The toy industry is slowly warming to the Harlem Shake internet sensation. First we had the Bananagrams team do the Harlem Shake, now a bunch of toys have joined in. Online retailer Find Me a Gift has kicked off a competition featuring ...
More and more small toy businesses are using sites like Kickstarter to acquire funding and bring their products to market. The crowdfunding website has seen a number of fresh toys manufactured and shipped, including Atoms (pictured), a ...
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In a desperate attempt to promote their new bedroom-coded iPhone Game 'The Ories: Super Space Monsters!', North East UK based indie mobile developers ' Adam Green ' and ' Mike Kirby ' have launched a plush toy featuring the games character ...
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Aurora World is producing a new Garfield plush range. The Garfield cartoon was first introduced in 1978 and is now featured in over 2,100 newspapers across the globe, holding the Guinness World Record for the most syndicated cartoon ...
A new organic plush toy range is on show at Spring Fair 2013 this week. Best Years' line - targeting children from birth - arrives in stores in March. It is produced in Egypt using soft Egyptian organic cotton. The designs range from ...
A new range of books and dolls - Book Babies - is "just right for the Slow Toy movement", says the company. The products - on display on Toy Fair 2013 stand 152 - include plush ragdolls and books aimed at inspiring children from three ...
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A new toy project is vying for funds on Kickstarter. Stompadon is an eight-inch plush toy dinosaur who was originally created as part of a design competition in the US. The proposed toy has a corresponding kids story book, titled ...
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Mary Couzin is so game to support the toy industry. This weekend's Chicago Toy & Game Fair — and a growing list of side events — is part of Couzin's efforts to bring attention to toy and game creators. Founder of ...
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