http://www.toynews-online.biz/features Latest features from ToyNews en-uk Copyright 2010, Intent Media http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/238/NPD-Outdoor-market-stats Sales of outdoor and sports toys are always reliant on weather and 2009 was no exception. The summer saw two peaks during spells of good weather and the early snowfall in December gave the category another boost... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:51:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/238/NPD-Outdoor-market-stats http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/237/HERO-PRODUCT-Interplay Its share of the science and nature market is something that the team at Interplay is vehemently proud of and one it expects to build on, adding products such as the Wild Science Ant-O-Sphere to to its portfolio... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:18:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/237/HERO-PRODUCT-Interplay http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/236/CAMPAIGN-OF-THE-MONTH-Flair-Create The Flair Create range boasts further new additions this year and is backed with a spend comprising TV, PR and print... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:23:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/236/CAMPAIGN-OF-THE-MONTH-Flair-Create http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/235/NPD-Success-for-toys-amid-last-years-economic-crisis A look back over 2009 shows a market of two halves... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:35:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/235/NPD-Success-for-toys-amid-last-years-economic-crisis http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/234/The-rise-of-Great-Gizmos Great Gizmos has charted a simple but determined rise over its 13-year history. Head honchos Ian and Judith Dayus explain their down-to-earth approach... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:34:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/234/The-rise-of-Great-Gizmos http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/233/HERO-PRODUCT-Wowwee-Paper-Jamz Firm is launching a unique range of paper-thin guitars and drums with touch sensitive technology, backed with an extensive marketing campaign... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:34:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/233/HERO-PRODUCT-Wowwee-Paper-Jamz http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/232/CAMPAIGN-OF-THE-MONTH-Tomy-Micro-Pets-i We look at the latest addition to the Micro Pets brand and the campaign that Tomy hopes will make it into the biggest toy hit of 2010... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/232/CAMPAIGN-OF-THE-MONTH-Tomy-Micro-Pets-i http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/230/Cast-Iron-certs Hasbro's 2010 offering will be lead by Iron Man 2. Elsewhere there's news in games and girls, plus a comeback for Tonka. Oh, and Beyblades are back... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:39:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/230/Cast-Iron-certs http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/229/Winners-and-losers Jon Salisbury has seen a few recessions come and go in his time as a toy journalist but, who have been the winners and losers this time around...? Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:32:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/229/Winners-and-losers http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/228/That-was-Den Toy inventors have been regular visitors to the BBC's Dragons' Den. We catch up with some of the previous applicants to find out where they are now... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:36:00 +0000 http://www.toynews-online.biz/features/228/That-was-Den