Hasbro is releasing a set of four action figures featuring characters from the 1980s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon. The new Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon Classics line will include three heroes from the ...

The historic toy collection attracts visitors from across Connecticut and other states too. It has holiday hours.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andy Robertson reports on technology & digital play. Skylanders has gone from strength to strength without a big film franchise to ...

Toy company Hasbro licensed transforming robot toys from the Japanese company Takara, which had already existed in that country since 1980. But in America, Hasbro wanted a whole mythology to go with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andy Robertson reports on technology & digital play. What is most compelling here for young audiences is not only the tie-in, but ...

COMING TO A TOY STORE near you: the Cartoon Network. Mac and Blooregard Q. Kazoo from the cable channel’s “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” as well as other wacky animated characters will be ...

Bernard Loomis, an influential toy marketer who, by turning advertisements for toys into children’s cartoon programming, was dubbed “the man who invented Saturday morning,” died of heart disease June ...

As a kid, I had no clue that the Saturday morning cartoons I watched religiously were glorified toy commercials all gussied up in action-packed animation and laser gun shoot-em-ups, and I wouldn't ...

It’s not just enough to make a good cartoon any more. Too often, animated shows are dependent on selling action figures in order to stay on the air, ratings (and quality) be damned. Here are seven ...