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The Magic of our Mirror Neurons By Nancy Zwiers Can you decipher the emotions behind these expressions?  People across the world can...all becasue of mirror neurons. Discovery--In 1997, resear...

Lindsay Pierce has joined the Revenew Sales team!     Lindsay has been named VP-Sales and will be handling mid-tier Key Account retailers with whom she has built successful relationsh...

Question:  Which is more difficult—getting on a kid’s wish list or staying on it long enough to get purchased?   Answer:   Ahh…the wish list conundrum. This is...

Electricity Supply Issues in China Electricity is suddenly in short supply across China. In recent days, factories began getting notices from their local electric utility that they were being forced ...

VOTING NOW OPEN FOR THE 2021 TOY & GAME INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS - the TAGIEs People of Play (POP) are now accepting votes for the innovative and inspiring TAGIE nominees. Vote for your fa...

It was Toy Fair a few years back, and as has often the custom when I dine with folks from the Old Company, stories began to surface about Ramon.  A truly larger-than-life Cuban-American, Ramon wa...

  A makeshift backyard birthday party favor accidentally launched Texas-based entrepreneur and current VP of Sales and Marketing at Zing, Beaver Raymond, into the toy business!   In 200...

It’s About Time! What’s Time Management? “Time management” refers to the way that you organize and plan how long you spend on specific activities.  The benefits are enor...

The Charades Parade! My mother, Dorothy “Dot” Garman, LOVED the game of charades, much to the chagrin of the rest of our family.  When Dot brought up playing, you would hear the most...

Meet Andrew Innes| Celebrating 1 Million Anomia Games Sold Win Your Very Own Custom Anomia Game! Andrew Innes started Anomia Press in May of 2009. However, a lot happened before that. He came up wit...

Reuben Klamer, toy industry icon and inventor of the classic board game The Game of Life, died at home in La Jolla, CA on September 14, 2021. He was 99 and left this world reluctantly, telling a recen...

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The commute up to the Disney offices in Burbank was always a pain, so I usually headed out early.  On this particular morning, I was already in the car by 6 am.  The local news was saying so...

Creative Problem Solving:  Think Differently! Convergent and Divergent Thinking Both convergent and divergent thinking are instrumental in the brainstorming process. Neither one is more importa...

*Opinion Article - Concepts below are explained with a lack of detail for ease of comprehension* It\'s rare that something has the potential to change everything The wheel The lightbulb The inter...

Working for a company whose headquarters is in another country can have its challenges. The thinking coming out of UBTECH Robotics HQ in China was brilliant, but for the most part not aligned with...

In my opinion, a “learning centered” experience/environment for a team means that entire experiences (planned and unplanned conversations) are team member centered.  The team members ...

THE AMERICA INVENTS ACT: A DECADE OF STOLEN DREAMS - SEPTEMBER 16, 2021   My Bunch O Balloons Invention I quit my corporate job in 2006 to become a full time inventor and entrepreneur. It was ...

Who’s your drummer?   Damn.  Charlie Watts.  In the macabre bingo game that is guessing who from the Rolling Stones would go next, did anyone think Keith would outlive Charlie?&...

Some of the lines that are the most fun to work on, are those to which you feel a personal connection, and in turn inspire creativity when the time is right. This brand and this toy are the direct res...

How is 2021?  Ready to make some changes either in your professional or personal life?  Want to collaborate with others to inspire yourself more? Here are little samplings of some topics to ...

Hey! Hey, you! Struggling to refine your People of Play Profile? Yeah, I get it, I love talking about myself, but when it comes time to put pen to paper…. I scratch no ink. But don’t worr...

Hidden Role: The Brains Behind your Favorite Games --- Creating a business from scratch is hard enough - but manufacturing the product, distributing it, AND running the company, all after quitting y...

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What is your claim to fame in the industry? I’m the president of Panda Mony Toy Brands, and we created the 2021 Toy of the Year nominated Alter Nation brand of action figures.   What are...

What exactly do you do in the industry? I own and operate All Things Equal, a Miami Beach-based board game company I started in 1997 when I drove around the country for 16 weeks selling my first game...

If there is one thing that Bandai Japan can do better than anyone else on this planet, it\'s making poseable figural model kits. We took the incredible success of Gundam and brought it to licenses fans...

Were you a ‘90s kid? Then you’ll probably probably remember some of these iconic Barbie dolls from the decade.   10. Bead Blast Barbie   Image: Amazon    Rel...

In order to be a winner in thinking differently, it is important to remember some basic guidelines. If you can include these, you’ll have a VICTORY! V stands for Vision:Some people like to...

By Mike Fisher, President, GPI, Inc.For years GPI has offered international freight forwarding as one of our many services. Our freight specialist, Erin Gagne, has been working tirelessly to manage wh...