SPOKANE, Wash. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price Toys has announced a voluntary recall of approximately one million children's toys due to high concentrations of lead in ...

Twelve years ago, a mechanized version of a red plushy “Sesame Street” co-star became the unofficial face of obnoxious Christmas consumerism. Retailing for $28.99, “Tickle Me Elmo” resold for as much ...

WASHINGTON — Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys — including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters — because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. The ...

NEW YORK – Eyes still glazed over from those assault-on-the-senses trips to the toy store during the holidays? Better splash some cold water on your face, because the industry is already back with its ...

Ron Dubren is living the fantasy of anyone who ever dreamed of hitting it big. Dubren, a New Yorker to the core, is the toy inventor behind the hottest-selling item of the holiday shopping season. He ...

Each holiday season, a new crop of must-have toys suddenly pops up on store shelves and then almost as quickly sell out. Then, a holiday frenzy takes hold and otherwise sane shoppers end up trampling ...