Head ten minutes south of LAX on the 405, exit at El Segundo and you'll blunder upon a 200,000-square-foot concrete bunker lurking among the strip malls in this seedy bit of Los Angeles County. The low-slung structure, surrounded by a black ...
Jakks is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Cabbage Patch Kids range this year, as the characters return with a 'Memory Lane' marketing and PR campaign. The campaign is designed to reintroduce the collectable range of toys to a new ...
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A set of toys based on Alien is finally hitting shelves some 34 years after the movie's release. Super7 is launching the line in the US, after acquiring the action figure rights from toy maker Kenner. It also approached 20th Century Fox ...
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The kits include specially formulated foam pads that can be coloured again and again, plus special colouring pens, templates, paper and posters. 3Monkey also designed a range of nine collectable 'BopMen' characters. 3monkey managing ...
Performance, Ride & Handling 3.5 Comfort & Interior 4 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 3.5 Safety 5 Green 3.5 If you're after a luxury-sports wagon that blends space, style and swift performance, then look no further than the ...
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Whether you like Harper or not, the man hasn’t exactly done a whole lot for the environment. Unfortunately, this trickles down to all us humble subordinates. I am looking at bigger cars than I used to, gas mileage is not so much of a ...
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Around one fifth of UK parents (17 per cent) say they seek British-made toys and clothes for children. The research by retail site www.loubilou.com also found that 43 per cent of parents who prefer to buy British say they do so because of ...
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Over 10,000 visitors headed to Toys & Kids Russia last month, an increase of 11.6 per cent over 2012. The show - which ran from March 13th to 15th at the Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre in Moscow - attracted 10,090 trade ...
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It may sound like something you would see in a movie about an enchanted forest or a beautiful castle, but there is nothing like having arbors in your own flower garden. Whether you already have a garden or are planning out the landscaping ...
Jumbo will distribute a new range of Smart Games this year in the UK. Smart Games are single player brainteaser games that have 32 to 100 challenges, depending on the game, with varying levels of difficulties. They are designed "to help ...
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AAA State Of Play is one of the leading online stores that offer a wide variety of commercial playground equipment for kids. These are sourced from the topmost brands in the industry. AAA State Of Play has now announced to offer Wrath of ...
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With names like Minnie's Polka Dots, Eeyore's Rain Cloud and Belle of the Ball, Walmart has introduced a line of Disney-themed paints. Sold in colors that match Disney bedding products, the retailer hopes to appeal to parents who ...
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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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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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