The holidays have come and gone. In your mind, you’re thinking that you have to wait until fall to see new toys make it to the retailers; In reality, new toys are hitting the shelves as you read this.
The holidays are over, but new toys still hit the shelves Read More »
As I am writing this, I am sitting in a hotel room in Hong Kong. For those who aren’t familiar with how the toy industry works, hundreds of toy companies gather in Hong Kong every January. They set up in offices they have here, or in hotels to show buyers around the world their newest toy offerings for 2010.
Néih hóu (Hello) from Hong Kong! Read More »
You’re looking for a Zhu Zhu pet or a Mindflex and you can’t find one anywhere. It’s at the top of your child’s wish list, and you need to come up with this toy (this is where we need to define “need vs. want”. What should you do?
It’s SOLD OUT!!!!!! Read More »
Predicted to be the most popular and best selling products of Holiday 2009, the Time to Play Most Wanted list is organized in ascending age order. Following is a detailed description of each of the 16 products named to the list. Would you like to see the items and find out why the editors selected
TTPM Holiday 2009 Most Wanted Toys Read More »
As I’ve previously written, the Construction category is a very hot category in the toy business. From Lego having another banner year, to the great early success of Halo Wars from Mega brands, kids have rediscovered building toys.
Trio Building System Read More »
Okay, we aren’t talking literally on fire. We’re talking about the construction toy category that is having a very strong year, despite the economy and despite the popular, though incorrect, notion that kids only want to play with electronics.
Construction Toys – On Fire Read More »
I was always a game player from the time I was a young child. The first game I remember playing was the card game Mille Bornes. While I played and owned a zillion games, I had some favorites. The original Skittle Bowl was awesome; as it had wooden pins that made a great crashing sound when you hit them (it’s just not the same with plastic pins!). NBA Basket was another one of my favorites. I still have my original game from the 60’s as I couldn’t part with it. But the game I was a little crazy about was Battling Tops.
Battle of the tops! Read More »
Tell the gaming dad in your life Happy Father’s Day with a little help from Punch-out!!
Father’s Day Love Courtesy of Punch-Out!! Read More »
I’ve been inventing and designing toys professionally for close to 15 years now. When I look back on everything that I’ve worked on it’s really hard to choose which one is my favorite. Over the years we’ve worked on a lot here at Design Edge. We’ve worked on things from Tickle Me Elmo to the Godfather Trivia Game. That’s why it was difficult when my fellow blogger, Jim Silver, asked me to write a blog entry on my favorite toy that I’ve ever worked on… what a challenge! It’s like picking a favorite child… impossible.
I just go back from the licensing show in Las Vegas. I always enjoy visiting the show as it gives me a preview of what’s coming down the road in terms of toys and entertainment
Las Vegas Licensing Show: Transformers, GI Joe, Toy Story 3 and more… Read More »
There’s a new radio control toy hitting the shelves, and this one will have people talking. It’s called Duck Hunter, and it’s exactly how it sounds. I first got a chance to play with this toy when I visited Interactive Toy concepts six weeks ago. There’s a radio control duck that flies around and you use your infrared shooter to first stun the duck, and on the third hit, the ducks wings will disengage and the duck will fall to the ground.
Spring is finally here! When the warm weather arrives, I know by the young kids playing on the block I live. It feels like the Daytona 500 with all of the Power Wheels vehicles driving on our street, except real racecar drivers are more conservative. Different types of balls everywhere, and bubbles everywhere.
Now that the warm weather is starting to roll in for many of us, it’s time to look at the some of the cool new toys for the spring and summer.
Ah, yes, if we didn’t need something else to get our knickers in a twist over, now there is evidently “controversy” over the fact that Dora the Explorer is growing up.
Dora – GASP – Grows Up Read More »
She’s blonde, she beautiful, she’s got style, she’s an American icon, she doesn’t look a day over 25, but she’s 50 this month.
Happy Birthday Barbie! Read More »
While walking the aisles of this years Toy Fair, I came across hundreds of spectacular games for all ages. Here are some of my favorite new games for preschoolers that are coming out later this year
Top Preschool Games for 2009 Read More »
I thought I’d take this opportunity to introduce everyone out there to the greatest toy that never was, Senor Sandwich.
A funny thing happened on the way to 2009 last week. It seems that sometime during the early morning hours of New Year’s Eve, every Microsoft 30GB Zune device on the planet froze. The incident, has been dubbed “Z2K9,” a reference to the Y2K non-event of 2000, which occurred (or didn’t occur) nine years ago
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