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Too Young For Toys Ideas

It is okay to play with toys if you’re 11 years old, but that does not mean you’re old enough to promote your own→

History Of The Toy Ant Farm History

Milton Levine may have died earlier this month at 97 years old, but he has left behind a legacy that will continue on for→

Toy Inventor Recognized With Lifetime Achievement Award Inventions

For the last six decades, Eddy Goldfarb’s toys have made their mark on the imaginations of many. According to Venture County Star, his toys→

Building Business Was A ‘Snap’ For Inventor Inventions

As an architect, David Child spent years putting pieces together. Five years ago that turned into a new toy discovery, reports Daily Times. Sitting→

How Toy Crazes Are Born Ideas

There’s something you need to know about two of this year’s hottest holiday toys: Your kids won’t let you buy just one, reports The→

Entrepreneur Scores With Low-Tech Game Ideas

Spud Alford saw some kids playing a game he remembered playing during his own childhood–finger football–and thought there had to be a better and→

Silly Bandz Fad Fades Featured

Don’t tell Santa, but the national infatuation with Silly Bandz and other shaped, silicone bands that were America’s hottest fad in 2010, seems to→

Tweet4Toys Uses the Power of Social Media for Good Ideas

Even the charities are hip to social networking these days. AppScout has a story about how the Salvation Army in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is using→

Maker Savors Demand for Holiday’s Hot Toy Featured

The New York Times is reporting that midway through last year, as analysts tried to predict where the economy was going, toy maker Bill→

Update: Hot Toys Featured

A front runner hasn’t emerged in the toy-of-the-season race reports The Chicago Tribune. But there are some contenders. Something called Squinkies tops the list.→

The Safer Fetch Stick Ideas

Paul Blair was playing fetch with his dog, Razzle, when he noticed that the stick cut his mouth. Sure that there must be a→

What’s Hot For The Holidays? Google Knows. Ideas

Want to get an extra early jump on this year’s holiday must-haves? Take an exclusive look at what products Google says are already burning→

Variety Is The Spice Of Holiday Picks Ideas

Reuters is reporting that Toys R Us Inc is betting on variety to hit its sales targets this holiday season, with toys ranging from→

Analyst Spins Yo-Yo Passion Into Million-Dollar-Plus Biz Ideas

According to Entrepreneur magazine, it all began back in 2005, when Pat Cuartero–a high school 2A yoyo champ turned Merrill Lynch analyst–discovered a higher→

Silly Bandz Become Dating Tool Featured

We first brought you the story of Silly Bandz, the rubber bracelets that are all the rage among grade-schoolers back in March. Now they’re→

Toy and Game Inventor Expo 2010 Inventions

The Toy and Game Inventor Expo is the only industry event designed exclusively to help the new toy and game inventor and entrepreneur by→

The Inventor Who Saved Christmas History

Choosing not to pursue a medical career, Alfred C. Gilbert co-founded a company manufacturing magic sets in 1909. This company would later become the→