Today’s queues may be digital, but the fight to secure that must-have present and avoid small, disappointed faces is timeless. Tom Howells looks at the toys topping recent (and less recent) Christmas wish lists

Let’s take a nostalgia trip back 30 years to discover how the most-wanted toys of the festive season season worked

The continuing popularity of Hot Wheels, Matchbox and other model cars proves that even in this era of smartphone doomscrolling, there’s still room for tactile pleasure when it comes to children’s toy

In the earliest years of the LEGO System, salespeople went around selling products from custom made briefcases

Amazing answers to your curious questions

Travelling back through the years to look at some of the most memorable LEGO items