Last month, I ran a tiny media experiment in my own home: I recorded all of the toy commercials that my 3-year-old daughter watched in a one-week period, looking for patterns in how she was being ...

Casting an ensemble for a tabletop toy commercial. Note: The toy is a competitive indoor athletic game for tabletop spaces. The creators are seeking to mimic the style and imagery seen in 1990s TV ...

Television commercials from the 1980s and 1990s weren’t just advertising breaks – they were miniature cultural phenomena that shaped our memories and influenced popular culture. These brief snippets ...

Whether your kids have been naughty or nice, there's at least one trendy toy on their wish list each year that turns into a difficult purchase. What was that toy the year you were born? What about the ...