Jazwares has been appointed by Mojang as a global partner for toys and electronics for the popular Minecraft property. The worldwide deal will pave the way for a full line of Minecraft action figures, plush and paper craft items. Products ...
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The organisers of the Lollibop kids' festival are urging "leading children's characters and toy companies" to get involved again this year. Lollibop will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London in 2013. The family event ...
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Distributor The In Thing's fresh prehistoric collectable range Predasaurs will be included in Box of Awesome. Predasaurs has already enjoyed a swathe of marketing activity of late, with 200,000 cover mount samples on boys magazines, TV ...
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The Swiss manufacturer of the Geomag magnetic construction toy, Geomagworld has signed up First Celtic Toys and Learning as its new distributor in the UK. The firm is best known for its Tolo Toys Learning subsidiary. It develops and ...
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Mattel's CEO says he is "very pleased" with the performance of the firm's girls portfolio and sales in Europe. Sales of Mattel's Monster High doll brand are on the up - again. "Worldwide gross sales for Other Girls Brands were up 56 per ...
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Last year was the best ever for the VTech European group of companies, the European CEO has told ToyNews. Gilles Sautier confirmed that the company grew to the number seven overall toy manufacturer in Europe and by seven per cent. In ...
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Italian toy distributor Giochi Preziosi Group has announced its new type of digital and interactive trading card that uses Touchcode technology. Partnering with Printechnologics, the company will create an application for one of its most ...
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Since its launch in September 2012, The Good Toy Guide has notched up almost £1 million in PR coverage value. The staggering figure takes into account coverage gained from both print and online media up until the end of January ...
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A full-size Air Hogs Sky Stunt plane will wow crowds in Florida from April 20th to 21st. The real life plane will be piloted by Jason Newburg at the Fort Lauderdale Air Show. Spin Master's Air Hogs R/C brand has the exclusive toy ...
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Features Depending on what you want to spend, there's a wide selection of lawn mower and tractor features and options available. Don't load up on features that you won't use--it's best to cut costs and the grass. Swivel ...
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Firstly, could you give me a quick recap of how 2012 was for Flair? Was the year better or worse than expected? 2012 was a challenging year in the UK, with the market being at best flat and trading being so late, but it was good for us. ...
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Retailer Hawkin's Bazaar is launching a host of toy car and F1 products this weekend. It is stocking lines from die-cast toy car manufacturers Maisto and Bburago during the current Formula 1 season, with the products available on its ...
Having laid the foundations for the property in 2012, the firm behind BinWeevils.com is looking to further ramp up its consumer products activity this year. During 2012, BinWeevils grew its licensee base from three to 20 partners. ...
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Suppliers are being told to get their entries for this year's Rainbow Toy Awards in as early as they can, to take advantage of blogger reviews of their products. Most Rainbow Toy Award testers are bloggers, who also sport the 2013 ...
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Enhanced Retail Solutions (ERS), a top provider of solutions to suppliers of the retail industry for use in analyzing their products' retail sales and trends as well as improving inventory productivity just released a new feature to its ...
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