happy mutants Simone Giertz's touching meeting with a Syrian toymaker Gareth Branwyn

gadgets Casio watch ring looks wonderfully ridiculous, but is sadly non-functional Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets This 3D toy printer is fun for the whole family and it's on sale for only $350 Boing Boing's Shop

doctor who David Tennant and Neil Patrick Harris in the trailer for the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special Jason Weisberger

King Charles III Can King Charles' coronation coach compare to Matchbox's die-cast classic? Bob Knetzger

nightmare toys Yano the Interactive Storyteller is back to haunt your dreams Jennifer Sandlin

television Neil Patrick Harris is the new big bad for Doctor Who Devin Nealy

The inventor of Tickle Me Elmo was a Unabomber suspect Annie Rauwerda

television Vyvyan! Rick! Neil! Fantastic handmade action figures of The Young Ones David Pescovitz

design Real gun designed to look like Lego toy Rob Beschizza

movies Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots to become a big Hollywood movie starring Vin Diesel David Pescovitz

puzzles Tiny $1900 Rubik's Cube Rob Beschizza

war what is it good for Toymaker to produce line of plastic army women Clive Thompson

Business Trade war: Hasbro is shifting manufacturing to Vietnam and India, drawing down production in China Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Bandai is manufacturing armored cats Cory Doctorow

Games Terrific longread on the origins of Wham-O Andrea James

art The story of Traceroute, about a Leitnerd's quest Thomas Kaestle

Boing Boing Gadgets Vtech toy data-breach gets worse: 6.3 million children implicated Cory Doctorow

Weird Steiff Japan's centaur teddybears Cory Doctorow