NPR's A Martínez talks with Jay Foreman, CEO of Basic Fun!, the company behind Tonka and Care Bears, about how President Trump's latest tariff decisions are impacting business.

Manual toy excavators can be used in conjunction with other construction vehicles to help children learn how they can work together and have fun. Skip to content. FOX31 Denver.

Explore the restoration of an abandoned, rusty Tonka dozer excavator model. Witness the detailed process of making it look brand new. Big Changes Are Coming To KFC In 2025 Here's the Average ...

1960's Abandoned Tonka Ser-Vi-Car Toy Restoration. Posted: January 3, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025. put a lot of effort and invested a lot of money in this restoration.

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 company that makes Care Bears, Tonka trucks emerges from bankruptcy ahead of holidays By . Lisa Fickenscher. Published Nov. 5, 2024, 2:42 p.m. ET.

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 ...

Nearly all toys sold in the U.S. are imported -- mostly from China. Toys were largely spared from tariffs during Trump's first term. But toymakers and their customers may not be so lucky next year.

Tonka Toys Inc. was founded in Mound in the 1940s and had several offices in Twin Cities until Mound plant closed in 1983. By Nick Williams. The Minnesota Star Tribune. July 8, 2024 at 12:03PM.

A major toy manufacturer is already nervous about Trump tariffs for holiday season Updated May 13, 2025 1:38 PM ET Originally published May 13, 2025 6:45 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition ...

More than 20,000 toy trucks are being recalled after multiple reports of overheating, ... Huffy 12-Volt Children’s Ride-On Tonka Dump Trucks; Model #: 17362 and 17323. Date Codes: ...

But step inside now, and you're greeted by 850 miniature Tonka trucks. The collection belonged to Noel Funcke, a farmer who, in retirement, took up repainting and refurbishing toys.