Vivid is to roll out its hotly tipped Cut the Rope toy line over Easter with a raft of TV, web and app advertising. The ZeptoLab app has to date notched up in excess of 300 million downloads and over 1.5 million likes on Facebook, with ...
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Vivid's Micro Moshi Series One toys have seen "fantastic" sales during their first month on sale. The Moshi Monsters property has maintained its number one position (NPD, 2013) with sales of core collectables and blind bags up 11 per ...
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Hasbro is preparing to launch a bumper Spider-Man toy range into retail for 2013. The supplier will supply all-new Power Webs blasters, figures and vehicles, licensed by Disney/Marvel. The range includes the TV advertised £17.99 ...
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A toy company is hoping to bring comic book characters old and new into action figure form. Indie Spotlight Comic Book Heroes, a crowdfunding project set up by Geoff Beckett Jr of GBJR Toys, hopes to raise $20,000 in investment to produce ...
Spin Master has become the master toy licensee for DreamWorks' Dragons: Riders of Berk. The exclusive licensing relationship will see Spin Master produce toys based on the upcoming franchise properties, including the aforementioned TV ...
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Jakks Pacific is continuing to build up the Monsuno brand, with a range of new toys due to launch internationally this year based on the second series, Monsuno Combat Chaos. The animated series will debut in the US later this year on ...
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A new Barbie DVD has reached the number slot in the children’s charts for pre-orders on Amazon. Yesterday's UK premiere of the Barbie in the Pink Shoes movie - which arrives on DVD on March 18th - also marked the start of a ...
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Mattel's WWE toy range is now the number three ranking line in the UK action figures super category. Retail sales for the range have risen by a massive 61 per cent year on year, according to the latest NPD data. Mattel's share year ...
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Sanrio has added a brace of partners in the toy category for Mr Men & Little Miss. UK agent Fluid World has signed up PBFA - which is part of the Li & Fung group) to produce a range of Mr Men and Little Miss early learning toys featuring ...
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Galt Toys has teamed up with parenting expert Dr Miriam Stoppard to launch a range of toys for babies and toddlers. The new 'Dr Miriam @ Galt' range is comprised of 21 wooden, plastic and soft toys is designed to encourage learning ...
VTech is stepping outdoors with its latest toy line, Kidiactive, which adds electronic features to the flying disc, the ball and the skipping rope. The VTech Talking Disc features a recording button and four funny face buttons for ...
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Mookie has unveiled its toy line based on the popular bee-based pre-school show The Hive. On show at Olympia are the interactive play-sets The Honeybee Hive and The Honeydew School, which will be available from March at Argos. With The ...
Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins has revealed details of a new gardening kit and toys for children. The Seedlets kit will arrive in April 2013, in collaboration with LiteBulb Group. It will tailor three ability levels: beginner, ...
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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 ...
Disney has hundreds of licensing partnerships in place across Europe and toy sales for its big IPs are climbing. With huge films like Planes and Monsters University on the way, the opportunities for toy firms are bountiful. Anna ...
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