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The children’s audio system Tonies has added a slate of Disney and Pixar characters to its line up of licensed character Tonies, welcoming children’s favourites Frozen, Cinderella, Toy Story and Finding Nemo to the fold. The new characters will join the portfolio in October and November this year ahead of …
Read More »A bountiful Toy of the Year Awards for Mattel ends with four major category wins
Mattel celebrated its most bountiful Toy of the Year Awards – the annual awards ceremony that precedes New York Toy Fair each year – to date, with a total of four wins across Action Figure of the Year, Game of the Year, Infant/toddler toy of the year, and Vehicle of …
Read More »USAopoly to launch Toy Story collector’s chess and deck-building card game
USAopoly has detailed its latest collaboration, this time with Disney and Pixar for a raft of Toy Story licensed games. The range – which includes a Collector’s Chess Set inspired by the franchise, and a co-op deck-building game called Toy Story: Obstacles and Adventures, will land this autumn. Disney and …
Read More »Disney-Pixar release latest Toy Story 4 trailer
Disney has released the second full-length trailer for this summer’s Toy Story 4, offering audiences a better idea of just who Duke Caboom – the daredevil bike riding toy voiced by Keanu Reeves – really is. Toy Story’s famed collection of original toys, including Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the Potato …
Read More »Charms race: How is tech becoming the lead character in today’s movie toy launches?
Films today have become a battleground for technology and explosive entertainment, and with that has come a greater expectation from the toys that tie it all together. Robert Hutchins takes a look at how tech is fast becoming the lead character in today’s movie toy launches
Read More »Toy Fair 2019: Collapsing Woody and Buzz break new tech toy ground for Disney and Toy Story brand
Thinkway Toys has unveiled a new line of advanced tech Toy Story 4 toys ahead of the film's launch this June.
Read More »Disney strikes deal with Simba Dickie for Toy Story 4 RC line ahead of movie next year
Siso toys UK, the new UK subsidiary of the Simba Dickie Group will market and distribute the range across the UK from April next year.
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