A Walmart employee in Fredericton, New Brunswick spent part of December 1996 in a hospital bed because of a two-foot-tall ...

Tickle Me Elmo dolls, the bingo game of chance, and the humble playground slide are among the finalists competing to get into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year, a lineup that also includes ...

Greg Hyman's tinkering helped fuel one of the wildest toy crazes of the '90s. Hyman, the electronics-minded inventor who helped create Tickle Me Elmo, died May 1 at his home in Boca Raton, Fla., at 78 ...

There are certain toys in America that families and hobbyists may remember as cult classics — toys that flew right off the shelves during the holiday shopping season. Some of these high-demand toys ...

An electronics wizard, he was already a veteran inventor when he collaborated with Ron Dubren on an idea for a toy that giggled. The rest is retail history. Greg Hyman in 2012. The toy that he and Ron ...

In 1996, the giggling stuffed doll turned holiday shopping into chaos, a preview of every sneaker drop, PlayStation launch and Taylor Swift ticket rush to come. There was a mad rush to grab one of the ...

Time Magazine, known for its Man of the Year selection, also has another annual selection— the All-TIME 100 greatest toys. Take a break from perusing online stores because you're still nursing your ...