toys

Black Barbie paved the way for Hollywood's hottest celebrity dolls

Beyoncé, Zendaya, Shonda Rhimes and Rosa Parks. These A-listers and more are all dolled up, thanks to this pretty, plastic plaything. 

Grown-ups surpass preschoolers as the biggest toy consumers: 'Most important age group'

Toy enthusiasts over the age of 18 accounted for $1.5 billion in sales from January to April, according to data from Circana.

Khloé Kardashian slammed for allowing daughter True, 6, to sign modeling deal: 'A kid shouldn’t be working'

"Oh gosh the kartrashians are throwing their nepo kids down our throat. Will they ever go away," wrote a fan in the mom of two's comments section.

Score this $85 folding wagon on sale at Walmart for all your family adventures this summer

It's wagon season — time to throw the kids behind the wheel!

Girls become fixated on their looks at a shockingly young age, new study reveals

"Across all of the measures that we assessed, girls on average greatly valued their appearances. Girls said that to be a girl they needed to be pretty, and looking pretty...

Precious Moments figurines creator dead at 85: Life’s mission was 'to share God’s gift of love with the world'

Some of the Christian-themed figurines feature Bible verses or children praying. Fans have collections numbering in the hundreds, while critics deride them as kitsch.

Battered Ken doll, false teeth and a garden shed: 'Weird and wacky' items found in sewer system

“How some of this stuff has got in there is anyone’s guess, but it makes the job pretty entertaining for everyone," said a sewer company spokesperson.

They grow up in a blink of an eye! Celebrate your littlest graduates with these luxury gifts

Spoil your little one with these big-budget must-haves. 

World record rubber duck washes ashore 18 years later

Filip Miller, 13, stumbled across the plastic duck while walking his dogs — and brought it back home to his mom, Marion, who spotted the telltale writing on the toy.

Mattel recalls Donald Duck, Daisy Duck figures over safety fears

Two popular young children's toys have been recalled over fears the products could pose “a risk of serious injury or death from choking” due to a design flaw.

'Doll makeup' trend has celebrities looking like porcelain dolls and Y2K Bratz

"I've never seen a makeup look go so viral."

These National Geographic activity kits are up to 33% off on Amazon right now

Kids will be excited to explore nature with these Nat Geo kits.

I gave my niece a dog toy now my sister is furious

A Reddit user who angered a sibling after buying the sister's child a dog toy as a replacement stuffed animal did nothing wrong, other users on the platform pronounced.

Easy Bake Oven blamed for family's poisoning: 'Shortness of breath, chills and nausea'

"All signs point back to the Easy Bake Oven," the mom alleged. "There was some kind of poison that got emitted from that machine when we plugged it in."

Toy makers face dismal outlook after Hasbro's holiday sales tank

“The competition is for the mind space and how much time kids are spending on social media and streaming games.”

Warren Buffett's Squishmallows sues Build-A-Bear over 'knockoff' toy line

Not to be outdone, Build-A-Bear filed its own lawsuit against Jazwares, saying Skoosherz are based on its existing plush animals, and that its advertising and marketing since last month's launch...

Build-A-Bear's 'after dark' collection of horny animals sparks outrage: 'I'm violently sick'

The toy company's new collection can be found in the "Bear Cave" -- asking users to pledge that they are over the age of 18 before clicking in to the...