Award-winning global independent animation studio ZAG has signed an agreement with Born Licensing, a brand licensing agency focused on licensing for the purpose of advertising and marketing, to represent the company’s flagship property, Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. The announcement was made by Jeremy Zag, Founder and CEO, ZAG.
Autobots, roll out! Award-winning future culture company Mighty Jaxx and artist QUICCS are excited to announce the final piece of the Transformers x QUICCS collaboration with Optimus Prime. This limited figure features the leader of the Autobots throwing down some hot tunes on his boombox to complete the dance battle originally started with Megatron, Bumblebee, and Soundwave.
TOTY award-winning Create A Castle has signed an agreement with TOMY Australia in which the firm’s line of innovative sand castle construction sets will be distributed in Australia for the upcoming Christmas season. “We’re excited to be partnering with the team at Create A Castle, especially since building sand castles is one of the iconic pastimes for so many Australian parents and their children,” stated Mark Robertson, Managing Director, TOMY Australia, “and the unique attractions of their range of products will help create even more fun and memorable moments as they build professional looking sand castles with these detailed sculpting playsets.”
Abner Silverio has joined the leadership team at Fun In Motion Toys in the newly created position of Vice President/Product Development. The news was announced by Kevin Daniels, Founding President. Silverio brings 25 years of Management and Operational leadership to this new post, with considerable experience in IT, manufacturing, engineering and factory operations, as well as negotiation skills and expertise in the supplier/vendor market and supply chain/logistics management, including 15 years of service with several leading firms in China.
TTPM, the leader in video product reviews for toys, baby, and pet gear announced their Best of Baby 2022 List. The list features the best Baby Gear across 10 categories, designed to educate parents.
Over the weekend, the Alma Train Party was held in Grand Central Station, inviting local families to show up and celebrate with Alma’s Way series creator Sonia Manzano. The event was a rousing success, seeing high attendance from children and their families. The special “block party”-like event featured activities and stations from some of the Bronx’s most famous institutes.
Moose Toys, a leading innovator in the toy industry, revealed today that its newest mystifyingly magical toy, Magic Mixies Magical Crystal Ball will be available for pre-sale at major retailers Sept. 1 and in-store on Oct. 1. Following in the spellbinding footsteps of last year’s global holiday sales phenom, Magic Mixies Magic Cauldron, the toymaker also predicts this much anticipated expansion of the Magic Mixies lineup will disappear from shelves this holiday season. Prior to launch, Crystal Ball already received early toy industry buzz with a 2022 Creative Toy of the Year nomination from The Toy Foundation.
Kess, a third-generation toy and game company, announced that it has reached its funding goal of $20,000 on Kickstarter for its new Drop Dots D20 Jumbo Dice, a feat it accomplished in just two weeks that was backed by over eager 150 fans. With the introduction of Drop Dots D20 Jumbo Dice, Kess aims to reinvent traditional table-top game play by offering a more vibrant and lively experience through the introduction of bright colors and fun, new textures. Now that it has reached the funding goal, Drop Dots D20 Jumbo Dice are expected to begin shipping June 2023.
This Fall, fans of Cry Babies Magic Tears will have even more to love as IMC Toys signs deals with three leading licensing partners to create products in the publishing, arts and crafts, daywear, nightwear, swimwear and luggage categories. Bendon will bring the characters kids love so much to life within multiple activity books, storybooks, and arts and crafts activity sets. Happy Threads will have kids looking stylish with a full range of daywear including dresses, cardigans, jackets, sweaters and more. Adding to the daywear offerings will be Intimo, who will be producing licensed pajamas, swimwear, backpacks, bags, and lunch bags and cases.