“Some toys make noise, some toys waste time, then there are the toys which provide engines for the imagination,” says Armando Roggio, owner of Cowboy Toys & More, which specializes in Western toys. When his son Giovanni became inter-ested in horses and old cowboy movies, Armando and his wife Melisa were having a hard time finding toys for him in the chain stores. If they found anything, it was likely designed for a girl. Not satisfied giving his son a pink saddle to ride on, the

November/December 2005