toys

The toy collector John Rigg began wiring circuits in kindergarten. He was still little when he gave his mom a cardboard robot he built with motors, electric lights, and a little candy-filled drawer. Today, John Rigg displays thousands of “metal men” in a big barn near Spokane, Washington. Produced by Harriet Baskas.

A lot of us grew up with GI Joe and Princess Leia action figures. But today’s selection of tiny plastic dolls isn’t limited to movie and comic book characters. Super heroes worked hard to make our democracy safe. So it naturally follows that we can now customize our own action figures and base them on […]

Fisher-Price called the PXL-2000 “the first camcorder for kids.” It turned out to be the only one: children weren’t interested. But, as Lu Olkowski found out, some aspiring film directors were.

Margaret Leng Tan, a virtuoso of the grand piano, takes Schroeder’s place at the plastic one. Produced by David Krasnow.