Product Showcase: Monsters By Karyn M. Peterson - 08/11/2009
Aug. 10, 2009—This week’s Product Showcase features monster-themed products from Alex, All New Materials, Basic Fun, Crown Crafts, Jakks Pacific and Random House.
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Product Showcase: Dinosaur toys By Staff - 07/28/2009
July 28, 2009—This week’s Product Showcase features dinosaur-themed products from Briarpatch, Creative Toy Shop, Endless Games, ImagiPlay, Peaceable Kingdom Press, Safari and Wild Planet.
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Product Showcase: Monkeys By Karyn M. Peterson - 07/07/2009
July 7, 2009—This week’s Product Showcase features monkey-themed products from Accoutrements, All New Materials, Kids Preferred, Mary Meyer, Midwest and My Pillow Pets.
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Product Showcase: 3-D Puzzles By Karyn M. Peterson - 06/30/2009
June 30, 2009—This week’s Product Showcase features 3-D puzzles from Boikido, Family Games, FoxMind Games, Imagiplay and Ravensburger.
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Product Showcase: Puzzles By Karyn M. Peterson - 06/23/2009
This week’s Product Showcase features puzzles from B.Dazzle, Buffalo Games, Outset Media, Pressman Toy, University Games and USAopoly.
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Product Showcase: Impulse Toys By Karyn M. Peterson - 06/10/2009
This week’s Product Showcase features impulse toys from Alex, Dark Horse, Imperial Toys, Just For Kicks and Scratch Art.
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Product Showcase: Active & Outdoor Toys By Staff - 05/22/2009
May 22, 2009—This week’s Product Showcase features active and outdoor toys from Alex, Funrise, Fundex, Hasbro, HQ Kites and Step2.
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Product Showcase: Word Games By Karyn M. Peterson - 05/12/2009
May 12, 2009—This week's Product Showcase features word games from Endless Games, Fundex, InnovativeKids, University Games and Winning Moves.
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Product Showcase: Arts & Crafts By Karyn M. Peterson - 04/28/2009
This week’s Product Showcase features new arts & crafts toys from Alex, Bandai, Delta Creative, Fisher-Price and Sassafras.
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Product Showcase: Dice Games By Karyn M. Peterson - 04/14/2009
This week's Product Showcase spotlights dice-based games from Blue Orange, Fundex, Gamewright, GoZone Games, Haywire Group and Winning Moves.
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Product Showcase: Water Toys By Karyn M. Peterson - 04/07/2009
This week's Product Showcase spotlights new water toys from Fundex, Great American, Prime Time, SwimWays and Toy Quest.
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What's Selling Staff - 04/01/2009
Spring Awakening Belmont, Mass. Belmont Toys Puzzles of all sizes have been "huge" in the post-holiday period, with games, playsets and other indoor activity items holding their own ahead of the spring/summer rush for outdoor playthings, according to Belmont's Beth Dodd. "Puzzles have been flying out of here," she tells Playthings.
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Making A Big Splash By Karyn M. Peterson - 04/01/2009
As the northern states begin warming and spring gets underway across the country, thoughts of summer playtime are never far behind. Now is the time when every kid begins dreaming of long summer days filled with outdoor fun—whether in the yard, at the pool or at the beach—and the time when toy retailers are stocking up on the best in new water-based playthings.
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First Time Exhibitors Karyn M. Peterson - 04/01/2009
It's always inspiring to see a fresh crop of manufacturers at Toy Fair for the first time. Whether a brand new company just joining the toy biz or a small-scale outfit stepping onto a larger stage, many debuted outstanding products at this year's show. Here are just a few of our favorites. The Organic Shape Sorter from Dandelion is just one of several soft developmental baby toys that the new c...
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Expanding Kids' Horizons By Colleen Bohen - 04/01/2009
'The world does not revolve around me." That appears to be the message of a number of manufacturers who have recently entered the multicultural toy market. While the category may have historically evolved as a movement to provide children of various ethnic backgrounds with toys that reflect their own traits and experiences, these days it seems the prevailing driver for many of the latest entran...
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Making Sense Of It All By Richard Gottlieb - 04/01/2009
Each year I attend as many toy industry events as possible in order to get a feeling for what is happening in Toy Nation. I want to know how business is being conducted, what trends are in force, and what the future looks like. In short, I want to know what makes us tick. In February I attended the American International Toy Fair in New York.
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Our Toy Fair Favorites Cliff Annicelli and Karyn M. Peterson - 04/01/2009
There's a lot to see each year at the American International Toy Fair. This year there were more than 100,000 products on display from toymakers from all around the world, including thousands of brand new products for 2009. Remembering them all, frankly, is no easy feat. The products that do make an impression, though, have usually done so for a reason.
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D.I.Y. Delights Cliff Annicelli - 04/01/2009
After a 1 percent sales gain in 2008, toymakers are looking to further jump-start their arts and crafts offerings this year with products that stand out from the traditional mainstays of what is a very traditional category. Their timing couldn't be better. With financial jitters keeping so many consumers home in order to conserve precious cash, arts and crafts kits should get a welcome boost as...
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Product Showcase: Card Games By Karyn M. Peterson - 03/24/2009
March 24, 2009—This week’s Product Showcase features new card games from Briarpatch, Fundex, Gamewright, Playroom Entertainment, Upper Deck and Winning Moves.
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Product Showcase: Toddler Toys By Karyn M. Peterson - 03/17/2009
This week's Product Showcase features toddler toys from Boikido, Crayola, Haba USA, Imagiplay, Maxim Enterprise and Playskool. (March 16, 2009)
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