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The Antique-Collectible Toy and Doll World Show.
“I don’t care if there is inflation, deflation or the dollar changes … toys will sell …”
Toy industry holds steady.
“Much of the action in the $22 billion U.S. toy industry … is expected to be in the $20 or less category.”
Hasbro and The Hub.
“We were no longer just competing with additional toy and game companies. … The entertainment companies were desirous of signing space in toy departments around the world.”
TH3 Project.
“… does a better job or presenting that 70’s aesthetic than any other toy line I know.”
“Boy sells his toys to raise money for dad’s headstone.”
“His gravesite has been marked only by some of Blake’s toys … Blake sold off almost all his toys, keeping only the special ones that his father had given him.” (See also.)
Kid toy reviewers.
“… Mattel needs to be very aware of the fine line it was treading between indulging a child’s every wish and possible exploitation.”
Licensed to kill creativity?
“Is there a danger in spoon-feeding kids too many preconceived personalities and not allowing them to express their individuality through more creative play?”
Lego brick trademark cancelled.
“If Lego had been allowed to keep its brick registration it could potentially renew it indefinitely and thereby impede the use by others of the same or similar solutions.”
Plasticine.
“… its recent revival had been helped, in part, by James May … who used the 2.6 tonnes of the clay to make a garden … for the Chelsea Flower Show.”
Mattel CEO Bob Eckert on the industry.
“… people are taking toy brands and making entertainment properties out of them…. We’re not going to go away.”