The Toy Blog is a sort of online magazine. Covering toys of all kinds, for kids and grown-ups, cheap and expensive, here and abroad. Mostly kids toys!
Is The Future Of Toys Looking Bleak?
By Maxine Trowbridge | June 23, 2008
Walking through any toys department or toy section of a superstore, and the one thing which is blindingly obvious is just how important technology has become as far as the popularity of toys is concerned. Shelves upon shelves of computer games scream out for attention, offering children worlds of possibilities, ... more
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Difference In Toys Of The Past 10 Years To The Present
By Linda Greens | June 3, 2008
Ten years ago, the top few toys on the market that children were asking for were toys like the Furby, the Tickle Me Elmo, the Tamagotchi, Beanie Babies and the Teletubbies. There was nothing too technological about these types of toys, and all parents understood them, and how ... more
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Girls Like Their Toys Too
By Linda Greens | May 25, 2008
Of course, it was also a time when most parents and guardians did not ask their kids what they wanted. They usually went by your gender. Obviously if you were a boy, you got the toy cars, trucks, video games, and other things that were capable of making noise and ... more
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Start A Toy Business For The Weekend Woodworker
By Kingston J. Amadan | May 17, 2008
What type of toys should you make? To help answer this, you might start by considering your likely customers. What do they want and what do they need? Many parents try to select toys that are not only fun but educational as well. There are many types of toys you ... more
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Mattel Toy Recall : Wal-Mart Has A Social Responsibility
By Cindy Heller | April 10, 2008
As a father of three small children I was outraged by the recent Mattel toy recall. All of the toys were made by a contract manufacturer in China. Mattel said Wednesday, August 15th, that it was recalling 1.5 million toys globally and the recall would cost them at least $30 ... more
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Classic Toys Never Go Out Of Style
By Cindy Heller | March 4, 2008
Who hasn’t heard the old saying….back when I was young? Times have changed and so have the toys our children play with. Video games now dot the landscape with violence and virtual worlds for our children to “enjoy”. But something else has changed with this new age, the availability of ... more
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Active Toys for Kids
By Maxine Trowbridge | January 20, 2008
Our country has finally realized that there is a fat epidemic and our kids are really suffering. Many children are not only chubby, but also actually obese. This does not bode well for their future and there are only two ways to turn back time and help these kids lose ... more
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Are your children’s toys safe?
By Kingston J. Amadan | December 31, 2007
It’s a sad fact that many of the most dangerous toys are favourites. Thousands of cheap, unsafe toys are finding their way onto the market place with little being done to stop them. How many unsafe toys are there on the shelves that we just don’t know about? Potentially dangerous ... more
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Antique Toys
By Krystyna | December 6, 2007
Antique toys should not be considered collectibles, but should instead be recognized as fine crafted objects created by skilled designers and artisans of the nineteenth century. Antique toys are generally considered to be those made around WWII or earlier, at least fifty years ago. Antique toys are popular collector items ... more
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Modern Toys and Your Child
By Poeule | August 31, 2007
As a parent, you must know how wide the offer for toys is for children of all ages. But when it comes to buying one, you don’t know what to choose, and how to choose a toy in order to be suitable for the child. You must consider the age ... more
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