According to the latest NPD results, year on year sales of gaming accessories and toys-to-life products have dropped three per cent to $117.1 million for the year ending July 2016. LEGO Dimensions continues to outpace toys-to-life rivals ...
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The company's new ELAs feature Walkie Talkies and a Noddy-inspired tablet that will teach kids numbers and shapes. A new line of Noddy-inspired merchandise will be available from KD UK, thanks to a new partnership with DreamWorks ...
Tags: ELAs, KD UK, Walkie Talkies, DreamWorks Animation
Two new Senseis Toys have been added to the Skylanders characters line-up, while a new Crash Bandicoot level will also be available for fans to play. A range of new characters and content is being added to Skylanders Imaginators, the ...
Regulators have revealed concerns with price rises and quality issues following VTech's merging with LeapFrog. Toy firm VTech could face an investigation over competition concerns, following the company’s recent merging with ...
"Character Options has a strong inventors network and this event gives us the opportunity to grow our community further," said Jon Elliott, R&D operations manager. Character Options has signed up as pitch partner for this year's Inventors ...
Finalists for this year's Toy & Game Inventor of the Year awards will be announced on September 15th, 2016. Nominations are now open for the 2016 Toy & Game Inventor of the Year Awards. The event, held during Chicago Toy & Game Week, ...
Tags: Toy&Game Inventor, TAGIE Award, CHITAG
Based in Langham Place, the new flagship store will target adult fans as well as children. LEGO has opened the doors to its first store in Hong Kong to fans, with plans to open three more outlets in the next three years. Based in ...
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''2016 has been a momentous year for Oxford with new licensees signed around the world,''said Chris Evans, MD at Oxford Limited. Clementoni is launching a line of University of Oxford game and puzzles in the UK this autumn. The range ...
The deal will see the toy giant sponsor Masha and the Bear everyday on Cartoonito until September 16th this year. Cartoonito and Simba Smoby have teamed up with children’s retailer Toys R Us to promote the channel’s hit ...
Tags: Cartoonito, Toys R Us, Masha and The Bear
The campaign for the toys-to-life jukebox has secured 107 per cent of its €50,000 goal on the crowdfunding platform. A children’s jukebox that uses toys-to-life technology to play songs, soundtracks and stories has found ...
Tags: Jooki, Kickstarter
The show continues to gain momentum across Europe, a territory in which ITV believes it has the potential to become one of the most popular boys's properties. ITV Studios Global Entertainment has detailed its plans to launch Thunderbirds ...
Tags: ITVS GE, Thunderbirds Are Go
Having first opened its doors in 2007, The Toy Box is celebrating its ninth birthday this year. Here, the retailer's directors - Sharon and Mark Horsman - talk to Jade Burke about their hopes to expand its new Kids Clothing Agency, the ...
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China’s Toys Export Volume & Value in 2015 Month Volume Value(USD) on Year Volume Value January 3,392,669,199 1,104,900,141 -32.90% 9.30% ...
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Ahead of the inaugural show, Aisha Tilstone has voiced her opinion that all toy firms need to keep up with today's children and utilise new technology in fresh ranges to avoid falling by the wayside to more tech-savvy firms. The founder ...
Tags: Digital Kids Show, Aisha Tilstone
The 2016 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference is a wrap, but the marketing world is still buzzing about it. One of the most talked-about marketing masterpieces at this year’s SXSW was the astonishing installation of a 100-foot Ferris ...
Tags: SXSW, Coney Island, Ferris wheel