Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andy Robertson reports on technology & digital play. Skylanders has gone from strength to strength without a big film franchise to ...

Toy company Hasbro licensed transforming robot toys from the Japanese company Takara, which had already existed in that country since 1980. But in America, Hasbro wanted a whole mythology to go with ...

Cartoon Network is back with its annual holiday toy give-away offering the chance to kids to win a truckload of Hasbro toys. But there’s a catch: Entrants have to act fast. Tommy and Tara, who host ...

Hasbro is releasing a set of four action figures featuring characters from the 1980s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon. The new Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon Classics line will include three heroes from the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andy Robertson reports on technology & digital play. What is most compelling here for young audiences is not only the tie-in, but ...

Woody the cowboy, Buzz Lightyear and their “Toy Story” pals are back on the big screen in a new adventure. The voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Michael Keaton, Joan Cusack and other stars are featured ...

As a kid, I had no clue that the Saturday morning cartoons I watched religiously were glorified toy commercials all gussied up in action-packed animation and laser gun shoot-em-ups, and I wouldn't ...

It’s not just enough to make a good cartoon any more. Too often, animated shows are dependent on selling action figures in order to stay on the air, ratings (and quality) be damned. Here are seven ...