Read, Watch, Listen

In a follow-up to his book Zap! Ray Gun Classics, author Leslie Singer has curated more than 150 full-colour photographs of conversational toys in Do You Read Me? Vintage Communication Toys.

The Department Store Museum website captures the rise and fall of department stores in North America, “shopping destinations where memories were often made”.

The Fantha Tracks website keeps Star Wars enthusiasts up to date on the latest developments in the Star Wars canon.

Up to 50 build ideas for LEGO holiday decorations, crafts, and games, are presented over the course of 80 pages in LEGO Holiday Ideas: More than 50 Festive Builds.

The British Pathé website is an archive of newsreel footage highlighting major events, cultural trends, science news, travel, and culture from an era past.

The Transformers Official YouTube channel features commercials, interviews with franchise creators and contributors, animated shorts, and other entertaining videos that bring context to the cast of robotic characters.

This book offers a number of colorful projects that use the toy’s basic building blocks: rods and spools.

My Side of the Laundry Room is a YouTube channel that highlights memorable – and a few best-left-forgotten – comics, movies, television shows, games, and toys from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.

American Girls Podcast examines the original American Girl book series and the impact of its stories and characters on pop culture.

It’s All a Game comprehensively covers the history, psychology, and cultural impact of board games, tracing the evolution of various board games through 4,000 years of game history.

Published from 1997 – 2011, ToyFare magazine was not your usual toy industry publication.

The Trek Collective website is an online resource showcasing Star Trek-related merchandise and collector knowledge of all kinds.

Model Car & Track magazine coincided with the American slot-car racing fad of the 1960s and focused on slot-car racing across all scales and types of cars.

Created in collaboration with the folks that brought zines Sumo and Counter to life, The SPIRIT of Games & Gamers aims to keep analog gaming top-of-mind in an era of electronic play.

The Board Game Museum YouTube channel reviews (mostly) vintage board and card games for players looking for something a little different to play on game nights.

LEGO takes centre stage at the All New Bricks YouTube channel, which features new LEGO sets built right before viewers’ eyes in time-lapsed videos.

Toy Trucker & Contractor is a print and digital magazine for collectors of model trucks and other small-scale construction equipment.

Old Toy Soldier journal is a print publication for toy soldier collectors and hobbyists.