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 A. C. Gilbert Company, according to Wikipedia. Gilbert invented the Erector Set, a popular construction toy, in 1913. His inspiration was steel construction girders being used on the New York, New […]
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Firebox.com, an online toy and gizmo gift store, and toy news website Toyology.com just announced the results of their survey of over 3,000 adults aged 20 to 40 for their choice of most popular toy ever made. It looks like you guys are big Lego fans. And you are correct, Lego was selected as the
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Firebox.com, an online toy and gizmo gift store, and toy news website Toyology.com just announced the results of their survey of over 3,000 adults aged 20 to 40 for their choice of most popular toy ever made. n {democracy:56} Answer tomorrow!
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Gadgetwise asks, you can make a movie with a phone, so why not with a doll? The Barbie Video Girl Doll ($50, Mattel) looks just like a regular Barbie, but a closer look reveals a camera in her pendant, and a postage stamp-sized color screen on her back, peeking through her blouse. Powered by two
GroovyBalls is a new toy made from 216 rare-earth magnetic balls formed into a cube shape, which can be used to make millions of different shapes and patterns. Video after the jump.
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Mike Bellon, founder of Action Sports Toys, LLC, was inspired while surfing to create a toy that would allow children to mimic his moves on the water, reports The Village News. “I was riding a wave at Mission Beach when I decided I wanted to be innovative. I looked at electronics and computers, but I
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According to Wired magazine, the technology behind this children’s toy is both simple and complex. Simple, in that an internal stylus is used, manipulated by turning horizontal and vertical knobs to “etch a sketch” onto a glass window coated with aluminum powder. Complex, because the Etch a Sketch employs a fairly sophisticated pulley system that
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When a toy fad goes cold, make sure you’ve already explored the next big trend, says Wham-O CEO Kyle Aguilar. Bloomberg BusinessWeek recently sat down with Aguilar and asked him about toy fads. What is the life span of a hot toy? It can last decades or just a season. Sometimes a product has its
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Foreign knock-offs of American toys often wind up inadvertently parodying them. The low production value of a zombie-esque action figure and hilarious typos resulting from poor translation can almost make a toy more entertaining than the real version. Here are a few toys Urlesque.com collected. ‘Spader-Man’ instead of Spider-Man. I wonder if actor James Spader
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Serving businesses in Vancouver, B.C., Lucky Duck Toy Box offers a solution to the problem of old, dirty, worn out toys in waiting rooms, reports trendspotter Springwise. Instead, it delivers a fresh assortment of sanitized playthings to keep businesses’ youngest customers safe and entertained. All toys are lead-tested, inspected and cleaned with environmentally friendly products.
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