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
"Our goal is to change the future of play by blending robotics, toys and video games to create a new category in entertainment. Toys R Us has been a true partner in making this vision a reality." Anki has been named as Toys R Us' Vendor ...
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
Logo of Alibaba. [File Photo: jdzj.com] Chinese and Russian companies vowed on Wednesday that they will cooperate more in online business. On the sidelines of the World Internet Conference (WIC), Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ...
Ji Guanlin is known as "the voice of stars" in China. The 35-year-old has dubbed for some of the best-known roles in both foreign and Chines movies and TV series. Avatar's lithe tribal princess Neytiri, Titanic's bold and lively character ...
The kit lets users create their own customisable videogames with a selection of physical building blocks. An initiative that allows kids to create their own videogames from physical building blocks has soared past its crowd-funding goal ...
Tags: physical building blocks, Toys
US automobile major Ford now offers its customers the option to download 3D digital paintings and get them printed onto car through the maiden Ford 3D Store. Empowering customers to contemplate their own model and bring completion to ...
Tags: Digital Prints, automobile
With brands such as Back to the Future and Wizard of Oz available through the new toys to life title, retailers are rejoicing at the potential new channels it is opening up. LEGO Dimensions will mark another success for the brand at ...
Tags: Lego, Toy Retailers
“I need to build an organisation that’s more diverse, more international and more global,” the LEGO Group’s CEO Jorgen Von Knudstorp tells ToyNews. Everything is awesome for LEGO after a bumper 2014, but the firm ...
Tags: LEGO Movie, LEGO Toy
Posted in Regulatory and Compliance by Nancy Crotti on January 21, 2015 Just in time for the next wave of wearable wellness devices appears ready to roll, FDA has issued guidance statements about wellness products and medtech accessories. ...
Tags: type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, Health
Games was the third most backed category on the crowdfunding site last year, behind technology and design. Board games, card games and video games recieved $89 million in backing on Kickstarter in 2014. This made games the third most ...
Tags: Board Games, Card Games, Video Games, Toys
City of Zombies has been sweeping schools, testing children's mental arithmetic stealthily. Zombies have entered schools across the UK and mathematics is fast becoming the new rock n’ roll of the younger generation. But fear not, ...
83 finalists will now be whittled down to the winners in 12 categories, to be announced at the Toy of the Year Awards in February 2015. The Toy Industry Association has revealed the 83 finalists for the 2015 Toy of the Year Awards. ...
Kinwolfe, the online retailer that specializes on clothing exclusively meant for breastfeeding women, has launched a new range on the global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Meant for modern day women who sit as comfortably in a meeting ...
Cosplay has been more and more popular in recent years and cosplayers can be seen in kinds of activities. In the DragonCon held once a year in Atlanta, cosplay covers science fiction, fantasy, cartoon, video games, movies and so on. ...
Tags: Superheroes, Renaissance, Cosplay