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Sprig toys designed for the active preschool child

Playing in sand and dirt is good clean fun with the affordable Eco-Trucks line that includes an Excavator, Loader and Dump Truck. These friendly play sets, vehicles and sweet, buggy characters explore anywhere from gardens to the bedroom. Sprig toys harness the natural kinetic energy of push- and pump-action play to generate lights and sounds – all without batteries. Designed for the active preschool child, the trucks are molded using Sprigwoo... [more]

Green and eco friendly gifts for kids and teens

Christmas shopping for kids and teens doesn't have to be bad for the environment and by buying your eco friendly gifts online - it doesn't have to cost the earth too. Christmas shopping can be trying at the best of times but trying to buy green or shop for eco-friendly products can make it almost impossible, especially when it comes to looking for gifts for kids. But even buying green gifts for children and teenagers can be easy if you know w... [more]

Norton and Company compiles list of must-have toys for Christmas

Norton and Company has compiled a list of must have toys for Christmas FLEECED Designed by Nick Park himself, Fleeced is a fun and frantic new game of sheep rustling based on the infamous Wallace & Gromit characters. The game includes highly detailed, fully-painted playing pieces of Wallace, Gromit, Shaun, Wendolene, Preston and Feathers McGraw, along with 40 sheep! (Esdevium Games) £29.99 LEGO® IS GAME FOR ANYTHING! Enter the world o... [more]

Post a Present offer a wide range of gifts for all occasions

Why pay petrol to the shops, parking fees, eat lunch on the go and get hot and bothered while being jostled in queues, when you can choose from hundreds of gift ideas for Him, for Her and for Kids at Post a Present. Post a Present offer a wide range of gifts for all occasions, not just for Christmas and are always adding new products to their range. Their gifts are personally sourced with gift giving in mind ranging from the traditional, but d... [more]

Original gift ideas for little people

Want some inspired Christmas present ideas for little people? Pea Green Things that has a great range of new play and learning toys designed to stimulate imaginative family play and give you all a break from the TV or computer. And they are all good for the planet too. The site has plenty of funky, original gift ideas starting from under £5 that are planet-friendly and sourced from fair trade producers and suppliers helping communities in deve... [more]

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In A and E: Vintage toys are blast from past (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Leon Vietzke waxes poetic about the toys of his youth, including Erector Sets, like the one he used to build this working robot. His toys and others will be on display in Traverse City this weekend.

Toys, computers donated to UCD Children's Hospital (The Sacramento Bee)
Toys, games, computers and other items worth a total of $10,000 will be delivered today to the UC Da

Vintage toys recall fond memories (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Remember Erector Sets and Lincoln Logs? Old-school toys and many more vintage play things will be on display this weekend at the Grand Traverse Heritage Center.

Are Your Kids' Toys Harboring Filth? (The Huffington Post)
What's Your Reaction? The very bathtub that parents think is so safe and sanitary may harbor some of the most germ-filled objects in the house. That's right, children's bath toys aren't just squeaky-clean fun.?

Library Of Special Needs Toys, Equipment Offers Families Flexibility (Disability Scoop)
Toys and equipment for kids with special needs can carry a high cost and incur quick turnover. Now, a St. Louis group is offering specialized items on loan for no charge.

Yale Preserves Bobblehead Dolls for Future Generations of Supreme Court Superfans [Toys] (Gawker)
# toys The university's law library, which is said to have the "best collection of rare law books in the world after Harvard and the Library of Congress," is now focused on preserving toys depicting Supreme Court justices. More »

Rumor Control: No More 'Young' Jeezy, Jay Rock Calls Out Cube, Tiger Sex Toys (Vibe Magazine)
Jeezy is the next rapper to drop “Young” from his name. [ HipHopWired ] Did a Real World star almost kill a cast mate by peeing on his toothbrush? This just got real...

10 Awesome Toys from 10 Awful Movies (Mania)
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Cartoon Network is RP’s highest and fastest growth market for toys (Manila Bulletin)
Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE), the merchandising division of the leading kids channel in the Philippines, expects revenues to surge 40 percent in the country and across Southeast Asia for 2010, same as last year’s, due to its strong partnership on the air. “It’s a very aggressive growth rate,” acknowledged Dulce Lim-Chen, CNE Asia Pacific vice president, adding that the Philippines is ...

Wal-Mart, DreamWorks deal may rewrite playbook (Market Watch)
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- In a move that may rewrite the playbook for how movie products are distributed and promoted, the world's largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. have partnered to sell toys and other products tied to DreamWorks' upcoming movie "How to Train Your Dragon" exclusively at the retailer's 3600 U.S. stores.