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It’s perhaps too easy to get all misty-eyed and wistful about the past, especially when it concerns our old toys, but there really is something different about Tonka. Here were tough trucks, cranes, ...

Beginnings: Peck grew up and lives in Waimea, where his father owned a trucking and heavy equipment company. “My dad was my inspiration. He taught me how to operate heavy equipment since I was 14,” he ...

The recalled trucks were sold at Sam's Club and Target stores starting in 2023. Tens of thousands of Tonka ride-on toy trucks are being voluntarily recalled as they may pose a burn and fire hazard.

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 ...

They’re called Tonka Toys, and early models now reside in the National Toy Hall of Fame, bumping up against the likes of Mr. Potato Head, Silly Putty, Slinky – and, from time to time, even earning sly ...