“Man, that’s a long way down,” I think, as my left foot dangles above the ground at an elevation of about two and a half feet, but which looked like 10 stories from my eyes’ point of view. There is no ...

Basic Fun, a Florida-based toy design and development company that since 2019 has owned the Tonka toy brand, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of a financial restructuring plan.

Toy’s “R” Us says it has pulled a Tonka toy dump truck of the shelves after it burst into flames in the back of a vehicle. Josh King has the story (@abridgetoland). Toy’s “R” Us says it has pulled a ...

Tonka — the iconic American toy truck company — has turned 75 years old. The toy company’s licensee Basic Fun!, which markets toys and consumer products, has partnered with Tonka’s licensor Hasbro, ...

The sandbox in the front yard of Gordon E. Batdorf's house was a favorite hangout for kids on his block. After all, he always had the latest and greatest Tonka Toy trucks. "All of the neighborhood ...

We might touch a sensitive aspect of a petrolhead's personality by talking about Tonka die-cast toys, but trust us we only mean good. Tonka is best-known for their Mighty Dump Truck, and their other ...

A toy shortage is threatening the US holiday sales season — and retailers can thank a stubborn lack of shipping containers needed to bring them home from China. Some 50,000 Tonka truck toys are ...

WACONIA, Minn. (FOX 9) - Almost every nook and cranny of Mitch Elvebak's basement in Waconia is filled with models of his favorite toy. He has more than 700 Tonka Toys of all shapes and sizes, but his ...

For years after the Tonka Toys plant shut down in Mound, Lloyd Laumann worked to keep the memory and history of the famous company alive. Laumann, 78, of Waconia, who died Nov. 22 after years of heart ...

Toys "R" Us announced it will stop selling a Tonka truck Sunday, after a Washington family’s Christmas gift for their grandson apparently caused their real pick-up truck to burst into flames. The ...