Movers, Shakers & Growers

We love these classic wooden toys for their simplicity and deceptively life-like motion. Sticks measure 13” long with a slider handle in the middle and a 4” tall painted figurine with moveable arms and legs on top. Push the slider up, and the...

When the fate of the earth hangs in the balance, you'll need a gyroscope. This “Avengers: Age of Ultron” gyro includes a stand and has a cord that you feed through the top and yank to spin it. Lights up briefly, but probably longer than James...

Guillow toy balsa airplanes have been around for over 60 years providing millions of youngster's fun and enjoyment letting their imagination soar. These planes provide a catalyst that just naturally brings a smile to anyone that throws a toy glider into...

Your kids can discover and learn about chemistry and kinetic energy by building and connecting components in this STEM Alien Reaction Chainex Kit from Amazing Planet. Kit connects to Chain Reaction! and can be used over and over in different patterns...

We’re simply delighted by these 6" long x 2" dia Sharkz, which are made of (16) plastic, nesting-bowl-like sections that allow them more flexibility than a teenage gymnast. We have assorted colors—prairie greens, ocean blues, moody grays and...

One of the coolest things we’ve seen lately—a remote-controlled car that you store inside a wrist watch that doesn’t tell time because who wants to deal with time when there’s a metal sports car to race around? Car measures approx...

No, wait. This Moving Target Ball Shooting Game actually is a moving target! Comes with (2) 10-1/2” long air-popper guns, (18) 1’” dia foam balls in (2) colors, the 25” x 10-1/2” moving target with its powered wheels, and a...

It’s not really a robot, but then again it’s not really a rabbit. From Remote Control Pets, this cute, 6” long, light brown and white furry bunny wiggles its pink nose and hops when a kid presses the single-button remote control...

Wouldn’t it be funny if someone took a rocket-launching class and got a T- as a grade? You’ll get an A+ for mastering this Launch Rocket™ Catapult Launcher because all you need is a pair of shoes and the will to let stuff fly! Using...

We love this thing, but we’re not sure we would have gone with Waterslide Marble Run as the name. Looks like a marble run to us. We guess if you run the marble straight into the tub, then sure, it’s a waterslide—and let the fun begin!...

Say hello to our little friend. The Popper Blaster uses pump action to shoot the (8) included 30mm dia soft foam balls up to 25 feet! Unlike those of you who have Red Ryder BB guns, you won’t shoot your eye out! You can also stock up on ammo with a...

When we’re stressed or bored—or both—we reach for this Shape Shifting Space Mesh, the plastic fidget toy that shifts shapes. A beautiful mind-bender, it can stretch, fold in on itself, bounce, collapse and more. Comes in assorted colors...

From the awesome Thames & Kosmos, this Gecko Run Marble Run Starter Set is kind of like a hott wheelz track, but for marbles, and way more innovative. Your kid uses the more than (60) total parts to intuitively build countless combinations of unique...

The wheels on these buses get wound and wound, wound and wound, wound and wound. All you do is set these buses on the ground, pull them back (to wind up their energy) and let them loose! Each bus measures 9-1/2” long and is decorated in various,...

Freeze—it’s a money gun! This “gun” looks more like the one the fuzz uses to check your speed than the one they keep in their holsters. In metallic gold (what else?) with the words “Money Gun” on the side, it spits out...

We don’t know where to start with this fidget spinner that’s also an ultra-bright LED flashlight and a laser pointer! We think we’ll just start with the spinner feature and think about the other things one-by-one. That’s what...

Get these vehicles that go, and go get some fun. We have (2) deliciously colorful plastic vehicles—(1) if by land and (1) if by sea, and a kid you love with love them. You pick: the 4” x 4-1/2” press-and-go Carrot Car, orange with a...

Can a toy get any cuter, even when it’s a truck? These micro metal single-pack assorted Tonka® vehicles come nestled in a plastic toolbox that measures 2” x 1” x 1-1/2”. Your random and unknown style of Tonka® truck will...

We think it’s a missed opportunity to not name a Soaring Unicorn, so we call ours Eunice. The mythical creature measures approx 3” x 3” and is attached to a tangle-free rainbow parachute that allows her to float down gently, magically,...

