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Recall: Hasbro Easy Bake Oven

Kids love to imitate their parents. They love to do all the grown up stuff we do. Well, they like it until they actually have to do it, but pretending to do all that stuff is fun. That is why many of us grew up “cooking” with our Easy Bake Ovens, just like Mom. I had one. Did you? I also bought them for my girls over the years, but thankfully, I think we are beyond the fascination of the Easy Bake Oven. It was a cool idea and we had fun with it, but I am glad to be … Continue reading →

High Profile Toys Immortalized In New York

Do you remember what your favorite toy was growing up? I cherished my Baby-This-And-That and my vast collection of Strawberry Shortcake dolls and accessories. Sadly, neither one was chosen to be immortalized in the National Toy Hall of Fame (at least not this year). Instead the Easy-Bake Oven and Lionel model trains are the “chosen ones” and will join Mr. Potato Head, the Frisbee and 32 other classic but watt-free toys in the Strong-National Museum of Play’s eight-year-old hall of fame located in Rochester, New York. How could my beloved “Baby-This-and-That” be overlooked yet again? Museum curators say longevity is … Continue reading →