Toys

We all had our favorite toys -- from Tinker Toys, to Wooden Blocks, to Easy Bake Ovens, Dolls, Games, and More. What was the Top Toy the year you were born?

The iconic store we all knew and loved is back in Flint just in time for the holiday season thanks to the toy store’s partnership with Macy’s Department store.

The program was started in 1971 and GM joined in four years ago.

It seems that through the years toys have got even more and more advanced, but it turns out Michigan kids still enjoy the classic toys just as much as the new ones.

"Would you like a boy or girl toy with that meal?" Those are words you might not hear in Michigan anymore.

Andre Cassagnes, the man responsible for inventing the venerable Etch A Sketch, a toy that inspired countless children ever since it was introduced in 1960, has died at age 86 in France.

Ever since it was introduced in 1963, the Easy-Bake Oven has been marketed exclusively to girls, leaving aspiring boy chefs out in the cold. But that's about to change thanks to a campaign led by a teen girl on behalf of her four-year-old brother, who loves to cook.

Thirteen year-old McKenna Pope is fighting mad at Hasbro, and this little activist wants some positive changes now. The eighth grader, who hails from Garfield, New Jersey, has started a petition on Change.org asking Hasbro to make their Easy Bake Ovens more gender-neutral.

You can always spot a parent around the holiday season. Their hair is a frazzled mesh of cow licks and stray strands as if it’s been pulled by a crowd of frantic people. Their eyes dart around in all directions desperately seeking something that could suddenly appear at a moment’s notice. They break down and cry during commercials that advertise “the hottest toy of the holiday season.”

Scandinavian Toys"R"Us licensee Top-Toy has taken a new approach to making sure kids get what they really want for Christmas: a fully gender-blind catalog that erases the line between boys' and girls' toys.