Board Games: With Price Guide
Board Games: With Price Guide is an entertaining visual compendium of more than 1,400 tabletop games from the 1940s through the 1980s.
Instant Replay Record Player from Mattel (1971)
In 1971, Mattel released Instant Replay Record Player, offering sports fans a new way to re-live the “agony and ecstasy” of famous play-by-play moments in sports.
Pacific Pinball Museum – Alameda, California
The Pacific Pinball Museum offers visitors the chance to learn about and play a collection of pinball games, from classic to contemporary.
Toy Tales Weekly: Sesame Street, Roller Coasters, Bill Nye, and more
New York City renames intersection to honour Sesame Street and 7 other things we wanted to share this week.
LEGO Star Wars: 20 Years of Building the Galaxy
On Star Wars Day, Toy Tales takes a look back at the LEGO Star Wars theme with Graham Hancock, toy collector and deputy editor of Blocks magazine.
Jerry Lawson: Changing How We Play Video Games
Jerry Lawson rose above financial hardship and discrimination to become the first African-American video game engineer and developer.
Flea Circus from Mattel (1966)
Released in 1966 from Mattel, Flea Circus is a three-dimensional skill game where players score points by making magnetic fleas perform a series of circus tricks.
SpongeBob SquarePants Masterpiece Memes from Nickelodeon
SpongeBob SquarePants is turning 20 and Nickelodeon has released a set of SpongeBob SquarePants Masterpiece Memes in honour of the influential and iconic cartoon.
The Gaming Historian
The Gaming Historian YouTube channel chronicles the history of video games, including the hardware, accessories, hits, misses, and everything in between.
Banjo-Matic from Kenner (1962)
In 1962, Kenner released a toy musical instrument called the Banjo-Matic that allowed a child to “play real banjo music.”
Crayola Experience – Easton, Pennsylvania
With over 65,000 square feet of attractions, the Crayola Experience in Easton, Pennsylvania allows visitors to immerse themselves in the art and science behind the iconic crayon brand.
Toy Tales Weekly: LEGO, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Frisbee Pie Company, and more
LEGO has introduced braille bricks to help the visually impaired and 7 other things we wanted to share this week.
Collector Spotlight: Laurence Sheinman
Laurence Sheinman collects Bugs Bunny memorabilia. He discusses the unique origins of his collection and the one item that got away.
Space Invaders Playing Cards from Paladone
As an homage to the iconic video game, Paladone Products has released a retro set of Space Invaders playing cards.
Global toy sales grew by 2.3% in 2017 to reach $89 billion.
Those who play rarely become brittle in the face of stress or lose the healing capacity for humor.
– Stuart Brown
Your Spectrum
Published for two years between 1984 and 1986, Your Spectrum magazine focused on the ZX Spectrum, an 8-bit personal home computer released in the UK in 1982 by Sinclair Research.