WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » toys http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Mon, 20 May 2013 15:56:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Etch A Sketch Inventor Dies at Age 86 http://wbsm.com/etch-a-sketch-inventor-dies/ http://wbsm.com/etch-a-sketch-inventor-dies/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:45:22 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=184003 Andre Cassagnes, the man responsible for inventing the venerable Etch A Sketch, a toy that inspired countless children ever since it was introduced in 1960, has died at age 86 in France.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/etch-a-sketch-inventor-dies/feed/ 0 Tom Shillue/ABC News Hasbro To Make Gender Neutral Easy-Bake Oven http://wbsm.com/hasbro-to-make-gender-neutral-easy-bake-oven/ http://wbsm.com/hasbro-to-make-gender-neutral-easy-bake-oven/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:11:39 +0000 Neal White http://wbsm.com/?p=41671 I told you recently about a 13-year old girl from New Jersey who started a campaign to get the Hasboro toy company to start making a gender neutral Easy-Bake Oven.  This week Hasboro announced it will soon start producing one! 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/hasbro-to-make-gender-neutral-easy-bake-oven/feed/ 0 YouTube MassPIRG Warns Of Hazardous Toys http://wbsm.com/masspirg-warns-of-hazardous-toys/ http://wbsm.com/masspirg-warns-of-hazardous-toys/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:01:15 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=34539 With the Christmas shopping season about to begin, the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group has released its 27th annual Trouble In Toyland report. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/masspirg-warns-of-hazardous-toys/feed/ 0 MassPIRG Southcoast Girl Raising Hopes, Sending Toys To Boys and Girls From Staten Island http://wbsm.com/southcoast-girl-raising-hopes-sending-toys-to-boys-and-girls-from-staten-island/ http://wbsm.com/southcoast-girl-raising-hopes-sending-toys-to-boys-and-girls-from-staten-island/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:12:58 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=32139 Olivia Marques, a local 9th grader, has decided to help elevate the spirits of Staten Island kids who lost everything during Hurricane Sandy.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/southcoast-girl-raising-hopes-sending-toys-to-boys-and-girls-from-staten-island/feed/ 0 kkalyan,flickr Is The Breast Feeding Doll Too Inappropriate For Kids? http://wbsm.com/is-the-breast-feeding-doll-too-inappropriate-for-kids/ http://wbsm.com/is-the-breast-feeding-doll-too-inappropriate-for-kids/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:49:59 +0000 Neal White http://wbsm.com/?p=31912 In my search for fun holiday gifts I have come across some fun and silly gifts, the other day I came across a toy that made me say, why?

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