A weekly newsletter from the desk of Todd Coopee
JANUARY 22, 2016
Here are a few highlights from the blog this week:
Yahtzee from the E.S. Lowe Company (1956)


Released in 1956 by the E.S. Lowe company, the ‘shake and score’ game of luck and probability has a quirky story of origin. READ MORE
8 Things You Didn’t Know About The Easy-Bake Oven

 


My recent contribution to CompleteSet Stories highlights some interesting and somewhat obscure facts about the iconic toy oven. READ MORE

Toy Chest: Bicycle Bigfoot Playing Cards Edition

Play poker with these Bigfoot Playing Cards and 7 other things I wanted to share this week.
  1. My obsession of the week: these hand illustrated Bicycle BigFoot playing cards, complete with 'sasquatch facts' on every non-face card.
  2. Coming this March, ‘Nerds’ on Broadway – a musical about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs... with holograms!
  3. The world’s largest model railway in Hamburg, Germany just added Google Maps and Street View.
  4. At 22x22, someone built the world's Largest Rubik's Cube and included plans so you can make your own.
  5. In between waiting for calls on your cell phone, check out 'The Unofficial Drake Coloring Book.'
  6. Become a nasal flautist with this 'How to Play a Nose Flute Video.'
  7. Luke Skywalker's Blaster from "Empire" may become the most expensive movie weapon sold at auction.
  8. Berlin is now home to the 'World's Smallest Disco', built in a refurbished phone booth.
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