American multinational toy and board game company Hasbro has decided to use bio-based plastic packaging material, as part of its sustainable packaging efforts. The company said that it will use plant-based bio-polyethylene terephthalate ...
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Mock-up images of Eleven and Barb from the hit Netflix sci-fi series emerged from the firm's official Instagram account. Fans of the throwback and 80s, cross your fingers in unison: Funko may just be working on a Stranger Things Pop! ...
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The sticker collection launch will be backed by a heavy-weight marketing campaign, including covermount sampling with the My Little Pony Magazine. Collectables company Panini has teamed with global toy maker Hasbro for the launch of a new ...
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Residents of the Queensland state capital are being encouraged to suggest their own landmarks to feature on the board via a dedicated Facebook page. Queensland capital, Brisbane is getting its first taste of board game fame as Hasbro ...
An official image of the line-up has surfaced on fan sites across the globe, but the Danish toy maker is yet to confirm the official character names. LEGO has unveiled the cast of its upcoming collectible series, LEGO Minifigures season ...
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A US advocacy group has called on a toy maker to stop selling a baby seat with an iPad holder at the front. This product encourages parents to leave their babies alone to watch screens. The "ultimate electronic babysitter" seat blocks a ...
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An updated European Union safety regulation on toys will place pressure on Chinese toy makers and affect the nation's exports to an already weakening European market, but could also provide an opportunity to upgrade the domestic toy ...
INVISALIGN, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customised, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printer to pump out chocolate molds. And earlier this year, Cornell ...
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A set of toys based on Alien is finally hitting shelves some 34 years after the movie's release. Super7 is launching the line in the US, after acquiring the action figure rights from toy maker Kenner. It also approached 20th Century Fox ...
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Wow Packs are the world's 'first ever R/C animated backpacks' from toy maker Wow Stuff. The Wow Packs have a remote control located in the strap which, when pressed, activate different responses from animated characters. Two characters ...
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Remember those great Fisher-Price toys, like the barnyard and all its animals, from your childhood? Now the toy maker has re-imagined those favorites, bringing them into the age of tablets and touchscreens with its Apptivity line. The ...
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German toy maker Dracco has launched a new website and game app for its girls brand Filly. A new virtual world gameplay lets kids customise their own Filly environments by purchasing items with a horseshoe currency earned by playing ...
Danish company The Eye Tribe is leading a new project that will make it possible to control smartphones and tablets using eye movements. The three-year project is called "Eye Tracking for mobile devices" and toy maker Lego Systems is ...
Tags: eye control system, tablets, smartphones, Computer Products
Hasbro says it will soon reveal a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven after meeting with a New Jersey girl who started a campaign calling on the toy maker to make one that appeals to all kids. McKenna Pope, 13, of Garfield, N.J., got more than ...
Tags: Hasbro, toy, gender-neutral oven, new color scheme, Christmas present
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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