Twenty-five years ago, Peter Headley gave me the Transformer "Skids" for my birthday. He couldn't come to my party so he gave it to me at school. That very day, before I got to play with it much, Jeremiah Glenn broke one of its arms off whilst transforming it. It ...

Who wouldn't buy one, I ask you? Just imagine how the whistle would sound. ...

There are lots of unusual plush toys and fancy resin dolls these days. Far more than there once were. First they were made for humor's sake -- the Albert Einstein and Shakespeare action figures. Then for education's sake -- the Presidents of the United States action figures. But now merchandising ...