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John Adams is introducing six products under the hit boys property, Trash Pack, including a game Dash for Trash and Science and Magic sets, launching at Toy Fair and available at retail from January 2013.
The company is also adding to its Disney Princess craft portfolio with six new creative kits. These include Princess Paint and Shimmer Cards, Rapunzel Paint and Style.
New for 2013 is the Minnie Mouse Collection. Charm Jewellery Kit, Minnie Glitter Purse and Glitter Fashion are all available in January and allow girls to accessorise with Minnie designs. My Little Pony joins the John Adams
craft portfolio for next year. Glitter Cutie Marks, the Sparkle
Trinket Box, Scratch and Sparkle Set, MV SPORTS
MV’s ‘Stunted’ is a new street sports range for the style conscious older boy. Products are available for beginners and experienced ‘Stunters’ alike. MV also has Skylanders Giants wheeled toys. The new Ben 10 Omniverse
refreshes one of MV’s most successful wheeled toy ranges; while the Darth Maul range is added to Star Wars. MV’s pre-school offering has been
strengthened with new additions in the shape of new and existing properties. The Mike the Knight range of wheeled toys is being further developed with a fun range of archery sets and inflatable outdoor play items which are fit for a knight. New classics have also been added into the mix with MV’s Postman Pat range – bikes, trikes and scooters come with a removable postbag. The evergreen classics, Thomas &
Friends and Fireman Sam have been enhanced with feature driven to bring these iconic licences to life. Continuing to make a splash in 2013 is Peppa Pig.
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plus the Paint and Style Pony all offer girls the opportunity to get creative with their ponies and are available from January.
Minnie Mouse Bow-tique, My Little Pony and Disney Princess are the new licensed additions to the Fuzzy Felt range. All of the sets include over 100 pieces and come with an ideas leaflet. The Classic Sketch-a-graph drawing aid is back. The pantograph can be used to enlarge or reduce sketches as well as trace around objects. Children can design cards, collages and posters using stencils or cut out images. Finally, John Adams continues to expand its action science range with a selection of kits including Eyeball Dissection, Zombie Hand, Beating Heart and Squirmin’ Worms.
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will make new puzzles and games for Peppa Pig, Fireman Sam, Disney, Poppy Cat, Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, Humf and Everything’s Rosie. Within the Disney range, Jumbo will
add Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Minnie Mouse Boutique titles. Newly secured pre-school licences
2013 will see Jumbo Games expand its portfolio with new games and puzzles for adults and children. A travel friendly version card game of
Stratego will launch, as the online version of the game goes live on
Stratego.com.
Jumbo will continue to focus on launching further iPieces titles following the introduction of Peppa Pig, Fireman Sam, Ludo and Pool versions. To complement the range, the company will be launching three games for the Android and iOS under a new AppCards brand. Expanding its portfolio of pre- school licences for 2013, Jumbo Games
LITTLE TIKES
Little Tikes’ collection of toys for spring/summer 2013 includes a host of additions and new and improved features in the Trike line-up. There’s a new entry level two-stage
Push Trike with Canopy, new colours and sunshade patterns for the 3in1 Trike and a new Deluxe version of the 3in1 Trike featuring a padded seat and detachable pack for storage. The 3in1 Trike with DiscoverSounds Dash remains in the collection and at the top of the range comes the new 3in1 Movi Deluxe Trike.
The property has been complemented by girly pink and purple colourways across trikes bikes and scooters. Other new properties joining the MV
portfolio include Cloudbabies, Monsuno and Bin Weevils.
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The hero product of the 2013 John Crane collection will be Bristle Blocks, with over six new items in this category alone. Each box contains bristly squares,
circles, rectangles and wheels alongside other wonderful shapes, all in a whole range of up to the minute colours. The new lines include The Basic Builder Bucket, which is a plastic tube
filled with 50 standard Bristle Block pieces. There is also a Basic Builder Case which is a smart and brightly coloured attaché style case, again housing 50 blocks. The Basic Builder Box contains 56 pieces all in a strong cardboard box. Alternatively, The Deluxe Builder Case is just right for avid constructers as it includes 113 pieces. Bristle Blocks also have additional themed sets, John Crane will be distributing the Jungle Adventure Value Tube, with 36 pieces and the Jungle Adventure Storage Bucket with 58 pieces. The two sets contain a host of jungle animals which have bristly feet enabling them to attach to Bristle Blocks. John Crane will also unveil over 20
new Tidlo lines at Toy Fair, alongside more B, Sevi and Trudi too.
2013 sees Worlds Apart building on its master toy licence portfolio with a range of boys’ collectables and interactive play sets for Horrible Histories. The boys’ toy range will feature many of the iconic Horrible Histories characters including the Romans, Egyptians, Tudors, Pirates and Vikings, and creates a range of figures and battle arenas that combine action and collectable heroes, as well as strategy for older boys.
The collection will also feature armies, accessories and game cards. Boys will be able to battle with their friends and arrange and display their collections. The range will meet all price points
from pocket money collectables through to a ‘hero’ large battle arena.
With a focus on the personalities of
the characters for spring/summer, Worlds Apart can reveal 13 new figures will be added to its Tatty Teddy & My Blue Nose Friends collection. New accessory sets, featuring laundry and beach themes, and an innovative play set, Truffles Camera Cafe, will also be introduced. Styled as a vintage camera, the set opens up to reveal a cafe play set, allowing girls to view images of the characters in different locations through the camera. All new sets can be combined with autumn/winter products to further enhance the collectability of the range. Worlds Apart will support the My Blue
Nose Friends and Horrible Histories launches with extensive TV campaigns and marketing and PR activity.
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include Something Special and Bananas in Pyjamas.
In adult puzzles, a Wasgij Special Edition Collector’s Box will feature three 1,000-piece puzzles of box images from Wasgij Original puzzles 1, 2 & 3. The number one adult puzzle brand
(NPD YTD June 2012) will also launch an exciting concept in 2013, in addition to a new deal with Only Fools and Horses which will see a Wasgij Mystery, 1,000- piece as well as a Falcon version launched, too. There will also be further adult puzzle accessories launching in spring/summer under the Puzzle Mates brand.
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Available in red, yellow or blue with patterned detachable seat cover, large storage pack and sunshade, the Movi Deluxe Trike has an ergonomic parent handle and parking brake. The Secret Garden Cottage features a ‘thatched’ roof, working Dutch door with letterbox and doorbell, and a built in grill at the back windowsill. Plus an artist clip in the ‘living room’ allows kids to decorate the cottage. The new Bubble Table has a table top design, four play stations and two wand areas.
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