“With 25 years of experience in the gift industry and a passion for art and craft products, Cuckoo is the most natural and perfect fit for Skinny Sketcher,” said founder and director Gillian Logan. Skinny Sketcher has ...
Tags: Cuckoo Toys, Skinny Sketcher
The wearable tech/toys-to-life mash-up debuted in the US last year. Hasbro's Playmation range is not coming to the UK anytime soon. The range blending toys, wearable tech and smart technology launched in the US last year, but Hasbro has ...
Tags: wearable tech, Hasbro
"Considering we have only been selling board games for a year we have been really pleased with the sales,"said Emma Hanlon, account manager at Thames & Kosmos. Award nominations and sell out success of some hit titles has helped Thames & ...
Held in association with Women In Toys, this year's event takes place on July 21st, 2016 at the Soho Hotel, London, UK. You only have until the end of play today to nominate yourself or a colleague for this year's Women of the Year ...
The toy line combines traditional play and toy car collecting with AR digital gaming as players race cars on an iPad and watch them react in the real world. A new Kickstarter project that combines toy car collecting with video gaming is ...
Tags: Kickstarter, Pocket Racing
The company has billed the launch of its Newborn range as "he final piece of the Little Tikes puzzle" and believes the range of pram and tummy-time toys will secure its place in the burgeoning pre-school market. Little Tikes has ...
Tags: Toys, Little tikes, New-born range, Pre-School
Sage's creation, Milo, was given a Highly Commended Award at the event's British Inventors Project Inventors Workshop alumni Hannah Sage has scooped an award at The Gadget Show Live's British Inventors Project. Sage took home a ...
Tags: Gadget Show Live, Milo, Hannah Sage, Inventors Workshop
Now that LEGO has unveiled a wheelchair using-figure and a stay-at-home dad in its latest LEGO City set, it seems the toy giant is embracing a true representation of society with its products. Jade Burke speaks to manufacturers and ...
Tags: LEGO, LEGO City set, Wheelchair, Vendors
The move by the Government will see the current minimum wage upped from £6.70 per hour to £7.20 this month. But the news has our indie retail panel calling for a reassessment of 'already squeezed margins'. The livng wage ...
Tags: Touhub, The toy store, Kerrison store, Living wages
The firm, merging mobile gameplay with physical toys, wants to make sure the High Street is "Loved as well",despite its debut product initially being sold exclusively via Amazon. New toy firm Jumo believes that its ...
Tags: Jumo, games-to-Life
With the firm set to celebrate its 60th anniversary this year, consumer research has been the driver behind the company's bold new direction, encompassing staff changes and fresh kits for casual users. As Revell gears up to celebrate its ...
Tags: Revell, Model kits, Junior kits, 60th anniversary
24 hours. One poor Twister mat. Three supple-ish toy journalists. One very good cause. The ToyNews team (Billy, Rob and Jade) is raising money for the NSPCC's Big Board Game Day by limbering up and playing Twister for 24 hours straight. ...
Tags: Big Board Game Day, ToyNews, Twister, NSPCC
Members of the ToyNews Retail Advisory Board have united in the belief that the attitudes of the world's major toy suppliers towards the UK's indie scene need addressing before they become too marginalised With talk of big name mergers ...
This week, Billy Langsworthy looks at why the toy space should be excited at some of the new VR tech being showcased at this year's Game Developers Conference. Oh, and there's a bit about a vagina speaker. You've been warned. This week, ...
Tags: Inventors, Virtual reality
As part of the whole toys-to-life UK market in Q4 2015, the video game had 52.8 per cent value share. LEGO Dimensions has been performing better than expected in toy retailers big and small, Warner Bros has told ToyNews. The game, which ...
Tags: Toy Retailers, LEGO Dimensions