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• FloraCraft recalls 930K science kits
  March 19, 2009—FloraCraft Corp., Ludington, Mich., is recalling approximately 930,000 of its Solar System and DNA kits due to concerns about lead. More
  
• LeapFrog's Katz also chairman
  March 19, 2009—LeapFrog Enterprises has named Jeffrey G. Katz chairman of its board of directors. More
  
• Top brass exit Action Products
  March 18, 2009—Action Products’ president and its chief financial officer resigned from the company last week, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More
  
• Schmults out at FAO
  March 18, 2009—FAO Schwarz has tapped retailing executive Barry Erdos to replace CEO Ed Schmults, effective immediately, the retailer said today. More
  
• Cadaco vet joins TIA's safety effort
  March 18, 2009—Toy Industry Association has appointment Michael T. Perkins as technical outreach director for the trade association’s new Toy Safety Certification Program (TSCP). More
  
• Strong Museum adds video games
  March 18, 2009—Strong National Museum of Play has established the National Center for the History of Electronic Games, dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting electronic games. More
  
• Halloween assocation elects directors 
  March 17, 2009—The Halloween Industry Association has announced its board of directors for the 2009-2010 term. More
  
• 4Kids feels recession's sting in '08 results
  March 16, 2008—4Kids Entertainment saw its full year and fourth quarter 2008 results fall as consumers’ lack of confidence “deeply impacted” the children’s programmer and trading card game marketer’s sales and licensing revenue. More
  
• Upper Deck rolls out Huntik play leagues
  March 16, 2009—Upper Deck has detailed plans for global Organized Play support for its Huntik Trading Card Game. More
  
• Marvel tweaks movie plans through 2012
  March 13, 2009—Marvel Entertainment has revamped the release schedule for self-produced movies that will see the company’s comic book characters featured in summer tent-pole pictures every year through 2012. More
  
• Toy fishing rods recalled for lead
  March 13, 2009—Sporting goods maker Pure Fishing of Columbia, S.C., is recalling 2,600 children’s Shakespeare Casting Game and Fishing Kits because of concerns over high levels of lead. More
  
• Hobby-Lobby sold to holding company
  March 12, 2009—Hobby-Lobby International has been acquired by Family Time Hobbies, a holding company controlled by Nashville area “serial entrepreneur” Mark A. Cleveland, for an undisclosed sum. More
  
• TIA: Safety Act puts $2B crimp in toy biz
  March 11, 2009—A Toy Industry Association survey says that the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act has already cost U.S. toy businesses at least $2 billion and could cost the industry 10 percent of its overall retail value in 2009. More
  
• Infantino recalls 184K baby toys
  March 11, 2009—Infantino is recalling a combined 184,000 infant toys in the U.S. and Canada because of a choking hazard. More
  
• TIA readies lead testing protocol
  March 11, 2009—The Toy Industry Association is close to submitting a recommended testing protocol that it says will “efficiently” verify lead paint limits on toys and children’s products defined in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). More
  
• Action Products offers turn-key retail site
  March 11, 2009—Action Products International’s Action Toys division has launched a turn-key online toy store and a drop-ship program. More
  
• Paramount adds international reps, retailers
  March 9, 2009—Paramount Licensing has signed agreements with three international licensing agencies and two international retailers to leverage its properties. More
  
• Happy Birthday, Barbie!
  In honor of Barbie's 50th anniversary, the following is Playthings' March 1959 story detailing the fashion doll's introduction. More
  
• Toys ‘R’ Us details Barbie birthday plans
  March 6, 2009—Toys “R” Us today announced its plans for marking the 50 th anniversary of Mattel’s Barbie doll. More
  
• Kids Today continues ABC Kids Expo edition
  March 5, 2009— Kids Today magazine has announced it will publish a live edition from the floor of the ABC Kids Expo in September, as it has since the show’s inception seven years ago. More