Top picks from our Toy Buyer: Toy Fair 2018 The Bean Team visits Toy Fair New York every year, and every year we’re nothing short of dazzled. We asked our fabulous newcomer of a Toy Buyer, Megan, for a highlight...
If there’s one thing that brings generations together, it’s toy crazes of their youth. Everyone remembers the toys they once begged their parents for, only to be disinterested with them soon after. But we NEEDED it! Everyone else at school...
Why do kids love horses so much? There are a lot of theories, but the one that sticks best for me is this one, from Laurel Braitman, an MIT graduate student who writes about animals, in an article from...
The making of a professional Toy Whiz is a multi-stage process. First, of course, there’s the hiring stage, where we select friendly, energetic folks who haven’t outgrown their enthusiasm for playtime. Next, budding Toy Whizzes get a crash course in...
While imagination doesn’t run on batteries, it doesn’t follow at all that a toy that runs on batteries can’t stimulate creativity. Take, for instance, the basic Hexbug Nano V2 Robot: in many ways, this little guy functions like a very...
There’s a reason why every preschool has stacks and stacks of chunky wooden puzzles: piecing a puzzle together is beneficial for your child’s growing body and mind in so many ways. Determining which shapes and colors match and joining them...
