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Though I’m guessing (perhaps hoping) that the nostalgia-filled Circus Animals will remain on store shelves — someone has to buy those memories and make money by allow us to keep revisiting them, no? — this feels like a blow.

(via Slashfood)

I enjoyed Hilary De Vries brief story of her visit to her childhood home.

PBS is planning to drop Mr. Roger’ Neighborhood from the list of programs it regularly beams to member stations (who themselves decide when and if to air it). This fact yielded a good bit of nostalgia among those over 20, and a petition based primarily on that nostalgia.

(via Metafilter)

The Morning News has had some awesome photo galleries of a certain bear in dozens of places. Rosecrans Baldwin’s useful introduction:

I believe I enjoy publishing Witold Riedel’s “Bear” galleries here on TMN more than any other series of photos we run. If you’re new to the bear, I recommend digging back into previous iterations, like “The Bear,” “The Bear Goes to Paris,” or “The Bear in Helsinki.”

I met the bear in person once, at a dive bar in Greenwich Village. He was traveling with Witold that evening as he often does (but not always), and up close he embodied the same melancholic fortitude we get from the pictures—a little Germanic and perhaps too tall, but not someone who’s put-off by the world. More of a stiff spine in the face of the strange, the big, and the imposing. A traveler like the rest of us, moving through forests and museums and on planes, and one just as easily awed.

The Air tree shows the Super Soaker 100, which I ended up trading for two Super Soaker 50s (the one at the very top.) It’s amazing how many interations have occurred since.

(via Gizmodo, whose comments point to this video about the inventor of the toys)

This has circulated a lot, but I just noticed that the artist’s site is actually back online. Korean artist Yeondoo Jung offers real-life recreations of the often-misproportioned childrens drawings.

The always-interesting Ze Frank is collecting stories of when people realized their parents aren’t perfect. Those contributed so far are interesting, and a reminder that I don’t remember when that happened for me.

Your daily silliness is provided by a video of four-year-olds arguing about the Democratic election.

(via Neatorama)

Also worth watching: The Politics of Preschool.

The epic battle that accompanies every children’s toy.

(via clusterflock)

Weemade’s a charming tumblog that features nothing but drawings by kids. It’s purpose:

we find the artwork and creativity of kids inspiring, thought provoking, entertaining, and unpretentious. We think that reminding ourselves how children see the world is a valuable and enlightening process.

(via Neatorama)

Joel Johnson takes a novel approach to celebrating the 50th anniversary of Lego: he lists the nine Lego sets he’s wanted most during his life. It’s fun read, and a reminder of when I too yearned for Lego sets more than any other toys.