Danish company The Eye Tribe is leading a new project that will make it possible to control smartphones and tablets using eye movements. The three-year project is called "Eye Tracking for mobile devices" and toy maker Lego Systems is ...
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Are the days of a single hot toy over? Retailers predict kids tablets, Furby, Nerf and LEGO to be this year's top sellers. Most of the UK’s top retailers of toys believe that rival kids’ learning tablets LeapPad 2 and InnoTab2 ...
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LEGO has won a legal battle against Belgian company TKS which produces the Ice Watch. The Brussels Court of Appeal has issued a pan-European injunction against Ice Watch packaging (pictured), furniture and other items, after it found the ...
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In these tough economic times one popular product category has halted a decline in the UK toy market – the blind bag. These low value lines – such as LEGO Minifigures – are top sellers. The blind bag category is ...
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Royal Mail elves read children's letters to the North Pole; iPads also high on wish lists. Every year hundreds of thousands of children post letters to Santa to ask for presents and this Christmas most want a Furby, according to Royal ...
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But 13 per cent of dads refuse to let kids win because they can't stand losing themselves. Over 70 per cent of parents let their children win when playing board games, says LEGO. A survey of 2,000 parents commissioned by the ...
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Millennium Falcon Collectors toy is being sold for as much as £2,995. The price of Lego Star Wars collectables have shot up as more dads head online to buy them at Christmas. The Millennium Falcon Collectors toy is selling for as ...
Hobbit hole and Bilbo Baggins recreated in two million 1x1 LEGO-brick . A LEGO representation of Bilbo Baggins' famous fictional Hobbit hole have been faithfully recreated in an incredible two million LEGO-brick construction. Joining ...
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It seems that not a day goes without an email popping in to my inbox from a supermarket or national chain advertising a toy sale. Of course, toys aren’t a grocer’s core market, and driving footfall via any temporary deal or ...
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Geoff: Congratulations – Lego has just posted some impressive results. You must have some great plans to keep up the momentum – anything you can share? Drew: Thanks Geoff, yes we have some really exciting plans in the ...
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Mattel 01628 500 000 Mattel had two of the top five family games last year, according to NPD December 2011 data, and Uno was the number one card game. This season it has a number of fresh products, including Chameleon Crunch, which ...
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ToyNews' Warner Bros. Consumer Products brand special is essential reading ahead of BLE 2012. The six-page feature includes an interview with UK general manager Paul Bufton, as well as close looks at big brands including The Hobbit, Man ...
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Disney has hundreds of licensing partnerships in place across Europe and toy sales for its big IPs are climbing. With huge films like Planes and Monsters University on the way, the opportunities for toy firms are bountiful. Anna ...
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Don't you just love the school holidays? Loads of kids come into the shop looking at the toys they want and hopefully buy them. But you still get the odd ‘child’ who needs some serious time with the Supernanny. Take this ...
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STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, ...
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