The toy line combines traditional play and toy car collecting with AR digital gaming as players race cars on an iPad and watch them react in the real world. A new Kickstarter project that combines toy car collecting with video gaming is ...
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Athletic brands continue to increase their share of what U.S. teenagers' spend on apparel, according to new research from the investment bank Piper Jaffray. Piper Jaffray's 31st semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens research survey found ...
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To grow sales in China and Japan, the toymaker has updated its play kits to include more Asian characters and settings including a revamped Ninjago range. The LEGO Group has claimed that it is well-positioned to become the number one toy ...
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The next generation of food entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to combine a high quality degree and on-the-job training under plans for new food degree apprenticeships, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss announced. The three ...
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This year's conference is focusing on the economic, social, psychological and physical benefits of play. Execs from LEGO, Google, Amazon are heading to the Sandbox@MIT conference next week to discuss 'The ROI of Play'. Taking place ...
Tags: LEGO, Google, Amazon, the ROI of Play, Sandbox@MIT
The firm, merging mobile gameplay with physical toys, wants to make sure the High Street is "Loved as well",despite its debut product initially being sold exclusively via Amazon. New toy firm Jumo believes that its ...
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They may be childish, but board games are far from child's play as a new wave of titles taking on the subject of sex demonstrate. Robert Hutchins dims the lights, puts on some Marvin Gaye and explores the world of 'love games'. To quote ...
Tags: Fifty Shades of Grey line, Lovehoney, The beast, Fog of love, Notting hill
The company also won the Craft and Activity Toy of the Year and the Australian Development Award for Qixels, and Girls Licensed Property of the Year with Shopkins. Moose Toys bagged the top honour at the annual Australian Toy Industry ...
Tags: Moose Toys, Awards, Shopkins, Qixels, Australian Toy Of The Year Award
We still don’t know exactly when it will land, but the inner workings of the OnePlus 3 may have just been revealed. Details about the next flagship OnePlus smartphone have seemingly been leaked on a popular mobile benchmarking ...
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While Logitech is a major player in the peripheral market, there’s no need for a mouse and keyboard in virtual reality space. Logitech is eyeing the virtual reality market for its next business ploy. The Swiss tech firm teased ...
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Acquisitions are an almost weekly occurrence in Silicon Valley, but Apple’s next scoop could be closer to home. Apple is said to be in “advanced talks” to buy Imagination Technologies, a UK-based chip design firm partly ...
Each property features in a snap game, a two-in-one game and a game box. Cartamundi has bolstered its gaming card selection, with the addition of Disney Princess and Disney Pixar Cars cards. Each property features in a snap game, a ...
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Body Labs has secured the exclusive rights to two patents issued to Brown University and licenses to several new technologies developed at Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH. U.S. Patents 9,189,886 B2 and 2013/0249908 A1 expand Body Labs' ...
Tags: Body Labs, Brown University, 3D Body Modeling Technologies, Patent
Created by Steve Robinson, Jobstacles promises a 'hilarious take on the job interview scenario'. Having launched to Kickstarter last week, the title is already on track to securing its $7.5k goal. Robinson takes us through how he made it... ...
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Radio One presenter Matt Edmondson was on hand to showcase his latest gaming title, still currently in development among a crowd of game inventors and toy industry bods. Yoga, Cookies and cake topped the bill of last week’s Board ...
Tags: Coiledspring, Board Game Club, Yoga Spinner