Follow us @ToyNewsOnline THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING
This month, we raise our hats to LeapFrog’s Sally Plumridge, Interplay’s Nancy Davis, Inspiration Works’ Tracey Devince and Kid Kreations’ Debbie Jackson, Linda Osborne, Joshua Craddock and Oli Craddock (below). This motely crew teamed up for a charity walk and managed to raise £10,000 for Macmillan. “There were 17 in the team and we
raised £10,000 for Macmillan, mainly down to the generosity of everyone in the toy trade,” Osborne told ToyNews.
The team walked 50 kilometres over ten hours from Putney to Runnymead, setting off bright and early at 7:45 am. One superhero/nutter on the team just couldn’t stop walking and managed to 100k through the night. “The mad thing is, despite lost toe
nails and loads of blisters we are all mad enough to do it again next year,” added Osborne. From everyone here at ToyNews, we salute you and hope the toe nails return swiftly.
TOY TALK TWEETPICKS
What the industry’s been tweeting this month…
@halesworthtoys Halesworth Toy Shop Just put ‘Hi Ho’ on an email to someone by mistake. Luckily I didn’t sign off as Snow White.
@methemanandbaby Emma Harris I’m pretty sure 80 per cent of our Christmas presents for the boys are wooden! Are wooden toys dominating your Christmas lists this year?
@dear_beautiful_ Lucy Dearbeautiful @methemanandbaby yep. But then it’s been the same for every Christmas and birthday we’ve had too. I do love a wooden toy (or 10!).
@trunki Trunki We’re at the @gromitunleashed auction! Should we buy one?
@coiledspring Coiledspring Games So keen to get into my copy of @toynewsonline and read about Sorgenfresser that I’ve given myself a paper cut … ouch!
@startlicensing Ian Downes, Start Licensing My TV snooping into people’s living rooms suggests Strictly is as popular as ever! Close those curtains.
@acton Michael Acton Smith, Mind Candy The Fonz just tweeted @darrangarnham. Happy Days!
FROM THE ARCHIVE... FOUR YEARS AGO TOYNEWS OCTOBER 2009
Jonathan Thorpe joins John Crane as its new managing director, returning to the toy trade after having more recently been involved with the gift industry… LEGO says it has seen sales grow by nearly a quarter on last year in an exclusive interview with ToyNewsand anticipates yet more growth in 2010… A heavyweight TV campaign will be running for two months until mid-December to kick off Hasbro’s plans to raise awareness of Cluedo’s 60th year… The next BTHA Retail Awards look set to be the biggest ever as an upsurge of interest saw the number of nominations almost double… Brand Licensing Europe attracts a record attendance of 4,862, up 13.5 per cent on 2008 …
CHARTS
UK Top 10 Toys(Week 39 2009 value) 1. Kidizoom Camera.......................................VTech 2. First Steps Babywalker ....................................VTech 3. Star Wars Clone Walker......................................LEGO 4. My Laptop............................................................VTech 5. Bop It...................................................................Hasbro 6. Ben 10 Alien Force 10cm Figures
.................Bandai 7. Transformers Movie Deluxe Figures ............Hasbro 8. Hot Wheels Basic Car Assortment
...............Mattel 9. Barbie Doggie Park
...........................................Mattel 10. Bakugan Starter Pack...................Spin Master UK
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TOP FIVE PROPERTIES (Week 39 2009)
1. Ben 10 2. Star Wars
3.Transformers 4. Barbie 5. LEGO City
@paulruk Paul Rayment, Dubit Watching the World’s Strongest Man– pretty sure I’d be ace at this.
@charlieleroo Charlotte Le Rougetel, Bastion Dear @licensingbiz please will you fix it for me to win a Golden Bunny? Thanks.
@aswift_tiff Tiffany Johnson, Aardvark Swift Had a great time @bleurope this year! See you in 2014! #cantwait
@tld70 Tracey Devine, KD UK Tomorrow I will be heading to @apps_world – does that mean I am now truly the unofficial office geek @kuriotabletuk #whathaveyoudonetome
@ashholman Ashley Holman, Nickelodeon Love being a boy – girls in the office faffing about #ble dresses for nxt wk. I simply log online and buy 4 x different colour shirts. Boom.
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