Times when I find the word toy inappropriate

I have found multiple instances where the word 'toy' really doesn't feel like it belongs in a sentence through the years. There are places where the word is entirely superfluous, in my opinion. I think the grandest offender of these would have to be toy balloon. I feel certain this is a holdover from a bygone era when the line between the lung-filled, county-fair-won object of a child's momentary affection and the helium-filled, Hindenburgian-consequences danger of the manly world of balloon travel had to be clearly drawn. Certainly the twain should ne'er have met in the days of waxed mustaches accepted as the norm and society women brought down by a scandal over the lack of layers of petticoats. Harlotry and strumpetesousness, indeed! However, I think we can all agree that now, in our times of jet travel, astronaut meals and impending robot-spawned doom, we can retire the term 'toy balloon' safely. Even if you are an eccentric billionaire traveling the globe by dirigible you are still in a toy balloon. Without the word 'weather' in front of it I feel we are safe to assume the balloon is a toy.
The other one that I read today was toy Frisbee. Was the Frisbee not conceived and designed as a toy? Has the Frisbee ever had professional, intellectual or military applications, the existence of which I have yet to learn? I doubt this in all sincerity. I really see no need to add the word 'toy' to things widely known to be toys, i.e. toy yo-yo, toy doll, etc.

On a somewhat unrelated note, tomorrow I attempt to venture into that bane of all travelers, Michigan, once more. Wish me luck and Godspeed, please.