Because there's often more that we want to say than our pages will allow, Up Close is where you'll find stories "carried over" from Playthings, our monthly print magazine.
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Weiner joins Big Tent
By Staff, March 3, 2010March 3, 2010—Big Tent Entertainment has named licensing industry veteran Lisa K. Weiner Director of Brand Development. More -
Perez joins Hasbro
By Staff, January 25, 2010Jan. 25, 2010—Hasbro has tapped longtime toy executive Jerry Perez to serve as Senior Vice President and Global Brand Leader for its worldwide preschool business. More -
When 'Regular’ Is Just Right
By Jane Kitchen, February 1, 2009When the Holcomb family bought Toys & Co. back in 1987, it was a small, 10-year-old specialty business located in a high-end mall, with more than half its sales coming from collectible dolls. The Greensboro, N.C., business also carried juvenile products like strollers and car seats, and the Holcombs soon saw that with big box competitors like Babies “R” Us moving in, they’... More -
Up Close: Dark Horse Comics’ David Scroggy
By Karyn M. Peterson, January 1, 2008Dark Horse Comics is bringing Domo, the fuzzy Japanese cave-dweller, to the specialty market in 2008, along with toys for new licenses Dilbert and Will Eisner’s The Spirit. As the company prepared for Toy Fair, we spoke with David Scroggy, vice president of product development, about his plans for these and Dark Horse’s other core brands. (An abbreviated version of this story appeared in the January 2008 issue of Playthings magazine.) More
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