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Do you remember the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon from the '80s? Shredder's minions were all featureless humanoid robots, which our heroes could could slice and dice without guilt. At this ...

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Spin Master's Gotham Guardian Playset gives you three ways to ride shotgun with Batman. (Illustration: Yahoo Entertainment; photos courtesy of Spin Master) Move over, Optimus Prime: the Dark Knight is ...

How Spin Master Toys created the hit Liv dolls, a thoroughly modern marriage of tech, storytelling, and 21st-century marketing that has industry giant Mattel looking over its shoulder. The girls aisle ...