Happy Meal toys were just the best part of lunch for many kids. They were small treasures to be swapped, collected, and promptly forgotten in a toy bin. However, some of those once-free prizes now ...

The company Curio, located in Redwood city, California is bringing a new kind of toy to market: chatbots wrapped in stuffed animals. Its founders, Misha Sallee and Sam Eaton, have created plushies — ...

Liz O'Connell is a Newsweek Reporter based in North Carolina. Her focus is on pet news and videos. Liz joined Newsweek in 2023 and had previously worked at PetHelpful.com, the Charlotte Business ...

One wants a drive-thru. The other went bankrupt. Starbucks and Car Toys closed their doors at the shopping center at Sixth Avenue and Broadway on Wednesday. “Starbucks is closing all non drive-thrus, ...

For its 60th anniversary, the Star Trek franchise is going where it’s never gone before – in terms of action figures. With the space franchise's upcoming 60th anniversary looming, fans will likely ...

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Car Toys plans to sell many of its brick-and-mortar locations after filing for bankruptcy, following years of struggling with falling sales and mounting debts. The company, an Auburn-based car audio ...

Attention BTS army: McDonald's is releasing a new Happy Meal with the band's TinyTAN characters. The fast-food chain announced Aug. 19 that the TinyTAN Happy Meal is coming to restaurants in September ...

Toby Meyjes is a Newsweek News Editor based in London. His focus is U.S. news, politics and global affairs. Toby joined Newsweek in 2025 from the MailOnline and is an experienced journalist, having ...

Ever since the global superstar group BTS collaborated with McDonald’s in 2021, BTS fans – known as ARMY – have been requesting BTS-themed Happy Meal toys. There were numerous options that fans ...

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