At last you could go to the toilet in the warm! Plastic toys became very popular in the 1950s. In 1958 the modern Lego brick was invented in Denmark and became available around the world.

The "Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory" contains four real and radioactive uranium ores for kids to experiment with.

The memories of poring over catalogs from Sears-Roebuck, J.C. Penney or Montgomery Ward are priceless. Some of us circled the ...

The 1950s were a time of relative peace and prosperity after World War II. New consumer products, such as foods, toys, and televisions, flooded into people’s homes. Christmas became a more ...

From Atomic Energy Labs and Easy Bake Ovens to Toothpick Crossbows and Lawn Darts, here are the toys that sent many kids to ...

Gender has been an interesting part of the toy industry for decades, according to Hilary Kennelly from the West Wales Museum of Childhood. During her own childhood, in the 1950s and 60s ...

In the 1950s, images of the future were tightly interwoven with the social, political, and economic phenomena that defined the decade. From the space race that would grow out of the increasingly ...

The toys and games market in Asia is expected to hit $53.8 billion in revenues in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Many of us remember growing up with questionable toys that would not make it onto the shelves today – whether they would not be deemed appropriate for kids today or contained potentially harmful ...