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Amy Schumer Reveals The Creepy Old Toy That She’s Passing On To Her Son

Amy Schumer Reveals The Creepy Old Toy That She’s Passing On To Her Son

Amy Schumer is starting a terrifying family tradition by passing on a retro toy to her 7-month-old son, Gene. On Saturday, Amy took to Instagram to share a throwback photo of one of her old playthings, along with an image of what the toy looks like now. In her first snapshot, a young Amy was […]

4y ago

Mario Lopez Enjoys Disney’s ‘Frozen 2’ Playset With Daughter Gigi In Adorable Instagram Snap

Mario Lopez Enjoys Disney’s ‘Frozen 2’ Playset With Daughter Gigi In Adorable Instagram Snap

Former Saved by the Bell alum and current television personality Mario Lopez warmed the hearts of his 1.4 million Instagram followers on Friday when he shared an adorable snap of himself playing dolls with his daughter and her friend on Instagram. In the photo, Mario sits on his living room sofa, surrounded by eldest child […]

4y ago

Barbie’s Malibu Dreamhouse Is Now On Airbnb To Celebrate Doll’s 60th Anniversary

Barbie’s Malibu Dreamhouse Is Now On Airbnb To Celebrate Doll’s 60th Anniversary

Barbie is a global icon and one of the most well-known figures out of American multinational toy manufacturing company Mattel, Inc. In celebration of the doll’s 60th anniversary, Mattel has put a life-size Malibu Dreamhouse on Airbnb. The home is located in the heart of the Los Angeles, California city, and will accommodate four guests […]

4y ago

Massachusetts Neighbors Send Hateful Letter To Dad Of Autistic Kid, Tell Him To Get Rid Of Son’s Toys

Massachusetts Neighbors Send Hateful Letter To Dad Of Autistic Kid, Tell Him To Get Rid Of Son’s Toys

The father of an autistic boy says that his Milton, Massachusetts, neighbors sent him a hateful letter demanding that he get rid of the “dumper [sic] diving children’s playthings” in his yard, or else they’ll call the Board of Health. As Boston’s WHDH-TV reports, however, the Board of Health did indeed visit, and they sided […]

4y ago

Hot Wheels The Movie: Mattel Toys To Hit The Silver Screen

Hot Wheels The Movie: Mattel Toys To Hit The Silver Screen

Over the years, there have been many movies made for the silver screen about popular children’s toys. Recently, films about Legos, Transformers, and Trolls have been huge blockbusters. Now, Mattel and Warner Bros. have teamed up to create a live-action flick about everyone’s favorite die-cast toy cars, Hot Wheels. Hot Wheels were first introduced in […]

5y ago

Buttheads, A Toy Whose Head Is A Butt, Is The Hot Toy On The Market

Buttheads, A Toy Whose Head Is A Butt, Is The Hot Toy On The Market

While the children’s toy market in recent years has been filled with gimmicks that perform simulated bodily functions, a new toy is instead focused on something else: butts. Buttheads, a toy from Wowwee, has hit the toy market in a big way in recent weeks. According to toy industry website Toybook, Buttheads are described as […]

5y ago

Toys R Us Might Be Coming Back

Toys R Us Might Be Coming Back

In a bankruptcy court filing on Monday, Bloomberg reports that the lending group that has managed the liquidation of former retail giant Toys “R” Us has canceled their request to liquidate the chain’s intellectual property. Instead, the lenders seek to reorganize company assets into a new company, maintain their current license agreements, and potentially revive […]

5y ago

Comedians Wanda Sykes And Gabriel Iglesias Join ‘UglyDolls’ Voice-Over Cast

Comedians Wanda Sykes And Gabriel Iglesias Join ‘UglyDolls’ Voice-Over Cast

One of 2019’s most anticipated animated movies is UglyDolls — not only because the unique plush dolls will be coming to life for the first time on the silver screen, but also because of the flick’s star-studded voice-over cast. The Inquisitr previously reported that musicians Nick Jonas, Kelly Clarkson, and Pitbull signed on to voice […]

5y ago

Nick Jonas Joins Kelly Clarkson, Pitbull In ‘UglyDolls’ Movie

Nick Jonas Joins Kelly Clarkson, Pitbull In ‘UglyDolls’ Movie

The upcoming animated feature film based on the popular UglyDolls line of plush toys has added another famous singer to its voice-over cast — Nick Jonas has signed on to voice the role of a key character. He joins the previously announced Kelly Clarkson and Pitbull in the movie. UglyDolls, created by David Horvath and […]

5y ago

‘Pokémon’ Pikachu Comes To Funko Pop!

‘Pokémon’ Pikachu Comes To Funko Pop!

