SHANGHAI (AFP) - Handheld crossbows that can fire out needles and nails are the latest must-have toy in China but anxious parents want them banned before a young child gets blinded or worse. Selling ...

Just as people were getting used to fidget spinners and their annoying swings and tricks, China has already come up with a new fad toy, and it is much scarier and dangerous than fidget spinners. The ...

Chinese authorities have raided toy shops across the country to enforce a ban on a handheld crossbow popular with children that can fire toothpicks, nails and needles, state media said. The so-called ...

Handheld crossbows that can fire out needles and nails are the latest must-have toy in China but anxious parents want them banned before a young child gets blinded or worse. Selling online and in ...

Powerful mini-crossbows that shoot toothpicks and needles are the new must-have toy for schoolkids across China — and a nightmare for concerned parents and school officials. Several cities including ...

First we had the fidget spinner, now there is a new 'toy' taking kids in by storm... and it fires nails and toothpicks MOVE aside fidget spinners, the newest must-have toy for children in China is the ...

MOVE aside fidget spinners, the newest must-have toy for children in China is the toothpick crossbow. Here’s what you need to know about the latest craze and why parents in the UK should be concerned.

This is why you don’t miss the school yard. The hottest toy in Chinese schools these days isn’t a fidget spinner: it’s a so-called “toothpick crossbow” that can hurt and maim. Per Chinese web portal ...

A boy shows toothpick crossbow, latest dangerous toy that parents called for banning. Photo / Getty Toothpick crossbows, the latest toy craze sweeping China, are illegal in New Zealand the Commerce ...

A toy resembling a mini crossbow that fires toothpick "arrows" has become popular among school students in parts of China, resulting in many parents calling for a boycott to prevent risks of injury.

A 10-year-old has become one of the first victims of the toothpick crossbow trend in China. The boy's eye was injured after a toothpick from the new crossbow landed in his eye causing damage to his ...