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The products of our increasingly glutted toy industry get more tricked-out every year. There are Hot Wheels tracks you control from a device. Robotic elephants that eat peanuts through a trunk and owls that turn into drones. Many of these toys are terrific, but many are also overcomplicated, confusing, or too expensive. That’s why retro and classic toys stand the test of time. These things are engaging and fun and impervious to trends. There’s a strange alchemy to these products: Put them in the hands of a child and they’re golden.No amount of blasting sounds, flickering lights, or robotic wizardry beat...