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When I was a little kid, I took cello lessons. The cello, I quickly learned, is not a toy. It breaks when you drop it, it's a bully magnet, and it takes five years of agonizing practice before you stop sounding like a baby pterodactyl. Only much later did I discover that music can actually be fun. That's probably why musical toys are the biggest thing at this year's Toy Fair, the major annual trade show in New York City all about the business...
...influences. At their best, the band recalls the later Beatles, with cooing backup vocals and songs about sunshine. But this similarity is fleeting as The Sunshine Fix goes deeper into its own brand of psychedelia. This band doesn’t rock or roll, and lacks bite despite a toy-box full of effects. Still, the trip through Doss’ imagination is a curious...
...early 1990s were a mess. USAMRIID at the time was roiled by alleged racial and sexual harassment, factions warring over the lab's leadership, accusations of incompetence and even theft of research. One particularly nasty clique formed a "Camel Club," whose symbol was a toy camel outfitted with outsize sex organs and whose members wrote lewd limericks mocking co-workers and sponsored notorious hot-tub parties. In short, USAMRIID had become a breeding ground of resentment and hateful high jinks...
...high-tech scooter: Sorry, folks, but unless you can use this device while carrying an armload of groceries and a squirming three-year-old, the Segway's just a guy toy. SANDIE SCARPA Fort Pierce...
...rather walk a mile in my city's downtown section than drive my car through it. No matter how well it is marketed, the Segway is little more than an expensive toy. RICARDO CAMPOS Viseu, Portugal...