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PlanToys has some of the best wooden toys out there, from playsets to individual toys, and there’s a lot more benefits to these types of toys than you may realize. I had the opportunity to revie...

Sharon Price John of Build-A-Bear Workshop Elected as Chairperson of the Board of Directors   NEW YORK, NY | March 7, 2024 – The Toy AssociationTM today announced the election of seven ne...

  We recently conducted our annual survey of Toy Association members to learn about the issues that matter to their businesses. In gathering this feedback from small, medium, and large compani...

  Hi, Chris! Tell us a little about Tempest Workshop and your role there. My name is Chris Rowlands and I am the Studio Director for Tempest Workshop, a new board game design and development ...

Do you want to make a game and get it on store shelves?I’m asked this all the time, and figured I might as well make a cheat sheet for the two main paths you can take, and what may come up in ei...

New Licensees include Global Toymaker Wyncor Launching MassiveLicensed Memory Foam in Plush Line Under MiraballTM️ Brand Worldwide Fiber-in-Slime Furry Compound is Most RecentPatented Tactile Senso...

The Human Element: Overcoming the Resistance That Awaits New Ideas by Loran Nordgren and David Schonthal is all about what it takes to successfully introduce a new idea into the world. Nordgren and Sc...

Robert \"Bob\" Fuhrer is for the toy industry what a producer is for the film industry; a mastermind who brings together creatives, engineers, and business minds to put out incredible toy products. In...

Geri’s Game is an award-winning short film produced by Pixar about an elderly man playing a game of chess against himself. The man, Geri, sets up his chessboard on a table in the park on an autu...

Toy Story of Terror! is a special Halloween-themed short film featuring the whole Toy Story gang. The toys are in the trunk of Bonnie’s car, headed to Grandma’s house. To entertain themsel...

Tait & Lily, Inventors of Betcha Can't!