Film explores the life of Carroll Spinney, the actor who has played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street since 1969. The Toy Industry Association, in partnership with toy design firm Peru Meridian Studios, will be hosting a ...
Tags: Toy Fair, professional networks, Toys
Researchers at the UK’s University College London (UCL), in collaboration with groups at the University of Bath and Daresbury Laboratory’s Scientific Computing Department in Warrington, UK, are said to have uncovered why blue ...
Gilero Medical device industry partners merge to provide seamless design through distribution services EG GILERO is the merger of four trusted companies in the medical device industry whose roots go back decades. GILERO Biomedical, ...
Trevor Baylis of Bailis brands and friend of ACID brand who was rightly awarded a CBE by her Majesty in the New Year Honours and all at ACID send him warmest wishes. Trevor’s remarks are testament to his dedication to help inventors ...
Tags: intellectual property, Furniture
Hosted by the BTHA, the sessions will feature discussion from some of the industry's leading inventor relations' experts. Young inventors and toy designers are being welcomed to next year’s Toy Fair with a special seminar hosted by ...
Tags: Toy Fair, Young Inventor, Toys
Alice Taylor has been awarded the Rising star accolade at the annual Chicago Toy and Game Group ceremony. The inventor’s community has a new rising star among its ranks. The Chicago Toy and Game Group has crowned the year’s ...
Tags: Game Inventor, Year Awards, Toys
Firm's first successful loan recipients have all been music-related, but AIM is now welcoming applications from toy and game inventors. AIM Start Ups, an official delivery partner for the Government-funded Start Up Loans scheme, is ...
Tags: Toy Inventors, Toys
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. ...
The first Toy & Game Inventors Workshop took place in September, as budding toy creators grasped the opportunity to pitch their ideas to some of the biggest companies in the industry. Billy Langsworthy reviews the event and explains how it ...
Tags: Toy&Game Inventors, Toys
The Workshop will head north next year. The Toy & Game Inventors Workshop will head north in 2015 – with a new venue in the Midlands. The Workshop made its debut this September, providing inventors, would-be inventors and students ...
Tags: Toy&Game Inventors, Workshop, Toys
John Spinello needs $25,000 to pay for oral surgery. A crowdfunding campaign has launched to help pay for an operation needed by the inventor of the classic board game, Operation. John Spinello invented the classic game in 1964 and sold ...
Tags: Crowdfunding Campaign, Inventor, Toys
GE Lighting is making a play for the smart home market after it hosted a panel discussion on the Internet of Things and launched a quirky television commercial for its new smart lamp in the United States. Contrary to recent rumours that ...
Tags: GE Lighting, Smart Lamp
Akebono Brake Corp. says it will continue to manufacture its entire ultra-premium ceramic disc brake pad line in the U.S., a strategy which provides exclusive control of its production processes. The company says making its ceramic brake ...
Tags: disc brake, Auto Parts
We delve in to the current board gaming culture with an in-depth look at the booming games and puzzles sector. The September issue of ToyNews is now available to read online, and on your iPad, here. This month, we explore the booming ...
Over thirty journalists, bloggers, brands, inventors and table-top game lovers mingled with a hand-picked menu of games to 'suit every appetite'. The third Board Game Club moved to a new venue in Clapham's The Jam Tree earlier this week, ...