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COVID-19 pandemic, as evidenced by a sales spike in the first half of the year for the Danish company.Sure, it’s no secret that building LEGO kits is a great way to kill time: So many of us have fond memories of sprawling out on the floor of our childhood home, mesmerized while constructing a multi-colored masterpiece. But now, with so much monotonous time trapped in the house, there are plenty of new and old sets that you haven’t gotten your hands on yet.

actual babes in toyland. For one night only, New York City’s iconic FAO Schwarz is opening its doors to one lucky family of four for an overnight stay in the world-famous toy store — all for 25 bucks.

posted it to Twitter, with New Yorkers taking to the comments to applaud his attention to detail and accuracy.Not only does Alex’s take of the borough include landmarks such as the Empire State Building and Central Park, but it also includes the area’s banal yet distinguishable office buildings.Alex’s architectural toy skills have been long in the making, Bailey said.“Alex has wanted to be an architect and also a Lego builder since he was 4 years of age and has never changed his mind on that,”

new line of Barbie Extra dolls — out this week — reflects the consumer, no matter their race, size or style.“Barbie is at her best when she connects to culture and Barbie Extra does just that from the name, down to every detail and accessory,” said Kim Culmone, global head of design for Barbie and fashion dolls at Mattel, in an emailed statement to Reuters.The classic Barbie was launched in 1959 as a doe-eyed, impossibly busty and narrow-waisted blue-eyed doll in a zebra-striped swimsuit.

according to a new statement from the company.

Lego, as well as other big brands, have been looking for ways to cut plastic use in order to please customers increasingly worried about how their purchases impact the environment. Monopoly maker Hasbro, for example, has also announced plans to eliminate plastics in its packaging.Among the environmental issues posed by plastic is that it doesn’t disintegrate.

decade after the dramatic climax of “Toy Story 3” — wherein the gang find themselves trapped in a garbage incinerator and facing certain annihilation — the film’s director Lee Unkrich has come to confirm just how dark that scene really was.The toys of “Toy Story,” including Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and a rotating cast of dilapidated dolls, had managed to survive being lost inside a Pizza Planet restaurant (“Toy Story”), and getting pilfered by a maniacal, mouth-breathing toy