1) Toys R Us bags exclusive Skylanders Giant figures 2) VTech introduces InnoTab 2 Baby 3) Now Golden Bear adds Woolly and Tig 4) LEGO Star Wars prices rocket on eBay 5) Toy retail is under pressure 6) Are the days of a single hot ...
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A poll held by ToyNews on Stardoll has revealed that most girls are hoping to receive a Furby from Santa this Christmas. The online fashion community for girls asked its users to pick just one toy that they're hoping to get this ...
Playmobil has released its first ever game app. Plamobil Pirates is available on iOS platforms now and is set to hit Android's Google Play store soon. In the game players take control of popular figures from Playmobil's popular Pirates ...
LEGO says its new entertainment franchise Legends of Chima will be a hit with boys–just like the Ninjago brand is. The firm even expects Chima sales to grow 30 per cent more in 2013 than Ninjago did in 2012. Legends of Chima toys ...
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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Triple packs help pre-school specialist's sales grow around 15 per cent. Wow Toys has reported a record amount of deliveries to UK retailers during September. The company says"phenomenal"demand for its multipacks also helped it ...
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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 ...
Tags: blind bag, lego, minifigure, npd
Spin Master launches Christmas ad for popular skating toy; gets Tony Hawk's approval. We know Father Christmas is a magical man here at ToyNews, and thanks to Spin Master, he's continuing to surprise us. In this YouTube video ...
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It’s usually Dream Toys which signals the start of 'top toy' price-cutting, but we're in November and so far the inevitable heavy toy discounting has yet to materialise. Last year Asda, Toys R Us and Argos engaged in a price war in ...
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Disney rocked the world this week by announcing it will acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion – AND release Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015. The entertainment giant has come a very long way since its 1928 black and white Mickey Mouse film ...
One of the toy industry’s most endearing qualities is its many stories of enterprising individuals from humble origins who achieve spectacular success. We all know of people. From manufacturers and distributors to retailers and ...
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Without a doubt the biggest talking point on ToyNews Online and our Twitter feed this week has been the mooted Gangnam Style toy. The Psy action figure can recreate all the dance moves from the video, which has scored over 420 million ...
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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 ...
Tags: asda, disney, dominic sacco, grocers, retail, supermarkets, toynews blog
What you see before you is the first in a series of regular blogs that the ToyNews team - myself, Samantha and Dominic - will be writing for you every Friday. We very much hope that you’ll enjoy them and would love to hear what you ...
Tags: Toys, blog, techpet, top drawer
Trick-or-treating, costume parties and apple bobbing… Halloween conjures up plenty of fun childhood memories. The annual holiday is well-known with children across the world, with thousands dressing up in scary costumes on October ...
Tags: Spending Habits, Halloween, Halloween toys