Always buy age appropriate toys and follow all safety warnings Avoid buying toys with small removable parts for children under 3 years of age Use helmets and other safety gear for riding toys such as bicycles, skateboards, scooters and motorized cars Projectile toys such as air rockets, dart gun...
The Warner Bros. Studio Store was like the Disney Store, but for Looney Tunes, DC Comics and Cartoon Network fans. The retail store was abundant withFlintstonesdecor, Tweety Bird tees,Scooby Dootoys and more. Some locations even featured a replica of Marvin the Martian’s rocket with interacti...
The first Guinness World Record from Evansville came from Habitat for Humanity on July 6th, 2003. They currently hold the world record for the most drink cans collected in eight hours. Kind of random, but still pretty cool to be a world record. Here's whatGuinness World Recordshad to say:...
Another Illinois company, the Nelson Knitting Co. based in Rockford, began producing thedistinctive red-heeled sockthat became the typical sock monkey in 1932. Money was often tight due to the ongoing Depression, and mothers would sew the worn-out socks into monkey toys for their children. Soon...
That's precisely when this news caught my attention. Saturday, May 4th, is Free Comic Book Day across the country and a shop right here in Owensboro is celebrating. Big Bang Toys Comics & Games has a full day of activities planned- including an appearance from a local comic creator. ...
To add even more fun to sidewalk chalk games, make homemade chalk with some of the simplest household ingredients, assuring you are never short on supplies for the next round of matches. Create cardboard toys GlebNSK // Shutterstock Create cardboard toys A sheet of cardboard, a pair of ...
1951: Vintage toys 1951 saw therelease of a collection of toysthat became classics through the decade, including a crawling baby toy ($1.15); Hopalong Cassidy Wrist Watch ($7.65); the pull-along Butch the Pup toy that barked and wagged its tail (56 cents); and the Alice in Wonderland...
Hallmark Cards introduced Rainbow Brite—who brought happiness and color wherever she went—as an animated series in 1985. Mattel took the reigns formerchandising, and the Rainbow Brite dolls, with their vibrant hair, along with her trusted steed Starlite, became must-have toys for young girls....