TOP 100 TOY SITES
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| For toy makers, it's all fun and games until something gets recalled (The Star-Ledger) The first Barbie doll to hit the market in 1959 cost $3. Today, the fashion doll won't set you back for much more. That's the economics of the toy business. Consumers demand low prices. Toy makers want fat profits. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Lego-powered: Class teaches science of wind, water using popular toy (Carroll County Online) PINEY RUN— Youths at Piney Run Nature Center got to explore wind and water power Thursday with experiments using Lego blocks. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Bob Mackie tones it down for the home (Lexington Herald-Leader) Some of fashion designer Bob Mackie's youngest fans don't even know he designed exotic gowns for Cher and Ann-Margret, never mind furniture. "They tell me, 'We thought you just did Barbie dolls,'" he said, holding his head in mock dismay. Now he designs furniture. Mackie introduced his third signature collection for American Drew last week in North Carolina at the High Point Market, formerly the ... us.rd.yahoo.com |
Local fifth-graders build Lego robots (WWAY 3 Wilmington) Did you ever have a teacher that actually made learning fun? That is exactly what some local teachers are trying to do at the Rachel Freeman School of Engineering. By the looks on these fifth graders faces the teachers were successful. The students have spent the last two weeks building robots out of Legos while learning about motion, and design. Engineers from GE visited the ... us.rd.yahoo.com |
The Joy of Silly Behold the Hula Hoop and its exuberant ilk, “fertilizer” to the culture. nytimes.com |
