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Face facts
I saw Snuffles twin at Rockefeller Center today. Well, perhaps ancestor is the better word. That’s Snuffles on the left — on the right, the brand spanking new version from Gund. I saw a...
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Checking it twice
Exhibit A: 2013 Sock Monkey Calendar Purchased December 30, 2012. Brand new. Twelve month-themed sock monkey images contained within imaginative and in excellent condition. Fun year ahead — check....
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Ducktanic
When I was in Singapore this past weekend, I thought about flying on to Australia. It’s only a seven-hour flight. This guy made that voyage by water…in the opposite direction....
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Not a game for all ages
My friend Beth and I were browsing the clearance items at Barnes & Noble after lunch today, when we came upon this gem: Game of Thrones figurines. In the children’s section I looked — these POP!...
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Sock it to me
I am old enough to recognize the sock puppet toy peeking down at us from a high shelf at the pet store — Lamp Chop I used to watch her on Saturday morning television when I was a...
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Big time nostalgia
This morning many New Yorkers were puzzled by the presence of a particularly prodigious Rubik’s Cube, floating along the Hudson River on a barge. Or maybe not. (They live here….they’ve seen everything...
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Uptown girl
When we were young, my sister and I spent many a fun-filled afternoon playing “camping” with our Barbie dolls — and our brother’s GI Joe action figures — in our family’s formal living room. (Other than...
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Wink wink nudge nudge
Congratulations to Jennifer B., who correctly identified yesterday’s featured image: TIDDLYWINKS Way to go, Jennifer! I have never played the game myself; I’ve only seen it featured in ‘classic game...
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Will it go ’round in circles
One of my Twitter buddies mentioned today that, as a kid, he wanted to make a career out of creating the images below. Recognize them? They’re Spirograph, which was one of my favorite...
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Hey sailor
Seen on board a Lego recreation of the USS Missouri at Catigny Museum Filed under: Art, Children, Design, History, Humor, Toys Tagged: Catigny, history, Legos, Missouri, museums, sailor, ship, toys
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