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This Week: Favourite toys from the Star Trek Universe in honor of National Star Trek Day

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on September 11, 2020September 19, 2020

Star Trek began as a failed 1960s television series only to become a cult-classic during…

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  • Guest Blogger

This Week: Magic Sand from Wham-O

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on August 14, 2020August 16, 2020

Last Tuesday, August 11th was declared the first-ever Global Kinetic Sand Day as Spin Master…

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  • Catalogs

Preserving Rubber Toys

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 6, 2020June 19, 2020

Rubber has been used to play ball since the first Mesoamerican ball games of the…

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  • Breaktime @ GTN

The Toy Microscope; An Appreciation

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on October 28, 2018

I can still remember my first microscope. It didn't have a built-in light source so…

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  • Art

Making Things and Making Things Last

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on December 19, 2017

I grew up in a family of makers before the Maker Faire existed. My grandmothers…

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  • Art

Games and Puzzles Emerges as the Biggest Growth Driver in Traditional Toys and Games New Research Shows

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on June 14, 2017

The 2014 release of the LEGO Movie made construction toys the fastest growing category in…

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  • Play

Attention Trekkies: Star Trek Tridimensional Chess!

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on June 2, 2017

  In 2015 David Howe, an avid chess enthusiast in Rochester, donated 40 different variations…

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  • Apps

Out of this World: A Brief History of the Yo-Yo

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on May 11, 2017

I remember my first yo-yo: a blue Duncan Imperial. I was 7 years old and…

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  • Art

Interactive Toys Have Educational Potential

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 6, 2017

Interactive toys, which are electronic toys  that can directly play with a child, either via…

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  • History

Vintage Science Kits – Only for Well Dressed Boys

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 16, 2017

Four things immediately struck me as I researched toy science kit packaging and advertising from the…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Acoustic Holograms and Levitating Objects; Toys of the Near Future

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on December 2, 2016

Cutting edge science and toys have something in common: A sense of magic. That was…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Why Trusting Your Gut Can Be Good For Business

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on September 30, 2016

"Ideas pull the trigger but instinct loads the gun."author –Don Marquis "When  Mr. Soros [the…

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  • Demographics

Gender and Toys; Why the Research is Wrong

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 21, 2016

This is part 2 (see part 1) in an analysis of a recent study conducted…

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  • Demographics

Gender and toys; Is It Nurture or Nature for Boys and Girls?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 21, 2016

In 2010, I wrote a two part article on the research conducted by Dr. Brenda…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Jet Lag; Don’t Go East Young Man

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 21, 2016

"Traveling west over six time zones requires an average of about six days to fully…

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