Classic Toys

He was born Marion Walter Jacobs, and in his sweet home Chicago he changed the way the harmonica was played. They called him Little Walter, and his blues harps were standard size, but oh, how he would have loved this Little Harmonica from the folks at...

Yes, we have The Amazing Live Sea Monkey® aquarium kit, just like the ones from the comic books. The (9) piece ocean zoo includes brine shrimp eggs, growth food, water purifier, plus an official plastic feeding spoon, 32-page handbook, life insurance...

The real deal. 2-1/2" long red egg-shaped container with a blob of Silly PuttyTM inside. Does anyone need me to explain all the fun you'll have with Silly Putty? I thought not. Just get some today!

2" flywheel in a well-made metal frame. The trick is the same as it has been for 100 years. Wind the string through the spindle, pull it firmly to set the flywheel spinning, and perform effortless balancing magic on pencil tips, string tightropes, and...

Say yes to these dominoes. You may need a magnifying glass to read the instructions on the back of the wooden box, but the bones themselves, the actual dominoes, are as easy to read as a large-print novel. Box measures 6-1/2” x 2-1/4” x...

Here's a little music box to crank. These are really cute, with a very nice sound, and they're in clear acrylic cases so you, or impressionable youngsters, can watch them work. They measure 2-1/4"x 2" x 1-1/4" with a 7/8" crank. We'll pick one that plays...

You can’t start fooling people too early. This box of tricks is for budding magicians, and includes the props and instructions for (77) tricks. Includes a magic wand, without which you can’t be a magician, plus assorted cups, balls, cards and...

Ten furlongs are condensed to (7) inches, with very small horses, in the Desktop Derby, a 6-horse straight track that lets you win money while you teach the children the evils of pari-mutuel betting. The electric track pulsates and moves the nags along...

When someone asks you to bring out the big guns, leave these in the drawer. Called the World’s Smallest Laser Guns, these (2) space blaster-looking guns have white bodies and either blue or red highlights. They’re not actual laser guns, and...

With the help of these (12) beautifully illustrated instructional cards from the 1859 bestselling book Hand Shadows by Henry Bursill, you’ll amuse and amaze your friends with your newfound hand-puppet artistry. The walls will come alive, we say!...

This is a travel-sized version of that classic wooden game of skill and lucky dice commonly known as Shut The Box. Measures 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" x 1"—perfect for road trips, airplanes and campers—with hinged wooden tiles numbered on the top and...

You're buying the drinks and this wacky, yet debonair, bird with a top hat and plastic base (7" tall OA) can't get his fill of water. Get him started, and he dips his beak into your glass repeatedly. How? Fluid inside his glass body condenses from the...

Actually, your chickens, plural, since our each is multiples of lovely, plucked and naked chickens in full chicken color. And unlike the real thing, these are small enough to carry in your pocket, because you never know. In molded plastic, you pick the...

You may well have wondered where the boneless chicken breasts in your local supermarket come from. The answer is from boneless chickens. And we have some life sized rubber models of the birds to prove it. Modeled from life, they are shown plucked and as...

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...

A gallimaufry of gags, the prankster's pantheon. Our seven-day selection of sophomoric stupidity includes a joy buzzer, a fake ketchup spill that is perfect for a laptop or tablet, wrapped candy thats more bug than treat, a pack of gum with a mousetrap...

Here’s a fidget toy you can fidget with while you’re fidgeting! This bright, multi-colored ring expands and retracts, from 5" dia to just under 10”, and works well as a flying disc or halo-like headpiece. Its shapes, colors and...

We’re talking to you, rubber ducky, and all your friends, too. These assorted rubber duckies measure 2-1/4" dia x 1-3/4" tall, and come in a variety of themes, including sports (basketball, baseball, soccer and football), medical (nurse in blue...

Or Five? They're supposed to be finger puppets, but they could be hands in search of a mini mannequin. Wherever they came from, they're 2-5/8" long in a variety of lighter and darker toned flexible rubber, and remarkably life-like in a ready-to-shake...

You've seen everybody's favorite desk toy. The one that makes you swear you can pick up the coin that's right inside it. Too bad it's really a hologram you're looking at! Now you can own this petite version of the popular "illusion" toy. This one, 6" dia...

You’re never too old for Play-Doh, so here’s our adult-themed (6)-pack that recalls the joys of youth while skewering middle-aged malaise. The plastic cans of “modelling compound,” as the eggheads call it, are 3"" tall x 2"" dia,...

A company called Supreme Party and Novelties™ gets credit for this supreme party novelty, an LED light-flashing helicopter toy with an included battery. Includes (1) whirly-style helicopter toy that lights up in different colors as it flies...

This fidget toy doesn’t spin, and that’s the appeal. It’s a Magnetic Magic Cube that measures 2-1/2” on all sides, it being a cube and all. But it’s changeable since it’s made up of lots of angled pieces, and can be...

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!...

Or is it platypuses? Either way, we have a set of (2) of them—(1) blue, (1) light brown—each approx 3-3/4” long. What’s not to love about paddling platypi? Wind them up under their heads and watch their arms frantically spin as...

Anyone who loves animals loves little figures of animals, aka figurines, and say there, animal lover, we just got a pallet full of Manta Rays and Siberian Tigers (together at last)! They’re pretty lifelike but also just plain fun for a kid (or...

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,...

We love anything in a tin storage case, but this (100)-piece classic dinosaur jigsaw puzzle, featuring various dinos in a dramatic scene, is a recent favorite. Comes in a tin box that measures 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 1-1/2" with a snap-on tin lid. Puzzle...

Marionettes are great until you have to operate them yourself. We choose the finger variety for our puppetry exploits, and we have (2) styles ready to hop on your digits and perform! You pick: the 4-1/2” long x 1” wide wiggly snakes in colors...

There’s a reason these are called IQ Gears—because they put your brain in high gear. And no caffeine required! It’s an IQ logic game that challenges you to fit all the gears on the game board by connecting the side wheels so they spin...

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...

Want to prove how smart you are or go batty trying? We’re still going batty trying. Join us—it’s fun! We’ll send you (1) of our (4) wooden Mysterious Puzzle Boxes, 6" x 2" x 2-5/8," rated as either "challenging" or "impossible" to...

You know what that means? This game doesn’t stink! And that’s why it’s so great for traveling, along with the fact that the included instructions, deck of cards and folding wooden score board with metal pegs fit easily into your pocket...

These 2-3/4" Alien puppets are modeled after real alien hands. No Joke. They even glow in the dark just like real aliens. Your get a set of (4), one for each finger on one hand. Buy two for all your fingers! (Sorry thumb lovers)  

This excellent STEM Explorers™ Geomakers™ 3D building challenge kit/puzzle from Learning Resources® reminds us of tinkerer’s toys from days past. Allows kids to connect (58) pieces in many configurations, learning about 2D and 3D...

Nothing says compact fun like rubber finger puppets. We recommend these for adding a touch of whimsy to parental or grandparental reading of bedtime stories. You pick a quartet of rubber cats or squirrels, in four different colors/breeds, all approx...

Excellent spinners, these 2-1/4” dia tin tops. Painted in assorted pretty geometric patterns that become equally pretty color circles when spinning, which they’ll do for a very long time. Kids could have contests. Adults could, too...

Nothing says compact fun like rubber finger puppets. We recommend these for adding a touch of whimsy to parental or grandparental reading of bedtime stories. You pick a quartet of rubber cats or squirrels, in four different colors/breeds, all approx...

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,...