Toy Stories

Toy Stories: Lazer Tag

If you were a kid in 1986, you probably remember the hype. For months before Worlds of Wonder finally released …

It’s a nice feeling to finish an Etch-A-Sketch picture you’re semi-proud of. “It actually looks like a tree this time!” …

For the true football-crazed kid, there were only three things wrong with the world: 1) The NFL season only lasted …

“Fire burns Wood! Wood floats on Water! Water puts out Fire!” Battle Beasts finally gave us the answer to a …

In a pinch, kids can turn just about anything into a gun—a stick, a banana, a finger—but it always helped …

Not to slight the Big Wheel, because really…how can you, but skid-outs on the Wheel were nothing like the ones you …

ColecoVision was the Cadillac of home video games back in 1982; a system so powerful, you’d make friends with the …

The 1960’s were heady times for technology. While superpowers raced to put a man on the moon, scientists and amateur …

If you took any pride at all in your toy chest—and we hope you did—it surely contained a View-Master. When …

Ever since enterprising toymakers hit on the gimmick of combining electricity and sports, many a fan has whiled his rainy-day …