Funko, the pop culture toy collectible company famous for their Pop! vinyl figures, made an announcement on Thursday about a new item they’re planning to release. A specific date for the debut has not been stated; however buzz is already going around on Variety, hyping the coming soon addition of Pokémon Pop! Figures to Target […]

5y ago

Funko Pop! To Release ‘Lost Boys’ Vinyl Figures, And A Look At Other Horror Movies The Toy Company Honors

Funko Pop! To Release ‘Lost Boys’ Vinyl Figures, And A Look At Other Horror Movies The Toy Company Honors

Funko Pop! has created numerous vinyl toys that honors a variety of pop culture crazes, including horror movies. Like Funko, horror movies have become ingrained in our pop culture, and the toy company has a large collection of vinyl figures featuring a variety of famed genre characters. The newest horror film to be given a […]

5y ago

Mattel Releases Barbie Doll Wearing A Hijab For The First Time Ever, In Honor Of Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad

Mattel Releases Barbie Doll Wearing A Hijab For The First Time Ever, In Honor Of Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad

For the first time ever, toy maker Mattel has issued a Barbie doll wearing a hijab, in honor of Olympic athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad, NBC News is reporting. Beginning in 2015, the Barbie “Shero” Program (“Shero” being a portmanteau of the words “she” and “hero”) has honored women who have pushed boundaries, challenged gender norms, and […]

6y ago

Fidget Spinners Are Being Destroyed By Germans

Fidget Spinners Are Being Destroyed By Germans

Germans are literally crushing fidget spinners by the ton, and for a very good reason. German customs have reportedly confiscated 39 tons of fidget spinners in May and intend on destroying them, according to The Associated Press. The popular toys came from China into Frankfurt, Germany, where they were tested and found to have parts […]

6y ago

Fidget Spinners Craze Almost Over, No Longer Cool?

Fidget Spinners Craze Almost Over, No Longer Cool?

Interest in finding the coolest new fidget spinners appears to be fading, which could mean the end is near for the toy that became popular just a few months ago. Fidget spinners are continuing to sweep the nation as kids and even adults play with the addictive toy to keep themselves busy. The simplicity of […]

6y ago

Despite Complaints, McDonald’s And Burger King Insist On Gender-Specific Toys

Despite Complaints, McDonald’s And Burger King Insist On Gender-Specific Toys

McDonald’s and Burger King are being grilled by customers for giving out gender-specific toys. The fast food giants are in hot water for selling toys based on kids’ genitalia. McDonald’s and Burger King are under fire for asking “is it for a boy or girl?” every time a customer asks for a Happy Meal or […]

7y ago

Plush, Plastics, And Playfulness: An Interview With Toy Designer Louise White

Plush, Plastics, And Playfulness: An Interview With Toy Designer Louise White

Louise White is an award-winning toy and game designer who is also the founder of Me First! Designs Inc., which launched in 1998. Louise earned a degree in design from Pratt Institute and has designed an array of playthings in mediums ranging from plastic to fabric. Her toys are designed for both boys and girls […]

7y ago

Germany Bans My Friend Cayla Doll For ‘Spying’, Urges Parents To Destroy Doll

Germany Bans My Friend Cayla Doll For ‘Spying’, Urges Parents To Destroy Doll

Are your children’s My Friend Cayla dolls “spying” on them? During the last holiday season, that was what an American watchdog group had alleged. But the German government’s own watchdog has observed something similar more recently, and aside from banning the doll from stores, it wants parents to destroy the doll due to its supposed […]

7y ago

Ed Sheeran And His Literal Lego — And Teddy Bear — House

Ed Sheeran And His Literal Lego — And Teddy Bear — House

Turns out “Lego House” hitmaker Ed Sheeran has a non-metaphorical lego house himself, among other toys and kids stuff. Lego House was one of the building blocks, quite literally, of Ed Sheeran’s career. Just right behind “Thinking Out Loud,” “The A-Team,” “Sing,” and “Photograph” is 2011’s “Lego House,” Ed’s third biggest single, which hit 800,000 […]

7y ago

Hatchimals Replacements Shipped Out, As Toys Are Back In Stock At Toys ‘R’ Us

Hatchimals Replacements Shipped Out, As Toys Are Back In Stock At Toys ‘R’ Us

Hatchimals have been in the news quite a bit lately, and with the mega-popular toys recently returning to an in-stock status on the Toys “R” Us website, then going back out of stock on the same day — Friday, December 30 — Spin Master has found their Facebook page fielding plenty of questions online. As […]

7y ago

Parents Target Hatchimals: Firstly Hatchimals Won’t Hatch – Now They ‘Curse Like Sailors’

Parents Target Hatchimals: Firstly Hatchimals Won’t Hatch – Now They ‘Curse Like Sailors’

This year’s hottest Christmas toys were supposed to be Hatchimals. The cute Hatchimals come packaged as an egg, and by tapping, flipping, and stroking the egg it should hatch to reveal one of a range of Hatchimals. As is often the case, at this time of year, one toy becomes the “must have” toy, and […]

7y ago

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