of endless reincarnation. Barbie will always totter on slender legs and permanently arched heels. Transformers will always be more than meets the eye. Monopoly will always teach families the inherent conflict in the landlord / tenant relationship. But times change. In 2014, you can print Instagram photos for that Monopoly board, and Mattel is building new dolls whose torsos light up to express emotions...
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Lego Is The Biggest Toy Company In The World
It does one thing, but does it beautifully. And that's how the Danish company unseated Mattel to become No. 1.
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How to Make a Mini Bow and Arrow
How to make a mini bow and arrow out of household items (lolly pop popsicle stick, dental floss and a cotton bud q-tip). Great fun craft idea for kids and childrens parties. Also shows how to make flaming arrows not suitable for children.
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Life as a LEGO Professional
Sixty-five years ago, deep in the basement of a Billund, Denmark carpentry workshop, Ole Kirk Christiansen conceived Lego; 560 billion pieces later, the company has defined childhood for millions of kids across the globe. But for some, the fun doesn’t stop at puberty. Adult fans of Lego -- or AFOL (pronounced “awful”) -- is a small but passionate confederacy of builders who refuse to believe Lego is just for kids.
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Tiny Worlds
The CG team at Rushes brought to life the everyday urban world around our feet in "Tiny Worlds", a trilogy of micro-shorts with a humorous take on what might happen to the litter and rubbish on London's streets when we're not looking.
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TOP CHRISTMAS TOYS 2015
Top Christmas toys for 2015 available from fastsellers.com. Check out the new releases, top tech toys for Kids and must have products for 2015.
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Why Are Toys So Gendered?
Caught on camera in the "pink aisle" of a U.S. toy store, 5-year-old Riley posed a multibillion-dollar question: "Why does all the girls have to buy pink stuff and all the boys have to buy different colored stuff?" Her impassioned critique of profit-boosting gendered toy marketing has been viewed more than 4 million times on YouTube. She isn't a lone voice.
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Japan Invents Disposable Masturbation Toy for Men
IT Media reports that adult goods company Tenga is releasing a ballsy new product called "Pocket Tenga Wave Line." In short, it's a disposable masturbation sleeve that is bundled with lubrication. There's a sticker on the outside that allows users to put the finished sleeve back into the package and seal it up and throw it away in the most sanitary way possible.
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Behind the Beanie Babies: The Secret Life of Ty Warner
The reclusive Chicago billionaire built an empire on stuffed toys—and now he’s narrowly escaped a prison sentence. For an intensely private billionaire, one who had spent much of his adult life behind an impenetrable wall of plush, January 14 had to have been as agonizing as a bolt-up-in-bed naked-in-the-classroom night terror.
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Rubik's cube invention: 40 years old and never meant to be a toy
As Rubik's cube celebrates its 40th birthday with a Google Doodle, Harry Wallop looks back at one of the unlikeliest hits in the toy world
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Coca-Cola Invents 16 Crazy Caps to Turn Empty Bottles Into Useful Objects
Rejoice, happy-go-lucky and environmentally conscious Coca-Cola-lovers. Thanks to this new "2nd Lives" kit from the brand, you can now transform your Coke into something even more delightful. Is that just an empty soda bottle? Nope, it's a squirt gun. Useless piece of trash?
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Entrepreneur Barbie Will Inspire Young Girls to be Vaguely Ambitious
Today, Mattel launched the career of Entrepreneur Barbie, a perfectly coiffed, pink-clad, still impossibly-proportioned doll who is somehow supposed to help fuel the corporate ambition of little girls.
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