Toys & Hobbies Features Archives

Wednesday Morning Jolt: 71-Coin Collection for Face Value, Toro Snow Blower

By Molly Griffin, dealnews Ireland

We've got a great deal on commemorative quarters for coin collectors, a $25 price drop on a JBL 300-watt subwoofer, and more in today's list of five Editors' Choice deals that we found overnight and early this morning

Published February 27, 2013

The Hottest Toys of the Season, as Selected by dealnews Readers

By Jeff Somogyi, dealnews Media Editor

We've raked through our data from November to determine what toys people are buying, to see which will be the hottest toys of the 2012 holiday season. From LEGOs to LeapFrog, click through to check out our top 10.

Published December 10, 2012

5 Editors' Choice Toy Deals: Dora, Thomas & Friends, Star Wars, and more

By Martin Schneider, dealnews contributor

Christmas! Hanukkah! Festivus! Kwanzaa! These words all signify a great season to be a child, so we've rounded up five more of the best toy deals out there for tots and toddlers. We've got five Editors' Choice bargains from a Dora the Explorer ball pit to a Star Wars light saber night light. (You could always just say you're buying that light saber for a kid...)

Published December 15, 2011

W.A.T.C.H.'s 10 Worst Toys of 2011: What NOT to Buy Your Kids

By Jeff Somogyi, dealnews Media Editor

The holidays should be fun, not hazardous. However, there are always toys just waiting to harm your kids. That's why W.A.T.C.H. puts together its list of the 10 Worst Toys every year. The group's mission is to save your children from horrible, strangulated, punctured, visits to the doctor and hospital. Here's the big 10 for 2011!

Published December 7, 2011

Last Year's Toys "R" Us Fab 15 List Demonstrates the Best Time to Buy Toys

By Jeff Somogyi, dealnews Media Editor

Toys "R" Us recently released its Fabulous 15 list of the hottest toys for the holiday season, and as we approach Black Friday — the biggest shopping event of the year — you may think it's the ideal time to score the best deal possible on these items (while also getting your shopping done early). But slow down! We tracked the deals on last year's Fabulous 15 to see when the toys hit their lowest prices of the season, and you may do well to sit tight for awhile.

Published October 18, 2011