The toys of 50 years ago may have lacked the high-tech electronics and flashy displays of later generations, but they were just plain fun. And now you might find that those old playthings are 1970s ...

While picking up the 789 smaller-than-an-atom LEGOs from my living room floor the other day, I had a thought every parent probably has at some point: “Whoever came up with these devilish weapons ...