Are Books Obsolete?

For most of us, books were a major part of our childhood. Who remembers having a favourite story, read from a dog-eared copy of a story book whenever we need...

Free Toys With Take Aways

Pester power used to be the bane of many a parents shopping trip, with any visit to a supermarket punctuated by appeals from the little ones for this box of...

Which Toys Are the Most Environmentally Friendly?

Environmentally friendly or ‘green’ toys and games are nothing new. But the trend towards all things eco-friendly has been affecting the toy world for so...

Making Your Own Toys

If the number of toy safety recalls is starting to worry you, and the pennies are also getting scarce, it can seem as if the options for children’s toys ar...

The State of Toy Safety

Anyone with a concern about toy safety will be either shocked or relieved to know that dangerous goods were removed from EU shelves in record numbers in the...

The Toy Safety Directive 2011

The main difference in the European Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC, which came into force in July 2011 is that it will widen the definition of what can be c...

What Kids Want from Toys: A Case Study

We asked some children about their favourite toys, and what makes them so special. The children of the naughties still have just as much imagination as the k...

Best Selling Toys from the 80s

The eighties ushered in a new era of hi tech toys – everything had to be battery operated and preferably look like some form of computer. The ‘silicon ch...

Best Selling Toys from the 70s

How well do you remember your childhood? If you grew up in the seventies, it was a halcyon era for kids, when we could still play out in the street without b...

What is This Toy Safety Mark?

The toy safety symbol that you describe isn't one that I've heard of, and certainly isn't anything that's generally used on toys. There is one official Toy S...