All the Best New Toys
Toy Fair, a staggeringly large collection of playtime gadgets for kiddos and immature adults, has come to an end. Phew!…
Hands On: Cyborg Fashion Photo Barbie
Barbie, at once a gender pioneer and enabler of countless anorexic, has found her newest role: human-machine hybrid.
The Great Nerf Guns of 2012
Will we ever feel too old to love Nerf guns? No, I doubt it. What about Super Soakers? Oh hush, of course not.…
Some Company Is Selling Pure Magic At Toy Fair
You might think you can explain where Colombia-based Aracataca got these giant pens, pencils, crayons, and markers that…
The Coolest Action Figures You Can't Buy Yet
Toy Fair is full of lame jigsaw puzzles, toy horses, and other antique things nobody cares about anymore. But!…
You Can Buy Boo, the Internet's Cutest Dog
Boo, an animal so impossibly cute as to make physicists question our understanding of the cosmos, is now available…
Remember the Toys You Played With As a Kid With This Video
I am completely jealous that Micaël Reynaud still has all the toys he grew up with. Seriously! Watch this video and…
Max Force Shadow Hawk 100: At Least This Giant Spitball Gun Looks Cool
The Max Force Shadow Hawk (deep breath) 100 is a sort of hybrid between Nerf and Super Soaker, flinging spitball-ish…
Disney Spotlight: Karaoke on Your iPad 2 (Blackout Insobriety Optional)
It's lacking the staples of Tiny Dancer, Don't Stop Believin', and Hollaback Girl (am I right?), but if you're into…
Fake iPad Replaces Stuffed Animal as Perfect 21st Century Toy
I've noticed an increasing number of can't-be-bothered parents handing over an iPhone or iPad to their screaming…
Bizarre Japanese Toy Turns Bodies into Orchestras
If you're already in the habit of slapping and poking your friends (IRL, not Facebook), you might as well get some…
Mattel's Fijit Will Either Terrify or Delight the Child in Your Life
When last we saw Fijit, it was part of a giant swarm of its cutesy-robo prototype sisters, unsettlingly singing along…
Baby's First Exoskelton
Yes, totally, I would love to wear one of those crazy robo-suits, like the HULC exoskeleton, that basically turns you…
Give Your Kid the Laser Tripwire He Always Wanted
Jakks Pacific's SpyNet line of toys, comprising functioning audio bugs, night vision googles, and video-recording spy…
Print Barbie's New Hair With Your Ink Jet Printer
Printers, I think we can agree with some relief, are becoming increasingly irrelevant. Still, plenty of people have…
Hot Wheels Go Vertical for the First Time
Hot wheel sets are a staple of many a childhood, but they're also a staple of creating a huge sprawling mess that…
Little Mommy Is a Terrifying Vision of Android Baby Dystopia
One weird thing about Toy Fair is all of the stringent gender norms that are pushed in marketing-speak. Trucks are…
Crush Your Friends with Your Mental Powers Using Mindflex Duel
Playing with toys alone is pretty fun I guess, but any kind of amusement is at its most amusing when you're…
Fisher-Price iCan Play Case Gives Your iPhone the Trappings of a Real Toy
Shoving your iPhone at your screaming kid in the backseat is kinda lowest common denominator parenting. But once you…
A Car That Makes the Mentos and Diet Coke Trick Ever So Slightly Less Wasteful
Drop a pack of Mentos in a 2 liter bottle of Diet Coke and you get yourself a nice soda geyser. It's fun! It's also…