Toys

I made a little bobblehead sculpture of Smooth to give my son for his birthday. ( Link to YouTube )   There are basically two types of bobbl...

Let's wrap our five-part interview with toy collector Mel Birnkrant with this question: Did the sensibility behind the Hays Code for mov...

I asked toy collector Mel Birnkrant :  As you get into the 1930s, was there a difference in the imagery, the sorts of characters, and the ...

How did toys and comics change during the Great Depression? I interviewed toy collector and inventor Mel Birnkrant. Over the next few days,...