I would have loved a M3GAN doll. I would have killed for a M3GAN doll. I would have let a M3GAN doll kill for me. But it was ...

LeapFrog Enterprise CEO Mike Wood holds Little Leap, one of the company's educational toys, in the company's headquarters in Emeryville, Calif. on Feb. 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Wood’s ...

Wood’s company LeapFrog boomed in popularity with the debut of the LeapPad in 1999. Wood stepped away from the company in 2004. The LeapPad was the best-selling toy of the 2000 holiday season.

Wood’s company LeapFrog boomed in popularity with the debut of the LeapPad in 1999. Wood stepped away from the company in 2004. The LeapPad was the best-selling toy of the 2000 holiday season.

LeapFrog Enterprise CEO Mike Wood holds Little Leap, one of the company's educational toys, in the company's headquarters in Emeryville, Calif. on Feb. 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) ...

LeapFrog Enterprise CEO Mike Wood holds Little Leap, one of the company’s educational toys, in its headquarters in Emeryville, Calif., on Feb. 5, 2003. AP “We are saddened by the loss of ...

Mike Wood was a young father when his toddler’s struggles to read led him to develop one of a generation’s most fondly remembered toys. Mr. Wood’s 3-year-old son, Mat, knew the alphabet but ...