Imagining Toyland Without One of Its Giants
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LABOR DAY weekend at the Wal-Mart here was a great shopping scene for children. As they pushed carts brimming with new notebooks, clothes and shoes through the aisles, they got a small preview
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Are dolls, blocks and stuffed animals fading away in favor of electronic gadgets, and is childhood fading with them?
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The concept of slipping between dimensions fried my tiny mind as a kid after reading the Victorian satire, Flatland. Super Paper Mario and Crush turn the Flatland conceit into a piece of gameplay.
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Have children lost their fondness for Lego&#39;s colourful plastic building bricks in this age of high-tech, interactive computer games and electronic gadgetry?
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If the movie becomes a hit, you can count on Hollywood to raid the '80s toy chest looking for other potential blockbusters. Commentary by Lore Sj&#246;berg.
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A ride that took theme park visitors "Back to the Future" is about to be relegated to the past.
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Their movies are for kids, but Disney and Pixar are headed toward a parting of ways thatâs decidedly adult. When their partnership agreement dissolves in 2005, the aging House of Mouse
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It's time for Six Flags to do something to give its stock a pop.
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While scientists debated Pluto's fate last summer, Fisher-Price executives were forced into a debate of their own: What would become of their Planet Heroes action figures if Pluto lost its planet status?
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Cutthroat competition and a possibly slow holiday put Mattel in time-out.
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Bad news for Shrek fans--a certain green ogre will not be emerging from his swamp anytime in the near future. On the heels of Pixar and Disney&#39;s decision to push back the release of Cars from
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Toy manufacturer guides lower, but still has something to offer.
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The National Toy Hall of Fame members include the yo-yo, G.I. Joe, and the cardboard box -- all at Toy Fair this week. What's missing? Rubber Ducky, Rubik's Cube, the skateboard, the basketball.
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When John P. Reilly told me to think retro, visions of Davy Crockett and coonskin caps danced in my head. I began to imagine a sleigh full of hula hoops and plenty of Silly Putty in this year's bundle of toys.
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Bet you don't know which company sells the most toys.
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News flash: Kids like playing with toys. No one is stopping the presses over that observation, but it could help turn around the slumping toy industry this holiday season as it battles video games, cellphones and iPods for coveted spots on children's wish lists.
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Making toys is a fun business to be in and some toy manufacturers say they&#39;re trying to keep it that way -- even if it means taking on the &quot;playground bully&quot; Wal-Mart.