In these days of platinum vibrators and rubout robots that sync to porn, it can be hard to remember that things weren't always this great on the sex toy front. In fact, just ten years ago, things were very, very different.

Fortunately, the team at Babeland has a much longer memory that yours truly—and they were very happy to sit us down and school us on exactly what's changed in the adult novelty arena over the past ten years. So how far have we come? Read on to find out.

At left: What a difference a decade makes.