toys Archives - Desperate Living

Fun for all the family: a board game race to see who dies of cancer last.

A Barbie girl in a Barbie world – easy-listening dreams for the young girls of the 1960s.

The controversial action figure from an adults-only horror movie that was pitched at kids during the Star Wars toy boom.

The bad decisions and public relations misfires that doomed a big-budget Western comic book movie to ridicule and obscurity.

Exploring the esoteric world of action figure collectibles.

A gross-out art installation at Burning Man finally causes outrage after 20 years.

Remembering the classic toys of the 1970s.

The classic pre-Star Wars science fiction action figures that gave birth to the Micronauts.

Two of the 20th century’s icons combine in a high-priced collectable.

Britain’s half-arsed answer to Barbie gets into the Swinging Sixties pop scene.

The home make-up kit that promised to transform you into horrible creatures, but which was fiendishly hard to use.

The controversial model kit that pushed the boundaries of good tastes for the classic horror collection.