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Ooh boy. Here's a quote that speaks volumes, from Reuters' article about Iran's morality police "cracking down" on the sale of Barbie dolls, which is forbidden. Stores have been instructed to sell Iran's specially-designed, ultra-demure Sara and Dara dolls instead, to the disgust of the superficial girl tykes of Tehran: More »
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We've already offered you a selection of highly annoying gift ideas for the parent you'd like to drive slowly insane, but now we up the ante every so slightly: Here is our guide to toys that will inflict actual injury upon children you absolutely can't stand, free from worry of prosecution. (Conversely, you may actually want to avoid these toys, many of which have been identified by consumer watch lists as the most dangerous of 2011.) More »
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You love your dog. Far more than your emotionally distant heart could ever love a human. And why not? Your dog never did anything but express an evolutionarily advantageous convincing simulacrum of love for you. You must show your love back. You must! But what to get Nibbles and Rocky this holiday season? Only the best. More »
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There is no better way to ruin someone's holiday than to arm their children with the tools to endlessly annoy them. Here are some suggestions. More »
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If you, like me, are a big fan of nonfiction, then you'll want to add Stuck Up! 125 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn't Be to your holiday reading list, and pronto. Who wouldn't want to curl up to a roaring fire this Christmas with a definitive compendium of funny things stuck inside people's bodily cavities? Sure, slowly squatting onto a 12-Inch Karate Action Buzz Lightyear might sound like a good idea after a couple of grams of high-grade crystal methamphetamine; it's the journey back to Earth that isn't always quite so pleasant. (And if you think that's bad, you should see what happened to the guy's Woody.) [Stuck Up! via TMZ] More »
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The latest from deranged luxury goods craftsman Stuart Hughes: a solid gold iPad 2 that is studded with 65 flawless diamonds, framed with prehistoric mollusk fossils, and inlaid with shards from the thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Asking price is $8 million. More »
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There's a whole insane world of Lego enthusiasts out there. There's even a theme park devoted to all things Lego that opened in Florida a couple of weeks ago. More »
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While the rest of America watches the economy go down the shitter all over again, the Pentagon is busy blowing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on toys that don't work. Perhaps you've heard about the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 and its alleged Prompt Global Strike™ capabilities? It failed for a second time during a test flight yesterday off the coast of California. More »
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Tech overenthusiast Robert Scoble knows which toy will be hot with geeks this holiday season: robotic balls you control with your iPhone. They're surprisingly hypnotic! More »
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That Can Be My Next Tweet, which "generates your future tweets based on the DNA of your existing messages," is our favorite Twitter toy in a while, if only because of what we got when we entered in Sarah Palin: More »
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Until today, I was impervious to iPad newspaper The Daily's slow dance of tabloid seduction. Oldest dog in America? Whatever. Stripper psychologist? Ho-hum. But today, everything changed. Today I read "Guys and Doll," a feature by Michelle Ruiz about an eccentric gay couple that has spent the last 20 years pretending a baby doll named Digby is their son, and I am now The Daily's biggest fan: More »
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Remember the Mark Zuckerberg action figures we told you about last week? They're about to become collectors' items: M.I.C. (Made in China) Gadgets has ceased Zuckerdoll sales following a stern legal letter from Facebook's legal counsel in China: More »
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Being a comic book hero is not enough: Mark Zuckerberg is an action figure too, courtesy of the people who created last year's Steve Jobs action figure. Note the presence of "fuck you" sandals. [MIC Gadget via Mashable] More »
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On Friday's Late Show, Ed Helms spoke about a few of his hobbies that he's particularly awesome at: skateboarding and toy helicopters. As he put it, saying that he's "Quite good is offensive to me, because I am amazing." More »
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The Ningen Gakki - this awesome new toy from Japanese company Takara Tomy - encourages you to hit your friends for the sake of making music. Slapping someone has never sounded so sweet! More »
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The noise emitted from this toy bear is not the noise you would expect when a bandage is ripped off, that is unless the bear is a masochist. More »
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Looking to have a nice little cry? Not a sad one, but a sort of sweet, hopeful, lump-in-the-throat kind of deal? Meet nine-year-old Isaac Saldana, who, behind his mother's back, sold his toys to donate $2.85 to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. More »
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Well, one thing is for certain: in the American Food Culture War, Michelle Obama's side isn't the only one indoctrinating kids young. More »
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OK, so technically they don't exist, but here's an amazing parody ad for Brontë Sisters Power Dolls, who must "fight evil publishers to get their books into print." If you're not already sold, I have one word for you: Brontësaurus! More »
