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The Heesacker toy collection.
“Heesacker, who died in April, 2009, at the age of 82, collected, bought, sold and restored old toys, particularly toy trucks, and other antiques, beginning in the 1960s …”
Toyland.
“It’s about toy inventors, about all of these rock stars of the toy industry in their 80s and 90s and nobody knows who they are.”
“Sometimes Wal-Mart just doesn’t do it …”
A Collector’s Toy Show report.
When shelf space is scarce.
“More than 300 toys are stuck on the exterior, and Mr Mitchelson estimated that there were up to 200 inside.”
The Cub Scout Pack 900 toy drive.
“For children in the burn unit, a toy ‘offers them a bright point in their day, a distraction from the pain they are suffering’ …”
Going green.
“… sales of green toys may balloon to $1 billion, which represents about 5% of the total toy sales over the next five years. … The combination of the biggest toy seller with the world’s greatest investor certainly has the potential for setting a green tone within the toy industry.”
The world’s most expensive Matchbox toy.
“… the Lesney dumper truck, produced by the Matchbox car company in 1955 as a prototype for a range of larger toys … sold for 10,200 pounds …”
The Trevorcast.
“Melting metals in a miniature foundry before pouring the scorching liquid into a mould is not exactly a child-friendly activity.”
For science! [via]
“In 1609 Galileo tweaked a toylike spyglass, pointed it at the moon and Jupiter (not the neighbors), and astronomy took a quantum leap. … Continuing that tradition, these researchers prove toys inspire more than child’s play.”
Surviving a product recall.
“At best, a recall is expensive and embarrassing. At worst, it’s fatal.” (See also.)