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• Like Netflix for Your Toybox

  File this one under Why Didn't I Think of That. (I know why: too lazy). A Houston mother of twin boys launched an online toy rental service last fall which might solve the duel problem of (1) shopping for toys with your kids and (2) being buried in crap. Her service works like Netflix -- you pay a monthly subscription fee, pick out a set number of toys that you get to keep for a specified amount of time. You return the toys in the postage-paid box. New toys are shipped out as soon as others are returned.   Read More... Posted Feb 11 2008, 01:06 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: toys, business, toys'r'us, toys that should not exist, baby toys, toys for kids, Toys 'R Us., toys r us, toys parents hate, toys kids love, Toys 'R Us, toys that suck

• Strollerderby's Top Ten Toys That Suck

  We've all had them. Sometimes we don't even know how they get into the house, but we've all had them. Evil vengeful grandparents? Spontaneous manifestation? It's hard to say where they come from, really, but you all know what I'm talking about: toys that suck.  So while over at MomLogic they got all whiny about Furbies and Tamagotchi and anything that pees, we here at the Derby have our own ideas about which toys suck. And so I bring you the Strollerderby Top Ten:   Read More... Posted Nov 26 2007, 02:08 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: christmas, toys, Sea Monkeys, Aquasaurs, toys that suck