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 noise… ...

It’s perhaps too easy to get all misty-eyed and wistful about the past, especially when it concerns our old toys, but there really is something different about Tonka. Here were tough trucks ...

If you see a Tonka truck, you know immediately that it’s a Tonka truck. The iconic black and yellow is recognizable from a distance, and up close, you can appreciate their fine, realistic detail.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Toys ‘R’ Us has pulled a Tonka toy dump truck model, after a Washington state couple had one of the toys burst into flames in the back of their vehicle. CBS New York ...

SEATTLE -- Toys "R" Us announced it will stop selling a Tonka truck Sunday, after a Washington family's Christmas gift for their grandson apparently caused their real pick-up truck to burst into ...

Product Recalls Toys R Us stops selling Tonka truck after it catches fire with 20-foot flames Published: Nov. 21, 2016, 11:41 a.m.

Apparently, someone at Ford is a big fan of the tough, realistic toys. The result? A Ford F-150 that is designed to look like a real Tonka Truck.

But it soon switched to toy vehicles and was renamed to Tonka Toys, a riff on nearby Lake Minnetonka. The company went public in 1961, and Batdorf became its president in 1964.

Huffy Torex 24V Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) Huffy has received 20 reports of these toys overheating due to improper wiring, causing them to smoke or catch fire, and five people suffered minor burns.

Toys 'R' Us has pulled a Tonka ride-on dump truck from store shelves after one of the toys burst into flames soon after it was purchased.