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The Toy Book Presents First-Ever Sweet Suite @ Home: Retailer Day
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PlayMonster’s Snap Ships Blast into Retail, Invite Kids to ‘Build to Battle’
Wisconsin-based PlayMonster is blasting into a whole new realm with its first franchise-based toy line. Developed over the past couple of years, Snap Ships is a new brand for kids ages 8 and up that combines action play and construction — two of the hottest play categories — for an immersive experience across a fully realized world that includes an animated series and companion app.
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Toronto’s Toys, Toys, Toys Files Bankruptcy, Immediately Liquidates Stores
Canadian retailer Toys, Toys, Toys (aka Toys Cubed) has filed for bankruptcy protection and will liquidate immediately. Danbury Global Ltd. and A.D. Hennick & Associates Inc. are conducting liquidation sales at the five remaining Toys, Toys, Toys locations in the Greater Toronto area.
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Hand2mind Teams with Kipp Academy to Help Kids in Need
Award-winning educational resource company, hand2mind, recently teamed up with Kipp Academy in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood to help curb the ‘COVID slide’ for more than 100 students. For more than 50 years, hand2mind has provided high-quality, hands-on materials to expand their core curriculum with resources spanning math, science, STEM, and literacy. The company donated educational products including a variety of 20 unique educational tools that span classroom curriculum, including toys, books, writing journals, rock sets, balls, and timers.
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Crazy Aaron’s Steps Up to Sponsor The Toy Foundation’s Toy Bank
The Pennsylvania-based company behind the popular line of Thinking Putty will donate $10,000 to the cause and will release a special-edition putty crafted in The Toy Bank’s signature orange color. A portion of the sales from each tin of putty will benefit The Toy Foundation, which has provided more than $225 million in toys to more than 26 million kids in need since its founding in 2003.
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Hasbro, Universal Reveal Transformers x Back to the Future Collaboration
In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Back to the Future (BTTF) franchise, Hasbro introduced a time-traveling Transformers Autobot character named Gigawatt. The 5.5-inch “robot in disguise” transforms into the iconic DeLorean Time Machine in 17 steps. A four-issue comic book miniseries from IDW will debut this fall to explore how Transformers fit into the BTTF lore.
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Moose Toys Expands Heroes of Goo Jit Zu, Treasure X Lines
Summer is heating up for Moose Toys as the Australian toymaker expands its offerings for two popular brands. New characters from the Marvel Universe are joining the Heroes of Goo Jit Zu, and, just in time for Shark Week, the new Treasure X Sunken Gold Shark’s Treasure sails into stores.
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Far Out Toys Expands Pact with pocket.watch for Ryan’s World; Love, Diana
Far Out Toys and pocket.watch are rolling out more toys and games developed for the YouTube generation. The company launched a new game based on the Ryan’s World franchise this week and plans to release a full line of “Love, Diana” figures, dolls, and playsets for next year.
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Le Toy Van Opens All-New U.S. Webstore for Heirloom-Quality Wooden Toys
Designed in London with a dash of French flair, Le Toy Van has been in business since 1995, but online buyers have typically been faced with calculating British pounds versus U.S. dollars in order to make a purchase. This week, that changes.
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Fighting Knockoff Toys with Robert Cook on the ‘Power Kid Podcast’
In this week’s episode of the “Power Kid Podcast,” host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design speaks with Robert Cook, sales manager at Verisk Financial G2. Cook and his team help manufacturers protect themselves from the ever-present risk of knockoffs, counterfeit, and copycat products. They also provide guidance to assist companies in their efforts to avoid copycat situations in the first place.
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Licensing International Offers COVID-19 Relief Grants for Small Businesses
As the world continues to face the economic impact of COVID-19, Licensing International is ready to help small businesses in the brand licensing industry that have faced hardship due to the pandemic. This month, Licensing International launched the Small Business Global Grants Fund, which will provide $5,000 grants (in local currency) to as many small employers as possible around the world.
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YuMe Toys Teams Up with Canspan BMG
YuMe Toys entered into a new partnership with Canspan BMG. Under the new deal, Canspan will support YuMe Toys’ forthcoming summer and fall product launches. Since 2017, Maxx Group’s YuMe Toys has been issuing plush toys and other collectibles in partnership with top licensors. The YuMe Toys line includes popular franchises from Warner Bros. Consumer Products, including J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the DC Universe, Scooby-Doo, Tomy & Jerry, Looney Tunes, and more.
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Walmart Brings Summer Fun with Drive-in Movies, Virtual Camp
Camp by Walmart is not your ordinary day camp — instead, Walmart has enlisted the help of Camp toy stores and some major celebrities to step into the role of counselors to lead kids through arts and crafts, fitness challenges, talent shows, and more.
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SDCC: NECA Breaks Out Exclusives Featuring Gremlins, TMNT, More
In the absence of the summer convention season, NECA is unveiling its planned exclusives with the help of retail partners, including Walmart and Target. The company has already shown a Gremlins action figure inspired by the 1984 Olympics, and a collection of music-themed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures and apparel.
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Chuggington Rides the Rails with Union Pacific, Safe Kids Worldwide
Herschend Entertainment Studios (HES) inked a new national partnership deal for Chuggington. Under the new agreement, Chuggington will partner with Union Pacific Railroad and Safe Kids Worldwide to reach kids, parents, and educators with important messaging about rail safety. The partnership arrives on the heels of Chuggington: Tales from the Rails, which debuted on Disney Junior and in DisneyNOW last month.
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Hornby Hobbies, Corgi Introduce the Hornby Centenary Bristol Lodekka Bus
Hornby Hobbies is continuing its 100th anniversary celebration with a #Hornby100 social media takeover filled with new product announcements. The month-long campaign kicked off with a collaboration between the company’s Hornby and Corgi brands: the Hornby Centenary Bristol Lodekka double-decker bus.
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Genius Brands, POW! Entertainment Plot ‘Stan Lee Universe’
Under the deal, Stan Lee Universe will assume worldwide rights, in perpetuity, to the name, physical likeness, physical signature, live-action and animated motion picture, television, online, digital, publishing, comic book, merchandising and licensing rights to Stan Lee and select intellectual property (IP) that he created post-Marvel Entertainment.
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Heather Oster Joins Spin Master as VP, Global Franchise Development
Toronto-based Spin Master Corp. is expanding its Hollywood ambitions. The company hired Heather Oster to serve as its vice president, global franchise development. Oster, who will be based in Spin Master’s Los Angeles office, will report to Spin Master Entertainment’s executive vice president Jennifer Dodge. Oster previously led consumer products and franchise management programs for both animated and live-action franchises at the Walt Disney Co., Pixar, Universal, and DreamWorks across brands including Disney•Pixar Cars, Jurassic World, Disney Princess, Toy Story, The Muppets, and Trolls.
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Gaumont Animation Chief Upped to President at Gaumont U.S.
Following the recent addition of former Amazon Studios development executive Michelle Sullivan to lead the expansion of its kids and family slate, Gaumont U.S. has a new face at the helm. Nicolas Atlan, former president of Gaumont Animation and Family will serve as president of Gaumont U.S. The company will consolidate its U.S. operations under Atlan.
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