Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Check out our gallery of more than 200 photos showcasing some of the newest products from Lego, Playmobil and other manufacturers that will hit toy store shelves later this year.
Toys and games of every size, shape, color and design imaginable stretched for as far at the eye could see. There pretty much was something for everyone: from wooden treasures crafted by hand to machine-produced gizmos fitted with space-age microprocessors; from plastic construction bricks to the vitamin-enriched drink whose bottle could be tossed football-like 100 feet or more; from centuries-old board games like Chess to modern video games like Skylanders. And while there was a lot of playing going on, there wasn’t a child to be seen. There were just adults – thousands of them, in fact – wandering the 375,000-square-feet of exhibit space at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan examining, handling, testing, discussing, …
Friday, November 16, 2012
A look at the hot toys for tots this holiday season.
Every holiday season, the mailbox fills with the latest toy catalogs. Children peruse the pages as they scribble their lists, daydreaming about what they will find under the tree come Christmas morning. Parents pull out their pocketbooks, spending hard-earned cash as they anticipate the joy on those little faces. What will be the runaway favorites this year is always a guess, but here are some of the latest trends, mixed with tried-and-true perennial favorites. jChews Smartphone teether by Jellystone No tears for parents or babies. Babies love nothing more than to gum Mom and Dad’s cell phone, but now they’ll be too intrigued with their own smartphone to chew on. The Jellystone smartphone teether comes in seven funky colors and is BPA …
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The East Brunswick Museum's holiday exhibit features contributions from three East Brunswick organizations, the New Jersey Antique Bottle Club, the Raritan River Chapter of the National Railway Historic Society and New Jersey Easter Seals.
An old- fashioned Christmas tree lit with candles and handmade ornaments is the first thing you see when you enter the East Brunswick Museum. As you look around, trains and toys, place settings and old-fashioned ornaments beg for your attention. And at the center of it all are contributions from three East Brunswick organizations, the New Jersey Antique Bottle Club, the Raritan River Chapter of the National Railway Historic Society and New Jersey Easter Seals. “We invited outside groups to come in and do a display case or a tree display,” said Susan Luczu. “It introduces the groups to the museum, and the museum to those groups.” From the Historic Railway Society is a display of several small toy trains along with some the area’s railway …
