Hasbro plans to cut back in order to save $100 million per year by 2015. The toy giant made the announcement as part of its preliminary full-year financial results for 2012, following weaker than anticipated consumer demand for toys ...
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You know it can be done. You have friends with children's rooms so cute, tidy and organized that you want to play there yourself. But your kid's room is so cluttered with toys, paper, crayons and boxes that you don't remember what color the ...
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ToyNews drew tens of thousands of visitors to its website during Toy Fair 2013, thanks to its unmatched coverage of the big London event this week. With 44 stories being posted by the ToyNew teams during the three-day event (plus more ...
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Once again Toy Fair was jam-packed full of colourful characters, stands and products - and we've captured them. There's 170 images in our Facebook gallery for you to view, share, tag and comment on.
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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 success of Avengers Assemble last year is being supplemented by fresh activity in 2013 and beyond to drive kids into toy stores. Marvel has told ToyNews about its Avengers sustaining programme and plans for fresh animated TV ...
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Jazwares has announced today the appointment of Bill Graham as vice president of marketing and product innovation. In his new role Graham will oversee all marketing activities for the company and ‘lead the charge on product ...
Pop stars McFly "tried to steal" a giant Predasaur prop from The In Thing stand at Toy Fair this week. It was all light-hearted fun of course, and Dougie and Tom from the band ended up leaving with foil pack toys from the distributor ...
A US appeal court threw a jury verdict worth more than $80 million against toy giant Mattel on January 24th. The sum was to be paid to MGA Entertainment following trade secret infringement claims relating to Bratz dolls. The US Circuit ...
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Toy supplier Asobi is inviting retailers to meet well-known teddy bear designer Rikey Austin at Spring Fair. Asobi is the UK distributor for Alice’s Bear Shop and exclusive supplier of the complete range of bears and story books in ...
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Hornby's Scalextric Demolition Derby, which adds 'build, race and destroy' game play to the classic slot racing toy, has topped Toy Fair's inaugural Editors Choice Awards. More than 300 broadcast, national, consumer and trade ...
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H. Grossman which will produce a selection of Mr Men and Little Miss toys including an active range. The deal sees a new collection of scooters, trikes and bicycles for boys and girls featuring the iconic Mr. Men Little characters. In ...
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The Gadget Show Live has named HolograFX as the most impressive tech toy on show at Toy Fair. This is the second year the Gadget Show Live has picked out its favourite products at Toy Fair (Last year InspirationWorks' kids Android ...
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Frank Bruno Academy AASE student and Fisher ABC boxer Ted Cheeseman took on the new Tomy Battroborg robots at Toy Fair this week. The three-time amateur national champion - ranked sixth in the world - staged his first robotic boxing ...
Worlds Apart's Simon Birchenough and John Stewart felt this year’s Toy Fair could not pass without acknowledging the fact that it's the company's 30th Toy Fair. The two founding partners remain true to the company’s ...
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