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Last month the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall on supposedly lead-laced superhero and Wizard of Oz drinking glasses because they're made for children. Well, the CPSC has changed course, saying they're for adults, and therefore just fine! (Updated) More »
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Another kid crawled into a toy claw machine and hung out inside, playing with toys! This time around, there's a picture of the two-year-old girl, eerily described as a "living doll." A fireman rescued her. More »
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Who would pay $80 for an action figure of Steve Jobs? Many geeks, apparently; MIC Gadget already sold its whole production run of 300 dolls. We say wait for the model that can scream "not fucking blue enough!" at you. More »
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There are official Star Wars LEGOs and official Indiana Jones LEGOs. So why not official Quentin Tarantino LEGOs? Oh, right, the violence and curse words. Here's the next-best thing, though: LEGO recreations of famous movie scenes, courtesy brickmaster Alex Eylar. More »
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Watch the clip to see the result of a terrifying yet impressive Teddy Ruxpin re-construction. He even moonwalks! Personally, we'd like to put him on a leash and walk him down the street just to see what would happen. More »
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This is one of the longest, most intricate, and coolest contraptions you could ever build your kid. Watch a Micro Machines car zip through and loop around a course that most definitely did not come with an instructions manual. More »
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Paul Greenwood has fallen on hard times. Convicted of a $553 million fraud last year, the former hedge fund manager has no choice but to auction his $1.9 million collection of antique teddy bears at Christie's. [Bloomberg, NYMag] More »
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Firefighters rushed to a Wisconsin Walmart to free a little boy who had crawled into one of those toy vending machines with the giant claw. He was having so much fun playing there, he did not want to come out. More »
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Fisher-Price has recalled 7 million plastic tricycles that have a "protruding plastic ignition key near the seat" that can cause, among other things, "genital bleeding." Shudder. Four million other toys and chairs are also being recalled. [AP] More »
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With her shiny blonde hair, perky heels and power suit ("A flair for journalism - and power pink!"), this new Barbie toy reminds us of the famous Fox News babes. Megyn Kelly perhaps? Does Barbie hate the Black Panthers too? More »
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The New York Post has two stories today about hobbyists and amateurs building and flying their own drones around New York. Sounds like fun! Relaxed restrictions mean "the number of drones patrolling the nation's skies is expected to 'explode.'" More »
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What do you get when you take a seemingly infinite number of Lego pieces and spend 1,500 hours over eight months creating a stop-motion music video—which doubles as an homage to 8-Bit—out of them? Find out inside. More »
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In honor of Anna Wintour's fake charity Fashion's Night Out, Barneys New York commissioned doll maker Andrew Yang to produce a doll of the Vogue editrix. (Pins not included.) There's also one of Vogue hero Grace Coddington for cuddling. More »
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What are we going to do about jobs in this country? There are only like four jobs, total. Until Alvin Greene becomes senator! The weird South Carolina candidate has a plan for everyone to make Alvin Greene action figures. More »
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Lest there be any doubt that Suri Cruise's life is better than yours: "Along with having over 100 pairs of shoes… 4-year-old Suri proves again she can keep up with adult trends—this time with her very own iPad." More »
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Oh, the innocence of childhood. Remember all those lovely toys we played with when we were younger? They were so colorful, fun, disgusting, haunting, sexual...wait we played with same childhood toys right? Check out these bewildering children's toy commercials. More »
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A toy mogul who made his fortune on Cabbage Patch Dolls and Pokemon will be moving with his wife into Bernie Madoff's' old UES penthouse apartment. "We like to have fun, fun, fun," the wife said. Clearly pathological. [NYP] More »
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The university's law library, which is said to have the "best collection of rare law books in the world after Harvard and the Library of Congress," is now focused on preserving toys depicting Supreme Court justices. More »
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Who is designing toys these days? Pedophiles? People who want to crush the souls of children? Is this China's doing? Because if so, they are very sneaky in breaking the American spirit. Toys, in most forms, should not aggressively hump. More »
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Will Lady Gaga supersede athletes as the new go-to endorsement deal? The Gags is gonna be the "Creative Director" of Polaroid, who revitalized the brand by dying and getting awesome investment capital. She's also got her own Dr. Dre headphones. More »
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The Communist plot to destroy Christmas here—in America—by terrifying our children with reports of deadly poison residing upon the noses of beloved Zhu Zhu Pet "Mr. Squiggles" has been foiled. Parents, recommence buying plush hamster toys at once. More »
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