Harry Potter, "Star Wars" and Indiana Jones characters have been made into toy-like video games with some success.
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Andre Cassagnes died in Paris on 16 January, the Ohio Art Company, the US-based firm that made the toy, said.
When David Lowy was 5 years old, his mother bought him a toy glider made from balsa wood.
Fluffy toy animals made for a charity that has since shut down?
Bandai, a Japanese toy company, made millions of dollars by transferring the precepts of pet-keeping to the electronic world with tamagotchi.
They said it was an overstatement to suggest the men had made genuine plans and the toy car idea had gone nowhere.
Then came an 10-year hiatus during which he had high-profile successes (buying Pixar Animation Studios from George Lucas before they made it big with "Toy Story") and failures (founding NeXT Computer, whose pricey, cube-shaped computer workstations never caught on).
As a kid I remember lamenting when toy trucks began being made of plastic instead of metal.
Even if Apple has summoned the grimy legions of reporters who follow the company to cover the launch of new iTunes software, the waiting game will be a whole lot less fun if you're spending the time wondering if your new toy is about to be made obsolete.
While the Toy Story franchise grew larger and made more money with each sequel, Shrek has been tumbling.
"Parents have signed a form to allow their kids to go to a field trip and they have made sure to choose the right, safe toy for their children, " says Harel.
The two main batteries are from a child's ride-on toy, and its PA speakers are made from an old car stereo.
Federal officials have also issued recent warnings about lead paint in toy trains, defective tires and toothpaste made with diethylene glycol, a toxic ingredient commonly found in antifreeze.
The toy was named toy of the year in Australia and recently made Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Then I bought a toy telescope, checked out its internals and made another one identical to it.
Icelandic banks and companies made acquisitions across Europe, including the iconic Hamley's toy store and the West Ham soccer team.
There is a massive, wraparound glass staircase, and dropping down from the 24-foot-tall ceiling is a 12-foot-long "found art" light sculpture made by a local artist with steel rods and old trumpets, toy train tracks and parts of old pistons.
Kanayama Akira used an automatic toy car in lieu of a paintbrush, and Yoshihara Michio made paintings by riding his bicycle through the pigments.
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Being pushed out of shape made me realize that I had a shape to return to, like my toy cat who sat on a drum and whose parts were kept in tension by elastic.
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