Winning Moves will be showcasing its wide range of games and card games this year. As well as the ever
expanding Top Trumps line, the firm will also display the
JOHN CRANE
The Canadian-based B Line brand says it brings a real panache to pre-school. The packaging is not only
recycled, but is reversible and turns into gift wrap. In the B Line Symphony,
there are 13 instruments arranged around an orchestra pit. The child picks a song (15 melodies are available) and they then move the model of the instrument into the pit and the Symphony begins.
If the instrument picked is not meant to be in the melody, then it doesn’t play. Different lights show the various sections of the orchestra. John Crane will also be
displaying Bristle Blocks. The HABA
The popular My First Play World series will grow with two new sets: My First Play World Horses and My First Play World Fire. The firm’s soft doll family will also welcome a new member, in the form of Steven, while further soft play options come from a Princess, Crocodile and Clown in the Haba Puppet collection. Finally, the Toy Shop and Biofino range of play food and accessories will add pizza to the menu.
easy to assemble construction toy has themed sets including Jungle Adventure and a Farm set. The Bristle Blocks Builders
Wooden toy collection
Tidlo will see 32 new lines added, with new themed Tidlo animal illustrations. Clever twists also add more play value.
The Tidlington House,
for example, can be opened from the front and the back, while the roof detaches and reverses and clips onto the front of the house to form a garden. There is also a 3-in-1
Pram, which joins the 2-in- 1 Cradle and Folding High Chair.
The Sevi, Trudi, Pintoy,
Buckets provide reusable storage buckets for sets from up to 50 pieces up.
GoGo and Lilliputiens ranges will also be on display. STAND E20 01604 774949
IMC
IMC will be introducing the VIP Pets. The collection of six ‘trendy’ pets – Gwen, Nyla, Juliet, Alex, Taylor and LadyGigi – come in different colours and their own ranges of hair accessories. IMC says that the project has been in development for more than two years, with the brand shown for the first time.
ORCHARD TOYS
Orchard Toys will be launching four new games and two jigsaws. Although the firm
manufactures products designed for children from 18 months to 12 years, its core range is aimed at three to six-year-olds. New launches are the
Post Box game (a colour matching game for two years+) and Pirate Shapes (a lotto with pirate theme for two and a half and up).
They join other products such as Red Dog, Blue Dog and Old Macdonald Lotto. Meanwhile, Spooky Steps is aimed at ages four+, with players trying to sneak through a witch’s house in order to break a spell. The new jigsaws are
Police Car, which is a floor puzzle with a police car theme, plus On the Farm: Giant Jigsaw Play Mat. STAND B12 01953 423422
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new range of Top Trumps Collector Tins.
First launched in early 2012 with a Moshi Monsters duo-set, the range now boasts six different strands: The Lord of the Rings, Doctor
Who, Star Wars, Moshi Monsters, Planet Earthand Dinosaurs.
The Bananagrams family
will also grow, with new giant Bananagrams and Zippit launching, as well as a
rebranded Apples and Pears. Finally, as Hasbro’s partner
in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for developing special edition of its games range, Winning Moves will also be displaying its latest
line of affinity games. These will include SherlockCluedo, The Hobbit Monopoly and The Lord of the RingsRisk. STAND D17 020 7298 9500