In exchange for dropping its opposition to a trademark filing for a political podcast, Mattel insisted that the show not discuss “toys, dolls” or “fictional characters based on toys or dolls.”…

Bombardino crocodilo, ballerina cappucina and trallalero trallala have become the latest brain-rot characters flying off toy shelves, replacing the once-popular Labubu dolls. While toymakers are cashing in on the trend, parents are amused as well as exasperat…