Construction sets he Greek philosopher Plato wrote that the future architect should play at building houses as a child.A construction set is a collection of separate pieces that can be joined together to create models. Popular models to ...
The growth of children's tablets is undeniable, apps are increasingly claiming kids' attention, and the Skylanders craze is spawning new launches from major entertainment brands. But traditional toy firms shouldn't fear new technology, ...
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LEGO's Chima Challenge got underway at Chessington's World of Adventures last week. LEGO is touring the country and inviting a selection of children to take part in the competition. ToyNews was invited to take part in the challenge, and ...
When it comes to entertainment, most of the focus these days is on the latest technologies. From innumerable smart phone apps built for entertainment, to the hottest new Xbox games, to the various home entertainment-related devices one can ...
To celebrate the return of Game of Thrones to TV screens via HBO and Sky Atlantic, the internet has reproduced scenes from the show in LEGO. Of course, no official product has been confirmed by LEGO, and considering the show is 18-rated, ...
APPLE'S ring-shaped, gleaming "Spaceship Headquarters" will include a world class auditorium and an orchard for engineers to wander. Google's new Bay View campus will feature walkways angled to force accidental encounters. Facebook, while ...
If you think of Scholastic, book publishing is probably the first thing that springs to mind. However, the firm also has a top selling arts and crafts brand – Klutz – which it is looking to further expand in the toy space this ...
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The 3D computer animated LEGO movie from Warner Bros. has been officially named... The LEGO Movie. The film, which features the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman and more, hits cinemas on ...
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LEGO Star Wars is launching its first Yoda Chronicles experiential tour this week. The first event takes place on Saturday, March 30th at Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent. The Yoda Chronicles Tour will visit major UK shopping centres ...
The most popular toy products and retailers during Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the US have been listed. During the last two weeks of November, nearly 24 million consumers shopped online for toys, a rise of 18 per cent year-on-year, ...
Merger 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 ...
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At last - the toy shows are all over and we can all get back to doing our normal day jobs. So how did the shows go this year? Well, the general consensus seems to suggest they were steady but nothing exciting emerged. I'm not sure I ...
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's belief that the women's revolution has "stalled" and that "men still run the world" may have merit, at least in IT. Women today are clearly rejecting IT as a career. In the early 1980s, women accounted for ...
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Toymaster has teamed up with LEGO to offer customers a free Minifigure. Shoppers who buy a LEGO Minifigure from any series will be given a loyalty card, which is stamped with a picture of Toby Toymaster. Once a customer collects five ...
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LEGO will launch its Legends of Chima Challenge roadshow at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort. The outdoor activity based on LEGO's new boys' property Chima, will launch on Monday, April 1st for two weeks at the theme park in ...