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Disney has added a new line up of adaptive roleplay kids’ costumes and wheelchair cover set to a range it launched last year, bolstering its inclusive play lines with the addition of costumes inspired by Marvel Studio’s Black Panther, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and a The Mandalorian Wheelchair cover set. …
Read More »Disney content and licensing hit hard by Covid-19 but consumer products offer glimmer of hope
Content sales and licensing revenues at the Walt Disney Company have suffered big losses at the hands of the pandemic with dramatic decreases of 56 per cent and an operating income decrease of 78 per cent driven primarily by the closure of theatres, parks and experiences over the course of …
Read More »Mattel’s Real Moves The Child plush steals show at Disney’s first Mando Monday
It was a new remote-control plush version of The Child – affectionately otherwise known as Baby Yoda – from Mattel that stole the show when Disney Consumer Products and Lucasfilm finally lifted the lid on a swathe of new Star Wars toys and products during its first ever Mando Monday …
Read More »USAopoly to showcase its first Star Wars cooperative game at UK Games Expo
There has been a disturbance in the Force as USAopoly and Disney Consumer Products UK detail the launch of Star Wars: Dark Side Rising, a new cooperative card and dice game. Inspired by the events leading up to and through Star Wars: A New Hope, the game sees players work …
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