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10 Weird Fad Toys Every Kid Had to Have for Christmas
10 Weird Fad Toys Every Kid Had to Have for Christmas
10 Weird Fad Toys Every Kid Had to Have for Christmas
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.”
G.I. Joe Facts
G.I. Joe Facts
G.I. Joe Facts
With 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' coming to theaters, now is a good time to look over the almost 50-year history of the world's most popular action figure and take stock of its origins, mysteries and innovations. Use this handy guide and now you'll know all you need to win half of your trivia battles...
Weirdest Toys Ever
Weirdest Toys Ever
Weirdest Toys Ever
Ah, Playmobil. Basically Lego's weird cousin, Playmobil offers all of the imaginative environments and changeable figures of Lego without having to actually build anything.
Hasbro Introduces Easy-Bake Oven for Boys
Hasbro Introduces Easy-Bake Oven for Boys
Hasbro Introduces Easy-Bake Oven for Boys
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.
Teen Launches Campaign for Gender-Neutral Easy Bake Oven
Teen Launches Campaign for Gender-Neutral Easy Bake Oven
Teen Launches Campaign for Gender-Neutral Easy Bake Oven
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.
 Xmas Catalog Rocks
Xmas Catalog Rocks
Xmas Catalog Rocks
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.
Success Kid in Real Life
Success Kid in Real Life
Success Kid in Real Life
This is a timelapse video of the process involved in taking the "Success Kid" meme and turning it into a tiny sandstone statue. Don't you want a tiny "success kid" you can keep in your pocket like a lucky rabbit foot?
Meet Hugo, the Freakiest Toy Ever
Meet Hugo, the Freakiest Toy Ever
Meet Hugo, the Freakiest Toy Ever
Toys in the '70s sure were awesome, but let's face it -- they weren't always well-thought-out. In that spirit, we present 'Hugo: Man of a Thousand Faces,' a large plastic doll that surely qualifies as one of the most disturbing toys of all time. If you owned one, you have our sympathy.

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