toys

You can always spot a parent around the holiday season. Their hair is a frazzled mesh of cow licks and stray strands as if it’s been pulled by a crowd of frantic people. Their eyes dart around in all directions desperately seeking something that could suddenly appear at a moment’s notice. They break down and cry during commercials that advertise “the hottest toy of the holiday season.”

Growing up, I had some cool toys. Metal Transformers, Mad Balls, ball-in-a-cup...ok, so that last one sucked. Kid's toys nowadays are beyond me. It seems that they are more about shutting your child up, and less about stoking their imagination...

Here are 11 awesome toys from the 1990's we wish we could play with right now.

This video came across my "desk" today and I felt it needed to be shared with all of you. From Lydia @ Rants From Mommyland Lydia here. I made a little movie for you about my precious little cupcake of a three year old. As many of you may already know, my youngest child is pretty awesome...

Remember ‘Rock ‘em Sock’em Robots’ from when you were a kid? The red and blue robots with the heads that spring up when hit? Wow, you’re old.

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?

These crazy chemists create a fire-breathing demon spawn by mixing potassium nitrate, iron oxide and icing sugar inside of a doll’s head. Halloween is right around the corner.

I saw this and just couldn't resist sharing it. Next time, when you ask yourself, "Where do they learn to say these things?" it might be time to check out the toy closet...

Using only Legos and rubber bands, Jack Streat was able to build a fully-functional  replica of a Heckler & Koch UMP 45 sub machine gun. This is far from the only time Streat has fashioned a potentially dangerous thing out of Legos;  he was able to build a working chainsaw out of the construction toys, and has a Youtube channel full of videos of other Lego weapons he has assembled. The video f

WTF? Really? People Actually Bought This? Just more proof that the 70's sucked...