The first toys based on Mattel's new mega franchise Max Steel will hit stores worldwide this August. The new line of toys 'infuses team-up, turbo energy and transformation features unique to the brand' and includes action figures, ride-on ...
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Argos is cutting 20 per cent off the price of Turtles toys this Saturday only in its Merry Hill shop. And the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will make their first UK store appearance at Argos' Merry Hill store on the same day. Fans will ...
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The BTHA tips 34 toys for success in the fifth annual Best New Toy Awards. The BTHA has released its fifth annual Best New Toys list at the 60th London Toy Fair. In 12 categories 34 toys were named by the show's oganisers. Winners ...
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Retail opinion was divided over what the most important or stand out moment was for the toy industry last year. Hasbro’s new Furby was named by just under ten per cent of the retailers we questioned, while seven per cent said the ...
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The Dad's Choice Awards are being launched this year - giving dads the chance to show the kind of toys and games they like to play with their children. Set up by entrepreneur David Ross, he has recruited a team of dad testers who, with ...
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Head of licensing Darran Garnham (left) and senior consumer products manager Sam Ferguson (right) reveal how they're growing the Moshi Monsters brand even further with Poppet. Why licence out the Poppet Moshi Monster in particular and ...
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Like many suburban homes, Mark and Bea Manzo's Naperville basement is filled with toys. But instead of Dora the Explorer and Thomas the Tank Engine, the shelves are lined with Flash Gordon, "Star Trek" and "Happy Days" figurines. The ...
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A product that promises to bring toys to life has been green-lit for manufacture. Atoms has just smashed its funding target of $100,000 on Kickstarter, having generated $183,232 in total. The products allow children to make a variety of ...
Hasbro has announced that it is to bring back certain favourite characters from its 'Vintage' Star Wars action figure range. It is not yet clear which action figures will be in the re-issue, but it could include popular characters like ...
Not exactly the toys you want to curl up with at night, but an action figure of Sheriff Grimes on my bedside would certainly help keep my zombie nightmares at bay! The Season 2 Walking Dead action figures, plushies and collectible busts ...
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The much anticipated prequel to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the Hobbit (Part 1) will be in our cinemas this November, but until then, the kind toy land elves have brought us all the toys, statues, rings and replicas that our hearts ...
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The 109th annual American International Toy Fair® is the largest toy and youth product marketplace in the Western Hemisphere, bringing together more than 1,100 exhibiting manufacturers, distributors, importers and sales agents from ...
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