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Kremer – most famed for his discovery and popularisation of the Rubik’s Cube – died peacefully at home on May 24th 2017.

Harbottle & Lewis' Jeremy Morton looks at why a recent advisory trademark ruling regarding the Rubik’s Cube presents a “massive blow” to its UK owner, Seven Towns.

This year will see the return of toy icons Stretch Armstrong, View-Master and Teletubbies to shelves. This week, while we're feeling all nostalgic, the ToyNews team is making pleas to the industry to bring back some other classics. Next up, Robert Hutchins discusses his love of Boglins.

This week, Seven Towns’ Steve Perrin, Ooba’s Max Ford, Bananagrams’ Rena Nathanson, Wow! Stuff’s Richard North and Jenga creator Leslie Scott discuss how tech is changing the inventing landscape.

This week, Seven Towns’ Steve Perrin, Ooba’s Max Ford, Wow! Stuff’s Richard North, Jenga creator Leslie Scott and Bananagrams’ Rena Nathanson discuss whether, with more and more inventors getting to market through platforms like Kickstarter, the current landscape is as good as it’s ever been for toy and game inventors.

This week, Seven Towns’ Steve Perrin, Ooba’s Max Ford, Wow! Stuff’s Richard North, Jenga creator Leslie Scott and Bananagrams’ Rena Nathanson discuss the effect of copycats and the double edged sword that is becoming a brand.

Today, we kick off our staggered coverage of a roundtable discussion between Seven Towns’ Steve Perrin, Ooba’s Max Ford, Wow! Stuff’s Richard North, Jenga creator and co-founder of Oxford Games Leslie Scott and Bananagrams’ Rena Nathanson. First up, the group share how they took their first steps in the industry.

290 execs from the UK toy industry raise record amount of funds for three nominated charities.

Bev and Pam embarked on their journey into the toy industry 14 years ago. The pair now find their Sea Lion-themed board game on the shelves of Toys R Us across France.

UK firm Seven Towns has won protection for the iconic puzzle, fending off challenge from German toy manufacturer.