New York, New York - It would have been one of the greatest examples of synergy product-tie-in placement ever, say industry insiders, Based on this summer's blockbuster movie, Transformers, Mattel's introduction of the least Transformer chara...
As recalls continue to plague Mattel, America's largest toy maker, parents everywhere are struggling to find excuses to reclaim their children's most prized possessions. Susan Johnson of Kansas City says her experience is indicative of what...
Penrose, Colorado (IP) A toy rocket manufactured by Centuri Engineering Company in the late 1960's has attained Earth orbit. The rocket uses balsa wood for the fins and nose cone and a cardboard tube for the fuselage. It was painted red and bla...
Washington (IP) - Reports streaming into our Washington field office indicate that with all of the worry and fear being stirred up by the latest lead tainted toy scare that there is still one item that parents won't have to worry about. That ite...
EL SEGUNDO, CA - Citing safety concerns originating with its Chinese manufacturers, toy company Mattel announced today an immediate recall of Heidi Klum. CEO Robert Eckert said the recall became necessary after an investigation into a Mattel subcont...
Washington (IP) - Mattel recalled the good old days today. Mattel CEO Henry Finootch can remember the days when lead was not even poison yet. He can even remember back to a point before poison was poison and when boys could be boys and men could be...
Mephistophel City, Tennessee (IP) - The government is giving away, free, lead tainted toys from China to be used as clay pigeons. A government operated laboratory has developed a launching device that will accommodate all of the various shapes of to...
Washington DC (IP) - The Food and Drug Administration, acting on behalf of corporate America, will outlaw the testing of toys for lead content. They are also going to prohibit the testing of any food that makes it into the United States. Raids are...
Mattel, the US toymaker, has recalled billions of toys for the second time in two weeks, because traces of the food additive Monosodium glutamate (MSG) were found in them.
A huge inferno caused most of Watford devastation this morning. It started as a small fire but escalated when a toy fire truck turned up.
First, there was G.I. Joe. Then, G.I. Joe had kung fu grip. After that, there was an avalanche of super hero, He-Man, Ninja Turtle, Power Ranger, and thousands of other action figures (a.k.a. dolls for boys). Now, toy makers, in conjunction with W...
Fukengrooven, Germany (IP) - Sources in Europe revealed today that they have intercepted a video recorded by Taliban Industries that displays a new line of toys that will soon be made available to Arab children.
McDonalds, worried at their recent drop in sales in their adult demographic, has decided to extend their marketing strategy. Effective August 1st, the world's largest hamburger chain will a new Happy Meal for Adults, the Make You Really Happy Meal.
A video was released to news stations on Sunday morning showing 2 teenagers teaching their toddler brothers and sisters to smoke marijuana. Fisher-Price and Mattel used their quick trigger fingers to react to the market.
Toys R Us plans to fight North Korea's pending lawsuit stemming from the fact that every missile that Korea attempts to launch plunges into the Sea of Japan. One "R Us" official said,...
TomCal, one of the world's largest toy manufacturers, has been forced to recall many of its lines of autonomous Pokemon robots from shop and homes around the world. Warnings on the cardboard back of the product read that "Do not use re-charg...
KETCHUM, WY -- Tragedy struck the Shiny Smiles Community Play Center last Wednesday when Samantha Togglson's beloved stuffed bunny Mr. Floppels mysteriously disappeared. At 2 o'clock as Sam and her mother Helen Togglson were leaving the center, w...
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