A British toy manufacturer mistakenly created a Montel Williams doll that they named after British hunk Idris Elba. Despite the mixup, the $1,100 Idris doll flew off store shelves!
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Residents of one urban area are complaining about a boy who menaces his neighbors in his little red toy car. The boy, who appears to be 7, drives his toy car recklessly on both sides of the street.
A bank customer in Raleigh, N.C. took offense to what she described as a “racist” figurine with a “noose” around its neck on a credit union employee’s desk.
Pop singer Madonna posted an Instagram.com video of her adorable twin daughters, Stelle and Estere Ciccone, playing with their first Barbie dolls.
As you know, Madonna adopted the 4-year-old twins from Malawi, Africa earlier this year.
Rich people buy their children carloads of expensive gifts to overcompensate for not being there to give their kids the love and attention they need. As a result, their children grow up believing love can be bought from a store.
Rapper Young Thug is pictured standing in his stocking feet surrounded by toys, shoe boxes and GAP clothing in his rental house in Buckhead Atlanta. No, those aren’t gift donations for needy families. The gifts are intended for his large brood of children.
Mattel has honored director Ava DuVernay with her own Barbie doll in her beautiful image. Mattel launched the new Ava Duvernay black Barbie doll just in time for your Christmas shopping list.
It’s a big deal whenever a black woman (except Nicki Minaj) is honored with her own Barbie doll.
Toy maker Hasbro, the maker of Play-Doh, has a PR nightmare on its hands. Moms who purchased Play-Doh’s Sweet Shoppe Cake Mountain Playset as Christmas gifts for their children are furious that the toy’s “icing extruder” looks too much like a veiny penis.
This story will bring tears to your eyes.
For the 8th straight year, NFL star Andre Johnson spent thousands of dollars of his own money on toys and video games for at-risk kids in protective services.
And as he always does every year, the 33-year-old Houston Texans wide receiver took pictures with the loooong receipts.
Lonnie Johnson, the man who created the Super Soaker water gun, was awarded $73 million in unpaid royalties from giant toy maker Hasbro.
Johnson, who founded the Atlanta-based company behind the Super Soaker, filed a lawsuit against Hasbro for underpaid royalties in the sales of the wildly popular water gun, according to the AJC.com.
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