At the New York Toy Fair this weekend, toy makers showed off poo-shaped action figures, squishy toys and other creatures from the toilet. "Yeah, poop is a theme," says Juli Lennett, the toy ...

For those of us who embarrass ourselves chuckling at the irreverent Nickelodeon animated TV series "SpongeBob SquarePants" and its slapstick stories about guileless, altruistic SpongeBob ...

Plus, the soft squishy texture of the dumpling and the popping out of their body also cleverly plays into the current bubble fidget poppers toy craze. There’s one other appeal: the food inspiration.