Plush and plastic products based on hit app game due. Character Options has been named UK toy partner for Plants vs Zombies. The company will distribute Jazwares' range of licensed plush and plastic toys in the UK, which is "already ...
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Existing board director Rod Henwood takes on role. Digital social kids world, BinWeevils has appointed a new CEO as its pushes on with its expansion plans. Rod Henwood (pictured) is an existing board director, having invested in the ...
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Chemical Risk Management Profile from Toy Industry Forum launches. A new set of documents allows toy retailers to check the safety of their stock. The Chemical Risk Management Profile allows retailers to "assess the readiness" of their ...
A1 Toys wins Power Ranger Megaforce costume character visit; Kids Stuff wins visit from Ben 10. Independent toy retailers A1 Toys and Kids Stuff have won a competition held by Bandai for character costume visits. These will help promote ...
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ToyNews takes a look at some of the coolest R/C and die-cast products to command land, air and water. A range of fully loaded action vehicle toys are screeching into toy retailers this summer. The Revellutions R/C cars are aimed at ...
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Hasbro, Bananagrams, Halilit and AR Drone among others all pick up accolades. Toyology.tv and Smyths Toys have revealed the winners of this year's Outdoor Toy Awards. Over 100 people attended the event over the weekend to test out a ...
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Official closing date for entries for awards celebrating pre-school toys is Friday, May 31st. There is only one week left to enter the Practical Pre-School Awards, as entries close on Friday, May 31st. The awards will be held to ...
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View ToyNews' image gallery of this year's event in Harrogate. The Toymaster show in Harrogate was another success in 2013, and we were on hand taking pictures of some of the stands, products, characters and activities. View our full ...
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Final push in sponsorship needed as 163 riders prepare for Isle of Wight challenge in June. There's just two weeks to go until the Toy Trust Isle of Wight Big Kids Bike Ride - and the body is urging the industry to get behind as many ...
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A museum exhibition exploring how children use toys to play at war has opened. War Games opens on Saturday, May 25th and runs until March 2nd, 2014, at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London. The exhibition will "explore the fascinating ...
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Character Options is expecting sales in excess of 500,000 units of its new ChillFactor by the end of the year. ChillFactor hit shelves last week with TV advertising commencing on Friday, May 19th. And Character Options is already ...
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Real life Barbie Dreamhouse gallery comes out on top for the week ending May 24th. Not had time to catch up with the hottest news of the week? Well, read on, because ToyNews has put together the top ten most read stories on the site for ...
According to the latest statistics, China’s export of baby strollers & bicycles in April exceeded US$ 230.47million, up 5.03% year on year and 15.9% month on month, taking about 18.98% of China’s total toys export this month, of ...
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Light-emitting diodes, better known as LEDs, offer substantial energy savings over incandescent and fluorescent lights and are easily produced in single colors such as red or green commonly used in traffic lights or children's toys. ...
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Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers, recently announced that through a partnership with Export to China (ETCN) it is the first company to make Chinese trade data accessible in ...