Warner Bros is showcasing a huge toy programme this Toy Fair season. The Hollywood giant has products inspired by the new Superman movie, Man of Steel, plus other DC Super Heroes, The Hobbit trilogy, plus The Big Bang Theory and Looney ...
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Orchard Toys is going after the pre-school market with a host of new puzzles aimed at kids over two years old. The firm launched no less than four new games and two jigsaw puzzles at Toy Fair last week. Simon Newbery, Orchard Toys ...
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This year's International Toy Fair in Germany kicks off today. It will attract some 2,776 exhibitors from 62 countries, and more than 76,000 visitors. With over one million products on show, ToyNews looks at what the UK companies - ...
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The 2014 London Toy Fair will take place from January 21st to 23rd, ToyNews has learned. The news comes after Simon Pilling, Head of Toy Fair Operations and Sales, says he was delighted with this year's show. "Toy Fair 2013 was a ...
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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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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 ...
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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When the physical packs are coming, how the game works and what's in it for toy retail. Namco Bandai's new Tekken card game wants to change the collectables market by mixing physical cards with a digital game. But how does it work ...
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A new range of books and dolls - Book Babies - is "just right for the Slow Toy movement", says the company. The products - on display on Toy Fair 2013 stand 152 - include plush ragdolls and books aimed at inspiring children from three ...
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