Given the massive success of 'The Hunger Games' film adaptation -- it raked in $155 million over the weekend, making it the third biggest opening of all time -- internet parodies are already starting to stack up. But perhaps the funniest of all is a recreation of the film starring adorable Beanie Babies. Remember those?
Imagine all your favorite childhood memories combined into one awesome toy. That's exactly what LEGO fan Julius von Brunk did when he created the 'Domaster & Tetrawing' - an amalgamation of the Nintendo Game Boy, the game 'Tetris' and Transformers - that is actually a transforming "Nintendobot." Check out how the Tetris cartridge transforms into the 'Tetrawing' robot below. It'll put your LEGO skills to shame.
In this clever video by Tom Jenkins, Google Maps is used to free a toy car from the desk top and take it on a road trip across the country. Check out the innovative short below.
Twenty-three years ago, as 'Back to the Future, Part II' first hit theaters, kids everywhere got their first look at a toy from the future. It was the Mattel Hoverboard, the skateboard without wheels that uses futuristic technology to float inches above the ground. Rumors swirled in the '80s and '90s that the Hoverboard was real (rumors fueled by director Robert Zemeckis) but, alas, much to the disappointment of children everywhere, the Hoverboard was just another piece of movie magic.
But now, just three years shy of 2015 - the "future" of 'Back to the Future, Part II" - Mattel has finally announced the Hoverboard for sale.
Riley, the clever little girl in this video, has an epiphany in a toy store that turns into a mini-rant about the way that companies "try to trick the girls into buying the pink stuff instead of the stuff that boys want to buy." Looks like toy companies ought to give the youngsters they market their products to a little more credit.
Two staples of every red-blooded American kid's childhood are Ohio Art's iconic Etch A Sketch and the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Now, they have become one awesome toy we wish we had as kids.
On the fourth hour of 'Today,' Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb take a close look at the 'You & Me Interactive Triplets' doll that allegedly utters an naughty word.
Struggling to decide what to buy for a child this holiday season? Then check out this collection of unique holiday gifts for kids of all ages courtesy of 'The Early Show.'
Gift ideas include the Scruble Cube, a game that combines the Rubik's Cube with Scrabble, dolls from the StinkyKids collection, chopsticks for kids with animal toppers and a device that makes rainbows.
Check out some neat holiday gift items for youngsters below.
Some believe that the 'You & Me Interactive Triplets' dolls currently being sold at Toys R Us stores doesn't just use use adorable baby talk. They think the doll is actually saying a dirty word.
Many couples choose to have unique, offbeat weddings, and one couple in particular decided on something complete different for their wedding cake. Sitting on top of what can only be assumed as an automotive-themed wedding, sits a semi-truck next to the bride and groom figurines.
The working lights on the truck suggest anyone attempting to eat it has probably hit the cash bar hard.