As children prepare to open Lalaloopsy Rag Dolls and Mike the Knight toys tomorrow morning, we thought we'd take a trip down memory lane and relive some of the best toy ads from the 1950s and beyond.

British retailer Mothercare is facing a backlash after advertising its range of cleaning toys with young girls dressed as 1950s housewives. With her hair tied in rollers, one young girl wears a ...

Q-I just found a strange toy that my mother says dates from the 1950s. It is a glass bird whose body is a clear glass that is partway filled with red liquid. It is suspended between tall metal legs… ...

In 1967 he co-wrote a book, The Golden Age Of Toys, and began collecting toy boats made between 1850 and 1950.