LEGO Star Wars is launching its first Yoda Chronicles experiential tour this week. The first event takes place on Saturday, March 30th at Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent. The Yoda Chronicles Tour will visit major UK shopping centres ...
Merger and acquisition activity has been pretty sparse in toy circles in recent times. Back in the 1980s Hasbro snaffled the Playskool and MB companies followed by Kenner Parker Tonka in the 1990s, the same decade in which Mattel flexed ...
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That's right. Today, Thursday March 21st, fans around the world will attempt to mimic the 'object-subject-verb' dialect of the popular Jedi Master. And to mark the event, Re:creation is celebrating with a Star Wars Yoda Key Light ...
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In Star Wars terms, the small cells that mobile carriers and vendors will be talking up this week at Mobile World Congress are more like the odd-couple androids R2-D2 and C-3PO than like their foes, the Empire's phalanxes of identical storm ...
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Strong sales of LEGO City, Star Wars and Ninjago brands - plus a performance by LEGO Friends which exceeded all expectations - helped the firm to 25 per cent revenue growth in 2012. LEGO Group this morning reported revenue of £2,549 ...
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A toy start-up company is seeking investment for its first range of figures dubbed Legendary Monsters. Web users can help fund the line of toys based on US urban legends - like Mothman and The Jersey Devil (pictured) - via Nevermore Toys' ...
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Marvel has spoken to ToyNews about Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm and the possibilities it brings to the comic book specialist. When asked about the possibility of Star Wars characters featuring in Marvel properties in the future, ...
New Star Wars Easykits will arrive this autumn, courtesy of Revell. These include the X-wing Fighter (RRP £49.99, 62 parts), which measures more than 40cm long and the Jedi Knights Starfighter (RRP £22.99, 34 parts) with the ...
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Jakks Pacific has extended its relationship with Lucasfilm, inking a deal to manufacture and distribute a raft of new Star Wars products. The agreement includes a 31-inch Darth Vader figure (pictured), as well as additional product ...
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More than 100 million Skylanders toys have been sold across the globe. And the Skylanders franchise has just passed the $1 billion mark in terms of worldwide retail sales. Both figures inclusive of toy and accessory packs, according ...
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Hasbro is to release a new range of Star Wars figurines that are larger, more detailed and with more articulation. According to USA Today, the new Black Series is designed to transition the gap between the traditional 3.75-inch toys ...
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BlackBerry last night launched BlackBerry 10 across the world – dubbed ‘the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry’ platform that creates a new and unique mobile computing experience. Available on two new ...
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Remember the hologram of Princess Leia in Star Wars? Now you can turn yourself into a holograph with this new smartphone play-set: HolograFX. Inventor Andre Armenante demonstrated it to ToyNews in this world-first video - see below - ...
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The LEGO Group has responded to criticism of its Star Wars Jabbas Palace set, released last year. Members of the Austrian Turkish Cultural Community complained that the set looks too similar to the famous Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul. ...
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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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