Archive for January, 2010
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Target Outlines Growth Plans for 2010 and Beyond
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Target Corporation is outlining its growth opportunities for the next five to 10 years. Target plans to continue growth within existing stores by investing approximately $1 billion in the renovation of about 340 existing stores, expanding grocery content in general merchandise stores, and enhancing layout, assortment, and “in-store experience” in areas including beauty, home, electronics, and video games.
Tags: Target
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Ceaco, D3 Publishing Named Licensing Partners for Despicable Me
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Universal Partnerships & Licensing has signed on several new licensing partners for Universal Pictures’ and Illumination Entertainment’s inaugural 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me. The movie is the studio’s first film from Chris Meledandri (Ice Age, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Horton Hears a Who!), who produces through his Universal-based family entertainment company, Illumination Entertainment.
Tags: Ceaco, D3Publisher, Despicable Me, Little Brown Books, Nanco Networks, Rubie's Costume Company, Toy Factory
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LEGO Gives a Sneak Peek: Hero Factory
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
LEGO will introduce its new Hero Factory line at Toy Fair, but the company is giving audiences a sneak peek now. At Hero Factory, heroes are designed, equipped and built according to the special missions they are sent out on. Check out the video after the jump.
Tags: Hero Factory, Lego
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VTech Appointed as Chuggington Global Licensee
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Ludorum plc has appointed VTech as the global licensee for Chuggington electronic learning products. As part of the deal, in June VTech will launch a new Chuggington laptop, for kids ages 3 and older. The VTech Chuggington Laptop features the show’s characters––such as trainees Wilson, Brewster, and Koko––and their real voices. The laptop includes a Wilson-shaped selector, abc keyboard, and the numbers 1-10 to teach kids language, numbers, logic, and games.
Tags: Chuggington, Ludorum, VTech
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Warner Bros. Signs Exclusive Deal for Sesame Street Video Games
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has signed a multi-year exclusive agreement with Sesame Workshop for the rights to create and publish interactive video game titles based on Sesame Street. The worldwide agreement is in addition to Sesame Workshop’s partnership with Warner Home Video for a multi-year, exclusive home entertainment distribution deal for Sesame Street’s library, new content, EST, and transactional VOD. New DVD titles will be released this year.
Tags: Sesame Street, Warner Bros.
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Activision to Release Percy Jackson & The Olympians Video Game
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Activision Publishing, Inc. and Fox Licensing will release Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief for the Nintendo DS, based on the first title of Rick Riordan’s book series. The role-playing video game allows players to navigate Percy Jackson and his fellow demigods as they battle for survival in a contemporary world ruled by Greek gods. The video game will hit store shelves February 9, while a movie of the same title, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, will release in theaters February 12.
Tags: Activision Publishing, Fox Licensing, Percy Jackson & The Olympians
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The Toy Book’s Toy Report 01/13/10
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Catch up on last week’s news! Read The Toy Book Toy Report for 01/13/10.
To view click here.
Tags: 4Kids, ABRAMS, American Bass Anglers, Amulet, Art Clokey, Big Idea, Blu-ray, CPSC, Danny Grossman, Dentsu, Diary of Wimpy Kid, Disney, Disney's A Christmas Carol, EA, Enesco, Fort Valley, frisbee, Grani & Partners, Gumby, Hasbro, Hong Kong, Iron Man 2, JAKKS, Julie Livingston, Laura Phillips, LeapFrog, Lego, Macmillan, Manufacturing Marvel America, Marvel, Nick Cannon, RDF Rights, Sakar, School Gyrls, Sears, Simon & Schuster, Step 2, StinkyKids, Stone America, Target, The NPD Group, TIA, TIF, Times Square, toy exports, Toy Fair, Toys R Us, Twentieth Century Fox, VeggieTales, WHAM-O
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Winners Announced for the First Kids at Play Interactive (KAPi) Awards
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
The winners for the Kids at Play Interactive (KAPi) Awards were announced during the Kids@Play Summit, a part of the 2010 International CES. The first-ever awards show highlighted products, such as applications, video games, CD-ROMs, internet websites, and eBooks, that raised the bar for innovation and excellence.
Tags: CES, Kids at Play
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Gumby Creator Dies
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Art Clokey, creator of the popular clay character Gumby (the first to star in clay animated television segments), died on Friday in Los Osos, Calif. Clokey was 88. Gumby debuted in the 1950s on The Howdy Doody Show after Clokey created a 3.5-minute film called Gumbasia, a parody of Disney’s Fantasia featuring clay objects changing shapes to jazz music. Gumby eventually moved on to his own show, The Adventures of Gumby.
Tags: Art Clokey, Gumby
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Hasbro Hires Former LeapFrog President
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Hasbro, Inc. has hired Jerry Perez as senior vice president and global brand leader for the company’s worldwide preschool business. In the role, Perez will lead global strategy, marketing, and merchandising for Hasbro’s preschool brand portfolio including Playskool, Mr. Potato Head, and Play-Doh. He will also lead global efforts around the recently announced Sesame Street toy and co-branded games license, in which the first products will be released in 2011.
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