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LEGO, RLA and Cra-z-Art executives will join a roster of 71 toy industry luminaries, including Jim Henson and George Lucas who have been inducted, into the Hall since it was established in 1984.

The annual feature aims to help toy companies make the most of the media coverage around next year's Toy Fair season.

Hopeful retailers have until this Friday to submit their entries for the industry awards

The body looked at the US Public Interest Research Group's 2015 "Trouble in Toyland" report and W.A.T.C.H's 2015 "10 Worst Toys" list and found the data to be unreliable.

To kick off the partnership, Fundamentally Children founder Dr. Amanda Gummer will provide a series of articles based on her book Play for The Genius of Play’s website.

"The early registration numbers are an encouraging sign that Toy Fair continues to be a productive and not-to-miss event for buyers, licensors, trend spotters, and other play lovers.”

“India poses exciting opportunities for toy manufacturing, but it remains a relatively high-risk country from a responsible sourcing perspective," said Carmel Giblin, CEO and president, ICTI CARE.

“Our goal is to create an event with a fresh, two-year format that will deliver best-in-class content and speakers that are relevant and inspiring to inventors and designers, marketing and PR professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives.”

New for 2016, retailers will get the chance to submit three testimonials from suppliers.

The free app allows users to save their favourite play ideas and share them with friends via social media, text or email.