Small boys love tractors. Thankfully, for us moms, they come in all different shapes and sizes. There’s a wide variety of tractors with blades, buckets, scoops, and scrapers; four wheel, ten wheel, two wheel and more. While there is a wide variety, one brand stands above the rest: John Deere. With the signature colors of [...]

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1. Leon

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2. Star Wars Episode IV

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3. The Graduate

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4. Titanic

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5. Serenity

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6. 2001: A Space Odyssey

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7. Men In Black

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8. Casablanca

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9. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

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10. Bride Of Frankenstein

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11. Alien

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12. Kill Bill

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My father-in-law delights in buying my sons the loudest toys possible. He finds great joy in providing them with toys that they love, while creating non-stop headaches for me.
Some of these toys go on and on forever, while others are loud for only a brief moment. Be sure to figure out how to turn off [...]

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Anyone who has been out shopping for toys will know that toy packaging can be very effective in convincing us of the merits of a certain product. What they do not mention are some the hazards that goes with allowing certain products into your house. True the ‘Big’ things (’Choking Hazards’, ‘Danger of Suffocation’ etc.) [...]

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And now for something completely different!

I suppose that we are all vaguely aware of the fact that kids throughout every generation engaged in creative play (’Kids will be kids’ of course!). Most of us, however, tend to think of modern times as unique in that children are using a wide variety of toys with which [...]

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There are probably very few economic sectors that are so completely marketing driven as the toy industry.
This is because specific toys do not fulfill a basic human need in the same way that a piece of bread or a glass of milk does. People will still buy bread and milk even if it is [...]

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One of my earliest memories is of staring up at the night sky and marveling at the stars. I suspect that I am not alone in this, since a fascination with the stars seems to part of our basic make-up as humans. It is therefore a delight that there are currently a host of excellent [...]

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Baseball players have one. So does country musicians and film stars. So why not toys? Why indeed! This is exactly the reason why the National Toy Hall of Fame was established in 1998. Its mission is to showcase the very best toys that brightened children’s lives over the past few decades. The basic criteria for [...]

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I was slightly disturbed the other day to hear a small red creature declare his eternal love for me!
Great was my relief when I realized that I was not the only object of his affection. Indeed he seemed to be rather fond of just about anybody who took the trouble to gently press his [...]

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What does a silver-tongued soft toy, a clone mask, a device with which to reel in monsters and a flushing potty have in common? Well, they have all been selected as ‘top toys’ for Christmas 2008 by the British Toy Retailers Association.
This is the 42nd year since the TRA started to publish their annual [...]

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