Too Much Awesome

-Republished with permission from Linus & Bubba Books. As a child, part of the Christmas ritual for me and my siblings was snuggling up with the basket of Christmas books that came out with the decorations every year. The illustrations were so vivid, the books always smelled a little bit like cinnamon from being in [...]

We here at Toy-TMA talk up a Pokemon storm (or at least Chris does). While I will always have a soft spot for the series myself, I couldn’t help but feel there was another anime from my childhood that took the kids-befriending-and-battling-with-monsters motif and gave it some actual depth. I hate beating around the bush [...]

What did kids do before video games? We had model trains. Before technology took over Long before the wonderful world of Nintendo took over my childhood, my favorite method of wasting time was playing with my model train set. I got my first train set for my 6th birthday. It was your basic all-in-one train [...]

It’s one of the hardest things you’ll do every year…trying to find a good Halloween costume.

Nerf is the only safe and fun way to wage war on your friends, family…and co-workers.

I’m not just talking about teddy bears. I’m talking about Mogwai, Ewoks and impressing the ladies.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe might be historically significant in the world of toys but it just couldn’t compete against its contemporaries.

Stocks may rise and fall, but one thing you can always count on is licensed Star Wars merchandise. A lot of it is good, but some of it bad, even the old stuff.

I loved playing Monopoly when I was a kid. I liked all the money and little houses, but when I couldn’t convince my family to sit through hours of dice rolling, the game of Life was the next best thing.

When I think back on all the toys I had growing up as a kid and even the toys I still have as an adult, many of them were little more than fads. They were hot and popular and every kid wanted them, but ultimately they didn’t hang around for long. Looking at the world [...]