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, ...

Which Tonka truck is best? Tonka has long been known for making steel toys focused on trucks and machinery from the construction industry. These rugged, metal, to-scale model vehicles are the toughest ...

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 ...

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.

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Basic Fun!, the Florida-based toy and novelties company, today announced that it has an agreement in principle with global play and entertainment company Hasbro, Inc ...

Recall details: Huffy has recalled over 23,000 12-volt children's ride-on Tonka Dump Trucks (models 17362 and 17323) due to overheating controllers that pose fire and burn hazards. Three overheating ...

Jay Foreman, the chief executive of toymaker Basic Fun, was in a bind over the summer. The end-of-year holiday shopping rush was quickly approaching, but Foreman was struggling to book shipping ...

A toy shortage is threatening the US holiday sales season — and retailers can thank a stubborn lack of shipping containers needed to bring them home from China. Some 50,000 Tonka truck toys are ...