Austrian architect Alexander Serda decidedly lived out a childhood fantasy. A childhood wooden toy truck inspired the ...

That smiling, little toy car may not look like much but a lot of thought went into it; it's Fair Trade, made with sustainably-harvested wood, vegetable dyes and non-toxic coating.

The Swedish toy company Playsam offers the Alfieri concept, the Levante SUV and open-wheel Maserati race cars in wooden toy car form, and the production portfolio is planned to be enlarged later.

“He enjoyed woodworking, so he started making wooden toy cars to give to children in Mexico on his next trip there with the eye doctors.” That first year, Thacker and his wife made ...