One of the hottest toys during the 2015 holiday season was the hoverboard, and doesn’t that seem about right for this year. I saw my first hoverboard earlier this summer — a guy was walking and holding hands with his girlfriend, as she glided alongside him on the hoverboard. If I were to make a top 10 list of the oddest things I encountered in 2015, that would certainly be on the list. As of Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 4:29 pm, hoverboards were certain to be owned by every Marty McFly there was. But perhaps, what was not anticipated by the Back to the Future film along with the failure of the Chicago Cubs to win a World Series, were the fires (bringing new meaning to the “hottest” toy), the injuries, the lawsuits, and the legislation that would soon accompany these popular gifts. As one article in the Washington Post stated, “thanks for ruining Christmas, hoverboards”. Not only are some of these devices…
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