The Toys of the '50s, '60s and '70s exhibit at the Missouri History Museum, photographed on October 29, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. Expand to read more Dilip Vishwanat Take a trip down memory lane ...

Turns out, Mr. Potato Head and friends can still steal the show from Pokémon. Pikachu has been upstaged, temporarily at least, by the expansive collection of playthings predating smartphones. Come ...

There's something magical about the toys we grew up with. The ones that fueled our imaginations long before tablets and ...

A while ago I was contacted about a story I posted on this blog about Baby Brother Tenderlove, an anatomically correct boy doll that hit toy shelves in the 1970s. I was told that The Minnesota History ...

The bubble-wrapped, easily trackable childhoods of today didn’t exist in the 1960s. The teenager revolution was in its infancy, and kids' marketing had just been born. But the Flower Power generation ...

RICHMOND — If you want to know what a society is preoccupied with, take a look at its toys. Rocket toys in the 1950s — they were preparing kids to win the space race. Barbie’s many careers in the ...

Mr. Potato Head, Gumby, Slinky and Barbie are waiting for museumgoers to play with them at the “Toys of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s Exhibit” that recently opened at the History Colorado Center. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI)- Toys are taking over ...

Big Wheels and Barbies are more than just toys—they are cultural artifacts that illuminate the ways in which American society has changed, as well as the common ground children have shared for decades ...

Barbie and her friends throw a party on a shelf. A pair of Slinkys race down a set of stairs. Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head converse lovingly on a table — well, as best they can with one ear between them.