Growing up, I was a big fan of Tonka trucks. I’d build elaborate road networks in the backyard, complete with water crossings and challenging routes to and from various pretend worksites. Microscale ...

In 1946, a company called Mound Metalcraft was founded in Mound, Minnesota, near the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Although Mound Metalcraft was primarily fixated on manufacturing garden tools, a former ...

The yellow Tonka Truck. Instantly recognizable by any child of decades past, that big metal beast would always make you popular around the sandbox. There were no blinking lights to dazzle, no noises ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Ford is stirring up some nostalgia with its full-size version of Tonka's iconic yellow dump truck. The new Ford F-150 pickup is a pretty big deal in the truck world. It has the ...

Christmas is in only a few weeks, and if you’re a lady that doesn’t know what to buy her handyman here’s the perfect solution. Fun for all big kids it’s called the Ford F-750 Tonka. Built Ford tough ...

Toys are important objects in a kid's life. For many youngsters, automotive enthusiasm begins when they build that first Hot Wheels track on the living room floor or spend countless hours pushing ...

Ford Motor says it teamed with toy maker Tonka for a really big "toy" truck -- a full-size, fully functional, diesel-power, F-750 dump truck. Ford will exhibit it at the National Equipment Association ...

For three generations, a Tonka Truck has been more than a toy. It’s a shared memory of childhood, evoking Christmas mornings or summer evenings in the sandbox. This classic toy was born in 1947 in the ...

Ready for work or play, that’s what the 2016 Ford F-750 Tonka Dump Truck is all about. Believe or not, the toy company and FoMoCo joined forces and morphed Tonka’s signature toy workhorse into a ...

With maturity comes wisdom, and with immaturity comes today's Nice Price or No Dice F-150 Tonka truck. Let's see if this "big boy (or big girl) toy" is worth anything more than play money. If you're ...

I restored a 1970s giant Tonka Fire Truck with a swivel aerial ladder, saving it from rust and deterioration. All 84 parts ...

Nothing seems more innocent than a kid riding on a toy car, but a recent recall has some parents scared. Huffy released a ride-on Tonka Dump Truck featuring the brand's signature black and yellow ...