How to choose kid's toys

Smart list of criteria for selecting a child's toy, from Dr. Sears. I (of course) especially like #8: "Can it be played with by both genders?" To be technical, all toys can physically be played with by all genders (pretty sure there's no "My Little Tampon" or Pretty Pretty Penis Accessories... these would be problematic for, uh, a million reasons), but I appreciate that he identifies gender-neutrality as being a good quality for play.

As a counterpoint to the idea of even buying toys at all, I offer Wired's list of top five toys of all time.