It’s Friday so we have a fun slate of stories for you to enjoy and they are all about toys. First up: old toys. Collectible toy values are on the rise. Matthew Kitchen, Gear and Gadgets editor for the WSJ joins us to talk about the rising collectible market and the 20 year rule. That means start looking for your Power Rangers and Harry Potter toys. We will also tell you what the Holy Grail of toys is right now. Next: New Toys. The video game phenomenon Fortnite continues to rake in the cash. It just pulled in over $1 Billion in the first half of 2018. Eli Blumenthal, reporter for USA Today will tell us all about how this “free to play” game makes its money. It’s all about dressing up your character with cool costumes that offer no game play advantage. Finally: Future toys. Flying cars may soon be more of a reality. Larry Page, co-founder of Google just bought up his 3rd flying car company. Other big companies like Uber are also working on big projects to bring you eVTOLs… electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles. Mark Harris, science and tech writer joins us to talk about why these are the electric scooters of aviation.

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