We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. According to Bob Bernstein, the man widely credited with inventing the McDonald's Happy Meal, the company was skeptical about the concept.

The McDonald's Happy Meal has been a staple in most of our lives, but it has only been around since the 1970s. Marketing guru Bob Bernstein created the Happy Meal to attract children (and their ...

Happy Meal toys were just the best part of lunch for many kids. They were small treasures to be swapped, collected, and promptly forgotten in a toy bin. However, some of those once-free prizes now ...

Did you grow up in the '90s? If so, you remember the countless fads, from Pogs to Polly Pockets. This era was all about collecting sets, and kids loved gathering to compare their stashes, trade with ...