toys

It's more about giving than receiving for a lot of people during the Christmas holidays. Seeing the joy on a kids face when they receive a gift and the excitement that they have when they get to open that gift is all the payment a lot of people need.

This hilarious video shows the Seattle Seahawks using Toys r Us toys to train for the upcoming football season. Though this is not necessarily true, it brings great laughs. Imagine if slip and slides and Tonka trucks were a part of every pro teams training camp.

With Christmas coming soon, parents will be headed to the stores to buy that hot new toy that secures them as the coolest parent in their child's eyes. But, the hot toy of the season changes every year. What was popular when I was a child is completely different to the high tech gifts of today.

The world famous London toy store, Hamleys, announced today what it predicts to be the big toys of Christmas for 2012. The winners include retro toys that were popular in the 80's! They include Barbie, Spider-Man and Mickey Mouse, but what toy is at the top of the list? Cabbage Patch Dolls!

The National Toy Hall of Fame has announced their 2011 list of inductees. Wait - who knew that there was even a National Toy Hall of Fame - huh? Well there is, and the 2011 inductees include the doll house, blanket, and Hot Wheels!  More after the jump.

Kids draw the darnedest things, and now the toy company Child’s Own Studio is making the doodles of childhood into one-of-kind stuffed softies.

Somewhere in the world, there must be an island inhabited by life-size LEGO people living in a massive LEGO world. How else would you explain one of these guys washing up on our shores?

Recently, Mattel released Tokidoki Barbie, a hipster version of their iconic doll which comes complete with pink hair, an ironic half-shirt and visible tattoos on her chest, neck and shoulder. Finally, a Barbie who thinks you’re lame for playing with dolls.