Seventy years ago this week, McDonald’s opened in northwest suburban Des Plaines. No one except for its Oak Park-raised owner Ray Kroc may have believed the tiny place would one day become ...

You may have been promised as a child that collecting plush toys and waxy baseball cards would pay off in the future. But ...

The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally ... with the toys including a Grimace Egg and Zombie Hamburglar. Mine was called Birdie Wings, and is based on ...

A Hamburglar Beanie Baby plush bear ... While there were plenty of toys produced in the ‘70s and ‘80s to accommodate its massive fan base — something that would otherwise cut into the ...