Disney's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is predicted to be a big driver for toy sales this Christmas period. Star Wars, Doc McStufins and Barbie have all topped the list of US retail giant Walmart’s top toy picks for Christmas 2016. ...
US toy sales rose seven per cent in 2015, fueled by the Star Wars franchise while The NPD Group reveals toy sales are already up the same percentage in the first six months of this year. Blockbuster movies including Rogue One, ...
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Four hundred Dallas Cowboys edition Ford F-150s are ready to take to the gridiron – a touchdown for Ford and the Dallas Cowboys, and the ultimate ride for Texas football fans. Ford Dallas regional sales manager Greg Wood said: ...
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Toyologist Peter Jenkinson will join Jedi News editor James Burn in presenting the live stream toy unveiling on Argos' Facebook page at midnight. Retail giant Argos is hosting a live online reveal of the first wave of toys tipped to ...
The retailer's store opened in Belfast on August 13th, where guests enjoyed meeting LEGO Ninjago and Star Wars characters. The Entertainer’s first Northern Ireland store officially open on August 13th, and has proved a success with ...
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Power management company Eaton, a 2016 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year, today announced the expansion of the Lumark Night Falcon™ light-emitting diode (LED) Floodlight Luminaire family. With the addition of the Small and Large ...
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UK fish products supplier Icelandic Seachill has confirmed that it will close a deli plant in Grimsby, resulting in 86 job losses. The move was taken after losing a contract with Marks and Spencer. The company plans to stop production ...
Fonterra has announced that it will invest $6.2m to expand the coolroom of its Cobden Spreads plant in Australia. The expansion will increase storage capacity of butters and spreads after production, allowing the storage of more products ...
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British start-up company launched four years ago, specialising in sports themed toys for babies. British start-up Little Sport Star has signed a deal to brings its line of sports toys to Toys R Us in the States. The company, founded ...
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Starting this fall, Dog Tag Brewing's "Legacy Lager" will be distributed nationally by Pabst Brewing Company. Dog Tag Brewing donates 100% of its after-tax profits to the Dog Tag Brewing Foundation, which benefits charities created or ...
Finalists for this year's Toy & Game Inventor of the Year awards will be announced on September 15th, 2016. Nominations are now open for the 2016 Toy & Game Inventor of the Year Awards. The event, held during Chicago Toy & Game Week, ...
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And it's a family affair this month, as we are also joined by her daughter - and fellow game design star - Freddie Scott Vollrath. Billy Langsworthy and Robert Hutchins are joined by game royalty in this month's ToyNews Inventors Podcast ...
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The firm has designed a system that shoots a beam of light from a hilt, echoing the weapons favoured by Jedi and Sith within the Star Wars universe. Disney has taken the first steps to making every Star Wars fan’s dream a reality ...
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500 gamers flocked to Birmingham's International Convention Centre for a three-day event featuring Star Wars X-Wing, Android: Netrunner and A Game of Thrones the Card Game. Esdevium Games is toasting the success of its first own Fantasy ...
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The gaming notebook market is expected to see shipments of 4.5 million units in 2016, up 12.5% on year. Micro-Star International (MSI) is forecast to ship over 1.2 million units in the year, up from over 900,000 units in 2015, surpassing ...
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