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How buying one of our favorite kids’ toys on Veteran’s Day will support deployed military families in a great way.

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids, Doing Good, Toys + Playthings

Each year on Veteran’s Day, we love finding new organizations that support the families of military service men and women. And wow, I am so thrilled to learn about United Through Reading and their 40 Million Stories campaign. This non-profit gives the more than...

Here are all the real life sheroes you’ll find in the Barbie Role Models collection

by Lexi Petronis | Toys + Playthings

Barbie has been busy lately. She’s gotten a new variety of body shapes (with dad-bod and man-bun Ken by her side), she’s taken on our heroines from A Wrinkle in Time and Wonder Woman, she’s figured out that yes, women can code. Today, however, in...

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. The Mister Rogers Funko Pop! collection is coming!

by Georgette Gilmore | Entertainment + Media, Toys + Playthings

For the generation that always wanted to have a neighbor just like Mister Rogers, Funko Pop is giving us the next best thing! In honor of the 50th anniversary of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Funko Pop! will release the sweetest Mister Rogers vinyl figure and other...

Cool Wonder Woman gifts that boys and men will love too.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

Wonder Woman — let alone an exclusive all-female screening of the Patty Jenkins-directed Wonder Woman movie — does not frighten the boys and men in my life, and for that I am grateful. I mean, what kid wouldn’t want to look up to a badass superhero...

Why the awesome new Wonder Woman doll from Mattel is worth waiting for.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Toys + Playthings

The Wonder Woman movie isn’t out until June, but the new Wonder Woman doll from Mattel will give little girls plenty of fierce dreams until then. Ahead of this weekend’s New York Toy Fair (which we’ll be covering, of course!), Mattel unveiled several...

Custom superhero action figures for kids with imagination

by Liz Gumbinner | Toys + Playthings

With Marvel and DC pretty much taking over entertainment for the past decade or so, plenty of kids are clamoring for superhero action figures for the holidays. But what I think is even cooler than Chris Evans in miniature (not that I’d complain if I had the...