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How Lego built itself into a nearly inflation-proof toy company
Lego's strategy is paying off. The toy company saw revenue growth while others in the industry suff…
Katie Balevic
How every single Pixar movie advanced computer animation, part 1: From 'Toy Story' to 'Cars 2'
Every Pixar movie has introduced its own technical problems, from creating the first fully computer…
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These Assamese toys tell stories of freedom fighters, student leaders & more
A young entrepreneur in a remote village in Assam has started making dolls that combine local cultu…
PTI
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A bizarre toy oven that appears to turn dough into freshly baked plushies is topping kids' wish lists this holiday
A children's oven that looks like it turns dough into freshly baked plushies is in high demand amon…
Grace Dean
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A woman came home for Christmas and discovered her parents had 'adopted' a wild raccoon, giving him cooked breakfast and dog toys
Stacy Jo Rost came home on Christmas to find her parents had adopted a wild raccoon named Little Ri…
Julie Gerstein
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My 6-year-old asked for a cellphone for Christmas. He's getting one, and I'm not treating it any differently than a toy.
She's giving her 6-year-old a cell phone for Christmas, which he requested. He wants it for the cam…
Melissa Petro
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Monkeys in Indonesia use stones as sex toys, study suggests, in new example of creative tool use in animals
Long-tailed macaques were observed tapping and rubbing stones against their genitals, behavior that…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Lonely adults are driving a boom in stuffed animal sales
A year after Marina Khidekel launched her stuffed animal line Hugimals, more than 50% of its custom…
Grace Mayer,Gloria Dawson
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The rise and fall of Beanie Babies, which made Ty Warner a billionaire but now are nearly worthless
Beanie Babies were once the hottest toys in the world, sometimes being flipped for thousands of dol…
Brittany Stephanis,Robert Les…
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Ikea is discontinuing an $18 blue shark stuffed animal, and it sent Chinese social media into a total meltdown
Forget Evergrande. The talk of the town on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform on Monday was a smal…
Cheryl Teh
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Salesforce gave former employees stuffed toys wearing boomerang shirts as the company seeks to bring back ex-staff amid a hiring drive
Salesforce held an alumni event with 50 former executives last week who were gifted with stuffed an…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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How Pixar's character movement evolved from 'Toy Story' to 'Soul'
From the toys in "Toy Story" to the piano playing in "Soul," here is how Pixar has made its charact…
Ian Phillips,Ben Nigh
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How Pixar animates human characters
From "Toy Story" to "Ratatouille" to the "Incredibles" movies, here is how Pixar mastered animating…
Ian Phillips,Conner Blake
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The 9 best and 9 worst Pixar movies of all time
Even though most of the studio's works are widely viewed as masterpieces, not every movie is unanim…
Meghan Cook
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Amid the recent Grimace hype and memes, people are now selling 'vintage' McDonald's merchandise, like T-shirts and toys, for hundreds and thousands of dollars
The internet's obsession with the throwback McDonald's character has led to online merchants upsell…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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2 brothers spent 8 years recreating 'Toy Story 3' in full using toys and stop-motion animation
"It might take you eight or 10 years, but it's possible," Mason McGrew, one of the creators of "Toy…
Melchi Anyinsah-Bondzie
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Scientists uncover hidden ancient drawings of animals in a Paleolithic cave using a technique to make them look 3D
Using a simplistic 3-D viewing technique, archaeologists discovered three new cave drawings that th…