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Serious business.
“… toy sales worldwide grew nearly 5% in 2010 to $83 billion, with the U.S. market contributing $22 billion of that …”
“Collectors are often highly gifted experts …”
“At the same time, though, collecting also encourages some of our most dangerous and base qualities: possessiveness, acquisitiveness, the lust for power.”
Mattel’s Man In Space.
“Tom Hanks is an unabashed Matt man, and astronauts over the years have been rumored to have taken him into space with them.”
“… I hope this gift makes you smile …”
“… the Gaithersburg girl collected about 850 toys to be delivered to children who live in orphanages in Tohoku, Japan.”
The Headmasters.
“It’s interesting to watch those characters change culturally.”
CEOs at play.
“Toy industry executives always fight to come up with the next great high-tech gadget or complex video game. But as children, many enjoyed the simplicity of colored blocks or miniature cars.”
Toys in the hood.
“You need to be an engineer, plus an eclectic specialist in non-specialization. You have to have a childlike imagination.”
“The Secret World Of WWE Figure Collecting”.
“You kind of know you have arrived when you get an action figure.”
The Coming of ROM.
“In those days, it was difficult to get top-tier creators to work on licensed-property books.” (See also.)
Mattel goes to the movies.
“Star Wars guarantees $500 million in sales a year. The Green Lantern is probably just 1/25th the size of that property and probably only 1/10th of a Spider-Man deal.”