Canadian toy companies TCG and Ganz have partnered to focus on the development of new toy and game products. TCG is a licence-driven toy company renowned for its range of children's and adult's puzzles, games and activities. Ganz is in ...
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Distributors are clamping down on unscrupulous eBay toy dealers who buy rare figures in bulk and resell at extortionate prices. Known as ‘scalpers’, these traders buy a store’s entire Skylanders stock before selling it ...
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Creative Toys is giving away five of its Soccerstarz figures including a rare gold base figure to football fans. The promotion will run from Saturday, May 4th until July 14th and will give collectors the chance to get their hands on five ...
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Once upon a time, the Star Trek holodeck was the future of play. A blank room with a large console from which the room could be transformed into whatever scenario, situation, environment or world the user wanted. Within this fantastical ...
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Mind Candy is seeking a commercially minded Consumer Products Development Manager. The successful candidate will create "amazing products" for the Moshi Monsters brand owner, which is currently creating innovative new IP. The role will ...
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The Tekken Card Tournament free app and browser game has been downloaded one million times in just four days. The title allows players to fight one another online, plus they'll soon be able to purchase physical Tekken trading cards from ...
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Initial sales at the three Zoodle children's stores opened by WHSmith have been "encouraging". The retailer commented on its kids' stores, which sell children's books, toys and stationery, in its latest financial report. "We continue to ...
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Almost half of all UK shoppers (42 per cent) purchase toys from supermarkets, a new survey has found. Eight million consumers (16 per cent) say they are now using supermarkets as ‘one-stop shops’ by purchasing all their ...
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Remember the giant LEGO Christmas tree made out of 600,000 bricks? One artist is now creating his own 'LEGO Masterworks' and is seeking funding on Kickstarter to help him build them. Mike Doyle is offering model kits and prints to ...
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Tobar has landed an exclusive deal with Zuru to become the sole distributor of Robo Fish in the UK and Ireland. Robo Fish launched in Australia in July 2012, and so far over three million have been sold worldwide across markets including ...
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Some 58.3% of parents surveyed by ToyNews said they buy their children's new toys online. However, one third of those say they also supplement their online shopping with visits to local bricks and mortar stores, too, depending on the ...
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Happy Hopperz has announced the arrival of two new designs to join its team of bouncy characters. The White Bull and the Panda will now feature alongside the Happy Hopperz collection of eight different animals. Retailing at £21.99 ...
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Independent toy retailer Toyology is closing its doors. The Barkingside, Ilford-based store is holding a closing down sale before it shuts its doors by March 23rd. It has been open for just under three years. The store was run by Gary ...
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7,337 stores closed in 2012, according to figures from PwC and the Local Data Centre. An average of 20 shops closed every day in the UK last year. Figures from PwC and the Local Data Centre also found that 7,337 UK stores closed over ...
New figures from BDO's High Street Sales Tracker have shown that the first week of 2013 recorded the best weekly performance in three years - however January still ended up being a flat month. The overall figures show that like for like ...
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