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G.I Joe Voted Best Toy of the Last Century
G.I Joe Voted Best Toy of the Last Century
G.I Joe Voted Best Toy of the Last Century
G.I Joe has been selected the best toy of the last century, according to the people who voted online at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis’s webpage. The poll, which ranked the best toys for the last 100 years, was set up by staff at this fun museum in order to see which childhood plaything would come out on top.
Man Builds Enormous K’Nex Machine
Man Builds Enormous K’Nex Machine
Man Builds Enormous K’Nex Machine
It's pretty obvious what this guy likes to do with his spare time. This enormous K'Nex ball machine has over 41,000 pieces, 21 different paths, 450 feet of track, eight motors, five lifts, and a computer-controlled crane. It's like watching the world's most elaborate game of Mousetrap...
Carnival Game Expert Can Clean Out a Carny’s Plush Toy Stock
Carnival Game Expert Can Clean Out a Carny’s Plush Toy Stock
Carnival Game Expert Can Clean Out a Carny’s Plush Toy Stock
Peter Dragos, a native of Detroit, Michigan, gets a lot of strange looks from carnival barkers when he walks down the midway. That's because he's a natural at carnival games. In fact, he regularly has to bring plastic bags and shopping carts with him to carry home all of the stuffed toys and trinkets he wins.
10 Celebrity Hobbies That Might Surprise You
10 Celebrity Hobbies That Might Surprise You
10 Celebrity Hobbies That Might Surprise You
Sometimes we think our favorite celebrities only exist on this planet for our own amusement. In fact, many of them do have lives away from the limelight. When they’re not acting, singing, dancing or just being fabulously rich and famous, some of your favorite stars take part in some pretty interesting extracurricular activities. Here...
Etch-A-Sketch Responds to Mitt Romney Gaffe
Etch-A-Sketch Responds to Mitt Romney Gaffe
Etch-A-Sketch Responds to Mitt Romney Gaffe
Last week, Mitt Romney's campaign adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, likened his candidate's plan to retool and change message once he secured the GOP nomination to the classic toy the Etch-A-Sketch. "You can kind of shake it up and we start all over again," Fehrnstrom said during the now notorious CNN interview. While changing courses for a general election is pretty standard practice, it's not
Watch ‘The Hunger Games’ Recreated With Beanie Babies
Watch ‘The Hunger Games’ Recreated With Beanie Babies
Watch ‘The Hunger Games’ Recreated With Beanie Babies
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?
Transforming Lego Game Boy Is the Best Toy You Never Had
Transforming Lego Game Boy Is the Best Toy You Never Had
Transforming Lego Game Boy Is the Best Toy You Never Had
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
Go ‘Back to the Future’ With Official Marty McFly Hoverboard
Go ‘Back to the Future’ With Official Marty McFly Hoverboard
Go ‘Back to the Future’ With Official Marty McFly Hoverboard
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 d
Little Girl Has a Lot of Opinions on Toy Store Gender Politics [VIDEO]
Little Girl Has a Lot of Opinions on Toy Store Gender Politics [VIDEO]
Little Girl Has a Lot of Opinions on Toy Store Gender Politics [VIDEO]
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.

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