Yo, you might look at this classic yo-yo, which measures a little over 2" dia and think, yeah, it’s a classic yo-yo—nothing special. But then you might look further and notice that it lights up! Move over, kid—let an old pro show you...

That’s what it says on the package of our Thunder Shaker, and that’s what we’ve been doing since we busted it out. It’s a metal tube that measures 6" tall x 2" dia with a 16” long metal spring coming out of the bottom. Shake...

You can’t cut your hair, or anything, with this switchblade-like device because when the “blade” flips out, West Side Story-like, it’s actually a comb. Measures 9” overall when the comb is out, 4-1/2” when folded...

You know how you’ve been looking for some pull-back toys of Cats in Boxes for that racing league you’re going to start? You just found them. We’ll send you (4) different ones, and when your league expands, just drop us a line and...

Spin the ribbed 7" handle of this hand-powered prop between your palms, and watch it take off. (If it lands instead of flying off into the wild blue yonder, reverse the spin!) Neon handle, bright, metallic-flaked 8" propeller, and a lift so high we...

More fun than a canned ham, this flip-top storage tin has a train set inside, with a plastic steam engine, tender, boxcar and caboose, as well as a 12-piece track that forms a 10" x 22" oval. Tin and train car colors may vary. You add a "AA" battery and...

THE American classic novelty item (even ahead of the whoopee cushion and rubber vomit, we think) is a set of chattering choppers. Auto-dentures. Invented by Eddy Goldfarb in 1949, a man who made the Toy Industry Hall of Fame ahead of Milton Bradley,...

Rattlebacks are plastic semi-elliptical shapes, 3-7/8" long, that illustrate Newton's laws of motion, while mystifying kids. Set them down (the rattlebacks, not the kids) and their offset center of gravity makes them spin. Spin them in one direction and...

Great balls of air! The mighty AIRZOOKA is back--and as cool as ever! Looking like a plastic bucket with a handle and a flip-up gun sight, it blasts a puff of air up to 50 feet. Blow out candles from across the room (and avoid spitting on birthday...

Behold our version of the gravity-fed sliding woodpecker. Ours is a 1-3/4" standard black woodpecker, not counting his cute red plume, slowly pecking his way down a 16-1/2" tall metal rod. His super-rapid, lifelike pecking action is strangely compelling...

If Werner Von Braun had used these, Londonwould have just gotten wet. Have somegood clean fun with this Hydrotech"Aquazone" rocket set. You get (2) 5-3/4" tall water rockets and (1) 8-3/4" rocket, plus (2) filling funnelsand a piston pump for power...

From Insect Lore, these rubber band-powered, wind-up butterfly toys will delight any child of wonder, and probably some adults, too. Measure approx 5” x 5” each, and actually fly. For extra fun, wind one up and place it inside a greeting card...

Even if you're not a female flamingo yourself, you can still hatch an adorable hot pink flamingo. You’ll get an equally hot pink, 4-1/4" egg, which you immerse in water and wait a couple-three days while it hatches and grows to 8”+ tall. But...

Halloween's not complete without a pumpkin race! These wind-up walking pumpkins are the perfect way to add some spooky fun to your party. Just wind them up and watch them waddle their way across the finish line. It's a hilarious and festive activity...

Shoot one of these little plastic arrow-helicopter-rotor gismos straight up with the included rubber band launcher and watch it soar as far as 300 feet! A fun outdoor toy that grows in sophistication as you learn how to adjust the arrowcopter for wind...

From France comes this fun mechanical plastic bird that really flies by flapping its wings. Officially known as an ornithopter, it's humbly called Tim by it's friends. It is about 8" long and has a wingspan of 16" tip to tip. Snap the wings in place,...

Does anyone really need to be told what a Slinky® is?? Okay, it is a very slack spring, 2-7/8" dia x 2-1/2" long, compressed. It will stretch out to about 5 or 6 feet long without deforming. That's the boring part. The interesting part is that it...

Hold the bottom onion-shaped bulb of this 4" glass toy in your hand and watch the liquid (green, red, blue or purple, we'll pick) magically bubble up into the top chamber and keep on bubbling like the dickens, as your grandmother used to say. The magic...