Our good friend and Toy Insider Co-Editor Reyne Rice appeared on Huffington Post’s HuffPost Live discussion “Toymakers Should Create Gender-Neutral Toys.”
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Our good friend and Toy Insider Co-Editor Reyne Rice appeared on Huffington Post’s HuffPost Live discussion “Toymakers Should Create Gender-Neutral Toys.”
May 18, 2013 By Loren Moreno Leave a Comment
Building on the success of its Batman: Arkham City and Injustice: Gods Among Us action figure lines, DC Collectibles has announced two, all-new product lines based on upcoming Warner Bros. Interactive games Infinite Crisis and Batman: Arkham Origins. This marks DC Collectibles’ first depiction of characters from Inifinite Crisis, which begins with the Nightmare Batman [...]
May 17, 2013 By Ali Mierzejewski Leave a Comment
Disney Consumer Products unveiled the Disney Royal Ball collection, the first ever line of Quinceañera gowns inspired by the inner qualities, personalities, and stories of the Disney Princess characters. Designed and created in collaboration with special occasions fashion industry leader, Ashdon Inc., the new gowns combine classical styling with elements of fantasy and magic to [...]
May 16, 2013 By Ali Mierzejewski Leave a Comment
tokidoki, the pop culture brand meaning “sometimes” in Japanese, is thrilled to introduce new characters to its line of plush. Donutina and Donutino come to life as huggable plush, and Adios is a snuggable pillow. Following the success of the Donutella & Her Sweet Friends mini plush, tokidoki adds the 9-inch Donutina and 8-inch Donutino [...]
May 15, 2013 By Ali Mierzejewski Leave a Comment
Build-A-Bear Workshop, the interactive entertainment retailer of customizable stuffed animals, announced a new relationship with Nickelodeon to bring the animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants, to Build-A-Bear Workshop. Beginning May 17, the company will offer make-your-own SpongeBob and Patrick at Build-A-Bear Workshop stores throughout North America and online at buildabear.com. SpongeBob’s Bikini Bottom friends Sandy Cheeks and Gary the Snail will [...]
May 13, 2013 By Ali Mierzejewski Leave a Comment
Target Corp. and Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP), in partnership with DC Entertainment, have teamed up to introduce a summer collection of exclusive Justice League merchandise. The summer collection was inspired by DC Comics—The New 52 comic book character designs. Featuring the full lineup of DC Comics’ iconic Justice League Super Heroes—Aquaman, Batman, Cyborg, The Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, and [...]
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COMMENTARY: Bronies, Rejoice!
My Little Pony is everywhere lately, which might be cause for Bronies—adult male fans of the magical, flowing mane ponies—to rejoice. These unlikely fans of the mainly children’s, mainly girl’s property find themselves addicted to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic on The Hub TV Network and fawning over toys and plush tucked away in pink aisles of Toys “R” Us.
I, myself, am not a member of this ilk. But I very well could be. As a kid in the 80s, I begged my mom to buy me a Care Bear—Grumpy Bear, to be exact—even though my dad disapproved. I coveted my sister’s Strawberry Shortcake bed set and would watch—and pretend to dislike—Rainbow Bright. If I don’t have Brony potential, I don’t know who does.
So, in the spirit of embracing the Brony in all of us, I’ve pulled together some cool new My Little Pony toys and plush that we have to look forward to.
My Little Pony Plush, from Aurora
Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash, from Build-A-Bear Workshop
My Little Pony Walkin’ Talkin’ Pinkie Pie, from Hasbro
If your inner Brony is jonsing for a quick pony fix, Hasbro.com has a number of online games, including the My Little Pony Crystal Match game. You’re welcome.
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