Released in 1975 by Child Guidance, the Kentucky Fried Chicken playset brought the fast-food chain into children’s playrooms, allowing them to recreate familiar dining experiences through imaginative play.
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The Bat Masterson race game was based on the TV series of the same name and took place in the fictional Western town of Dry Gulch.
Yakkity Yob was a whimsical robot toy with dreams of becoming a real, live boy.
Cameron Smith-Rodewald collects PEZ. In this edition of Collector Spotlight, Cameron shares how a childhood curiosity became a 3,700-piece collection and lifelong passion.
Blake Changnon is the president, CEO, and founder of The Changnon Family Museum of Toys and Collectibles. In this edition of The Friday Five, Blake shares insights into the power of play, nostalgia, and the importance of preserving children’s cultural history.
Game Informer returns to newsstands, marking a major moment for print in games media.
By the power of Grayskull, new Masters of the Universe figures are on the way from Mattel!
“…and this is the excitement of Monte Carlo in miniature.”
Both Mattel’s Masters of the Universe (MOTU) and Hasbro’s Transformers lines expanded the limits of toy mechanics in the 1980s. MOTU figures used rotating torso power-punch mechanisms, while Transformers pioneered modular transformation engineering.
Collector Jody Day offers four considerations when buying an established collection of objects.
Introduced in 1990, the Toddler Kitchen was part of Fisher-Price’s line of early childhood activity toys.
