April 3, 2012 Remember when President Bill Clinton beat Bob Dole? Or, do you remember when the Spice Girls had their first number 1hit with "Wannabe"? Of course we are talking about the year 1996, and the hottest selling toy of the year was the Bop It. It's our Spotlight with today's Vintage Toys.
February 2, 2012 Kids today think they have the coolest toys and gizmos. I'd like to see their iPods survive a trip in the washer like our G.I. Joes and Cabbage Patch Kids did. Toys today don't have the same appeal as toys from the 80s did. Nothing bea
July 6, 2011 You might remember our Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood week where we took a look back at dangerous toys we had growing up. Not every toy was out to kill us, some of the best toys we had were video games. Kids today don't even know what Road Rash was or Donkey Kong. It's a sad world.
May 6, 2011 It seems that during the 70’s and 80’s anything could fly as a toy. The Sit ‘N Spin was produced during that time, and that’s why it’s another Dangerous Toy From Our Childhood.
May 5, 2011 Maybe on Cinco de Mayo you’ll celebrate with some candy! Why not have a treat from yesteryear with Nestles Wonder Ball! Even though it’s candy it still had toys inside, that’s our spotlight on Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood.
May 4, 2011 Let's Slip N' Slide back to the good old days of our youth. It's summer time, you don't have a pool. What do you have? Your parents bought you a huge Yellow Tarp to put all over the back yard to run and jump on. Don't worry though its covered in water! Today's Dangerous Toy From Our Childhood is on Slip N' Slide.
May 3, 2011 We’re taking a look back at toys deemed too dangerous for kids all week long on Lite 98.7 Today's memory is on the reason most adults have burns and scars all over their hands, the Easy Bake Oven!
May 2, 2011 On December 19, 1988, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned Jarts from sale in the United States due to their hazards as “a flying projectile with a sharp metal point”. When it comes to Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood, I don’t think anything could top Jarts. Anything with the words "missile" and "game" in the same sentence sounds like a blast! We’re taking a look back at toys deemed too dangerous for kids.
April 9, 2011 For some reason we had this growing up, and it doesn't look to safe by Tody's standards. "Let's have a ball on a disk and hope a kid doesn't fall down and get hurt". I wrote a story about Worst Toys from growing up, and I regret not adding this.
