Toy Box

23 Must-Have Toys from the 1950s and Beyond

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:47:28 +0000

Times have changed since the days when an imaginative kid was happy to play with an empty cardboard box. Today, about 2.6 billion toys are sold every year, creating a $20.3 billion industry. It seems that every decade manufacturers create a toy that launches a buying craze. So without further ado, here are some of the best toy fads of the 20th cen

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Mindstorms NXT: Lego Takes Tech Over the Top

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:46:57 +0000

The $250 Lego Mindstorms NXT is somewhere between a really cool toy and a robotics lab in a box. The combination of a computerized controller, sensors, servo motors, and hundreds of Lego Technic pieces lets kids of all ages design and build sophisticated robotics.

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Toy Story 3 Plot Revealed

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:46:29 +0000

The Wall Street Journal has revealed the plot for Toy Story 3: ?Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college.?

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McDonald’s Employee Hides Pot Stash In Happy Meal Box, Gives to Child

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:46:14 +0000

“Daddy, I got two toys in my happy meal!”

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The ten most dangerous toys of all time

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:45:48 +0000

To keep things interesting, we excluded BB guns, slingshots, throwing stars, and anything else actually intended to inflict harm. Below, our toy box from hell.

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XBOX 360 Retail Box

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:45:25 +0000

Nice lookin box

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Mark Cuban: ?When I die, I want to come back as me?

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:45:04 +0000

To round out the day
?s schedule at TechCrunch50, Jason Calacanis interviewed Mark Cuban, the founder Broadcast.com, HDNet, and several other companies. He has also been an angel investor for several startups including SlideShare, Goowy, RedSwoosh, Box.net, Calacanis? own Weblogs, Inc and Mahalo.

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Michael Moore skips box office, film heads straight to ‘Net

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:44:53 +0000

Filmmaker Michael Moore plans to bypass movie theaters with the debut of his new film, Slacker Uprising. The movie will instead be offered online as a free thank-you to his fans, after which it will be sold on DVD. With more filmmakers experimenting with online distribution lately, major studios may be tempted to try it out too.

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The Dark Knight To Become An Annual Event?

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:44:41 +0000

Now that The Dark Knight has broken another box office record and become the highest-grossing first run Imax movie ever, theater-owners are wondering what to do for a follow-up. They’ve come up with what they think is a pretty good suggestion: More Dark Knight.

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This is Why You Always Wear a Mouthguard When Boxing [GROSS]

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:44:18 +0000

Jorge Barrios was defeated by Rocky Juarez in the eleventh round of a WBO Latino Junior Lightweight Title boxing fight thanks to this stoppage. *Warning* - This is really really gross and not for the faint of heart. I’m serious.

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