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The CIA made an Osama bin Laden toy that looks like a 'Star Wars' villain
Before Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces in 2011, his lingering influence in Afghanistan and Pakistan remained a pressing concern for the CIA. So in 2005, the agency seriously considered a plan that would demonize al Qaeda's leader in the eyes of children everywhere. The plan was to fight bin Laden and his evil ideology with toys.
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Lego jumps from physical to virtual world, and back again
With Lego Fusion, the toy giant for the first time is mixing its plastic bricks with the virtual world. Think of it as multidimensional SimCity, for kids.
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Toy Wars
Playtime is over.
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15 Kids Toys What Can Kill You
15 Kids Toys What Can Kill You is a list of toys made around the world what has the ability to end your life the toys in this list are banned and not for sale any more. Gaming channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/pnf7
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LEGO: Everything is NOT awesome.
We love LEGO. You love LEGO. Everyone loves LEGO. But when LEGO's halo effect is being used to sell propaganda to children, especially by an unethical corporation who are busy destroying the natural world our children will inherit, we have to do something.
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Incredible toy
Cube, which can be easily transformed
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How Buckyballs Fell Apart
As of last week, Buckyballs are dead. The magnetic toy has been officially recalled following a two-year battle with the government regulators who sought to ban them. Here's how a seemingly wonderful amusement became plaything non grata in the span of just a few short years.
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'Human Ken' who spent £30,000 to look like Barbie's boyfriend is now bringing out OWN doll
Model Celso Santebanes is bringing out his own doll, after spending around £30,000 to look like his idol, Ken. The 20-year-old 'model and actor' has so far had four operations on his nose, chin and jaw, silicone implants in his chest and various 'aesthetic interventions'. He even 'behaves like a puppet' to emulate his hero, according to reports. And now he is bringing out his own Celso doll. He posted this picture of the prototype to his Instagram account.
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The Lego Version of Springfield Is the Best Simpsons Fan Tribute Ever
When Lego announced earlier this year that it would be releasing a series of Simpsons minifigures, most fans of the show (or of Legos) figured they’d just be putting Homer or Apu or Nelson Muntz in a generic brick-based environment, or recreating a scene from the Lego episode of the show, or maybe just sticking them on a keychain.
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Lego is now the world’s largest toymaker, as kids choose bricks over Barbie
The numbers: Move over, Barbie. Lego reported a 11% jump in sales in the first half of the year, compared with the previous year. The sales, worth 11.5 billion Danish krone ($2 billion), beat Mattel’s result for the same period, making the privately-held Danish company the world’s largest toymaker by revenue. Lego’s operating profit jumped by 12% in the first six months of the year.
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Skylanders and Disney Infinity: How video game toys came to life
Toys coming to life is not a new concept; we all know the story of Pinocchio’s struggle to become a real boy, or ahem, Chucky, the most terrifying doll in the world. But no franchise capitalised on the idea more so than Toy Story, which, nearly 20 years after its initial release, is worth over $10 billion.
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Hello Kitty toy is a badass mech!
Toy at 2:08 in the video
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Toys ‘R’ Us pulls meth-wielding ‘Breaking Bad’ dolls after complaints
A petition on Change.org called on the retailer to stop selling character action figures based on the hit TV show.
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Aaron Paul slaps Toys R Us for dropping 'Breaking Bad' toys, keeping Barbie on shelves
The 35-year-old actor lashed out at the toy chain on Twitter for deciding to pull Walter White and Jesse Pinkman figures off shelves in response to a Florida mom’s petition.
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Kim Jong-Un 'photobombed by teddies having sex' during orphanage visit
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un has been photobombed by two soft toys while visiting an orphanage. Kim seen oblivious as he leaned against a bed, that two soft toys had been placed in a compromising position on a wardrobe in the corner of the room. The front toy had a satisfied smirk and a cheeky wink while its grey-and-white compatriot approached it from behind.
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Demonic child's toy discovered at a Dollar store
A mother in Dayton, Ohio was shocked this week when she purchased a toy wand for her child at a dollar store only to find it ran not on unicorn hair but a picture of a child slicing her arm open. In fairness to the dollar store (literally called '$.100 store') the product was named 'EVIL STICK', though the pink lettering, fairies, swirls and snowflakes on the packaging ensured it would catch the eye of toddlers.
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21 Key Moments That Explain the Modern Toy Industry
When it comes to business, toys are anything but child's play. Here are the top turning points in the history of the modern toy industry.
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Can This Connected Toy Inspire The Next Generation Of Makers?
Don't doubt the commitment of MIT graduate and Dynepic co-founder Krissa Watry. She used to work for the U.S. Airforce as a chief engineer designing and..
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Mattel Pulls Sexist Barbie Book “I Can Be A Computer Engineer” Off Amazon
The makers of Barbie seem to apologize A LOT for underestimating young women. This time the Internet’s buzzing over a pretty cringe-worthy Barbie book, “I Can Be A Computer Engineer,” published out of Random House.
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Toys Are More Divided by Gender Now Than They Were 50 Years Ago
When it comes to buying gifts for children, everything is color-coded: Rigid boundaries segregate brawny blue action figures from pretty pink princesses, and most assume that this is how it’s always been. But in fact, the princess role that’s ubiquitous in girls’ toys today was exceedingly rare prior to the 1990s—and the marketing of toys is more gendered now than even 50 years ago, when gender discrimination and sexism were the norm.
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