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Hasbro Carves New Adventure-Figure Category as Disney Launches Star Wars Forces of Destiny Franchise
Apr 14, 2017Star Wars Forces of Destiny will feature an original series of animated shorts, each exploring new adventures of key characters including Rey, Jyn Erso, Sabine Wren, Princess Leia, Ahsoka Tano and more. The new stories will also be ...
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EDITOR'S COMMENT: Step Into A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Mar 18, 2016This week, Billy Langsworthy looks at why the toy space should be excited at some of the new VR tech being showcased at this year's Game Developers Conference. Oh, and there's a bit about a vagina speaker. You've been warned. This week, ...
Tags: Inventors, Virtual reality
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Toy Partners
Feb 2, 2015Hasbro, The LEGO Group, Mattel, JAKKS Pacific and Rubies all on board. Disney Consumer Products and Lucasfilm have unveiled the first wave of global licensees for Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Nuremberg Toy Fair. Hasbro, The LEGO ...
Tags: Star Wars, Disney Stores, Toys
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The Vehicle Is a Working Replica of The Hot Wheels Star Wars Darth Vader Die-Cast Car
Aug 19, 2014The vehicle is a working replica of the Hot Wheels Star Wars Darth Vader die-cast car. When it comes to the San Diego Comic-Con, things are rarely done by halves. Just take a look at this life-sized working replica of Mattel’s ...
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Shawn Woods Just Got a Huge Order at His Glass Engraving Business in Juneau
Jun 25, 2013Shawn Woods just got a huge order at his glass engraving business in Juneau. Woods’ excitement was contagious as he pulled out a delicate glass replica of the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy: Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon. ...
Tags: Entrepreneur, Glass, Construction&Decoration
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New Wave of Star Wars Videogames Is Coming
May 9, 2013A NEW wave of Star Wars videogames is coming, thanks to a deal announced by The Walt Disney Compnay and Electronic Arts. The deal calls for Electronic Arts, a videogames giant, to develop new game titles across interactive platforms such ...
Tags: EA, Videogames, Computer Products
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A Court in California Declined to Certify as Class Action a Lawsuit by Workers
Apr 11, 2013A court in California declined to certify as class action a lawsuit by workers alleging an illegal cartel formed by seven technology companies including Apple, Google and Intel. The judge, however, raised the possibility that she may ...
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Sheryl Sandberg Is Scheduled to Join a Number of Other High-Profile Tech Players
Apr 7, 2013Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is scheduled to join a number of other high-profile tech players to testify in a private antitrust suit brought against seven California-based technology companies by former employees. ...
Tags: technology companies, Facebook
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Merger and Acquisition Activity Has Been Pretty Sparse in Toy Circles in Recent Times
Mar 27, 2013Merger 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 ...
Tags: Toys, Toy Industry
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Marvel Has Spoken to ToyNews About Disney's Acquisition of Lucasfilm
Feb 21, 2013Marvel 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, ...
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Jakks Pacific Has Extended Its Relationship with Lucasfilm
Feb 18, 2013Jakks 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 ...
Tags: Jakks Pacific, Lucasfilm, Star Wars products
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Steve Jobs Threatened Palm with a Patent Lawsuit If It Did Not Enter Into No-Poaching Pact
Jan 25, 2013Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs threatened Palm with a patent lawsuit if it did not enter into an agreement in which the companies pledged not to hire employees from each other, unsealed court documents show. Jobs threatened Palm with ...
Tags: Apple, patent lawsuit, company news
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LEGO Group Responded to Criticism of Its Star Wars Jabbas Palace Set, Released Last Year
Jan 25, 2013The 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. ...
Tags: LEGO, toy, toy industry
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Transmedia SF Announced The First Ever Startup Weekend Transmedia
Jan 21, 2013Transmedia SF, a growing community of creative and tech producers, and Startup Weekend, a worldwide network of events that educate local communities about entrepreneurship, today announced the first ever StartUp Weekend Transmedia, a ...
Tags: Transmedia SF, network, tech producing
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Hamleys Sees Its Operating Profit Rise 70 Per Cent to £3.9 Million for The 53 Weeks
Jan 7, 2013Surprise acquisitions,top level exec changes,retail casualties and the London 2012 effect,the continued dominance of LEGO and Moshi Monsters in-store–not to mention some eye-watering charity challenges…the toy business has ...
Tags: acquisitions, LEGO, Moshi Monsters, Mookie Toys