Toys

Maddy, Senior Toy Correspondent for Maclean’s, explains the five reasons why Toys “R” Us is filing for bankruptcy.

Fidget spinners are just the latest dull, mind-numbing toy—a trend caused by economic forces, with consequences for kids

Hatchimals were supposed to drive Spin Master’s share price to new heights. It didn’t quite work out that way.

Mattel and MGA’s court room allegations sound more Cold War than toy store

The next generation of stilts and pogo sticks, tweaked to the extreme, acquire a whole new cool factor

New startups are offering online rental services for the children market

Mattel recalled millions of toys with paint containing elevated levels of lead

Before James May could climb his Lego stairs, take his Lego shower, pat his Lego cat and sleep in his Lego bed, there were a few obstacles

Remember those? So 1975. Here with a list of other Christmas must-haves dating back to 1929.

A children’s favourite gets an unpopular makeover

James Bond posed a bewildering moral dilemma for parents at Christmastime in 1965

2,500,000 new-born dolls lead the Canadian parade of 1938