Blogs

  Hi Noah! Please share with our readers your roles and responsibilities in the toy industry.   I’m a co-founder of Squaregles, where we create construction toys that kids can bui...

  What are your roles and responsibilities in our industry? I have spent twenty years helping to grow PlayMonster from a family-owned board game manufacturer to a multi-se...

Is “Quiet Quitting” a Solution for Burnout? By Nancy Zwiers   As the “The Great Re-Set” unfolds, traditional values and behaviors about work are getting up-ended. ...

There are a handful of eBay auctions up right now for a particular set of six trading cards packaged in a special cardboard presentation box. They’re all comfortably reaching toward $1,500 and t...

  Every May, while many parents are celebrating high school graduations and preparing to tearfully send their teens off to college, there is another group of parents tearfully welcoming their ...

“Light Bulb Baking: A History of the Easy-Bake Oven” by Todd Coopee is a delightful step into the past with one of the world’s most well-known and well-loved toys: the Easy-Bake Oven...

Toys exciting and New 🎶 🎵 Come aboard, were expecting you!Love, life\'s sweetest reward,Let it flow, it floats back to youThe Toy Boat soon will be making a run, The Toy Boat promises something f...

“Paid to Play: The Business of Game Design” by Keith A. Meyers is the perfect manual for anyone with an idea for a game. In this quick yet thorough book, Meyers breaks down every single st...

DALL-E and How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect the Future of Toy Design By Lev Nelson Read time: 5 mins 24 secs (don’t worry there are lots of pictures)   Imagine a world where any ...

How Coachable Are You? By Nancy Zwiers A life-long mentor, I decided during the pandemic to get certified as an Executive Coach.  Now with more than 200 hours of coaching under my belt, I want ...