TOY TALK TOYTALK
This issue we spot Gok Wan at a celebrity auction, find a time machine at London Toy Fair, feel under- dressed at The LEGO Movie premiere and find out who at Winning Moves is first to hit the dance floor
TEAM OF THE MONTH
Who is the team? The team is growing rapidly due to the development of the business, but we have a core UK team who focus on licensing, marketing and sales across the group: Tom Liddell, Suzie Howes, Mark Hauser, Anna Kislevitz, Lizzie Rose, Peter Griffin, David Ripley, David Sommer and Kasey Tonnison.
What have been your biggest successes in the past year?
I think that has to be growing the team to the position we are in now. We have a great
network of people in place throughout Europe and are looking forward to working on
a far greater international level.
What's the hardest part of the job? Keeping up with the banter in the office. We remind ourselves daily that whilst business is business we are a games company and we are all about having fun.
And what's the best? Working with a great team who are truly competitive in every aspect of their lives. They enjoy working hard, but they play hard too.
What are you working on right now? I can't really say as the deal is not quite signed, but we are looking into
CELEBS UNDER THE HAMMER
Gok Wan and Robert Lindsay: together at last, and all because of toys. While he probably spent most of his childhood gorging on chips rather than playing with toys, Gok Wan has taken time out from informing nude women that ‘it’s all about the confidence’ to do a good deed for our industry.
Bigjigs Toys has been
working with The Toy Project UK, a charity which provides basic support tools for bereaved children. The London-based charity recently hosted a celebrity toy auction in February and Bigjigs kindly donated several toys including an All in One Kitchen that Gok Wan signed.
Also on offer was a
Portable Cooker signed by My Familystar, Robert Lindsay.
Based upon the success of the first auction, The Toy Project UK plans to hold several more throughout the year, and more information can be found at
www.thetoyproject. co. uk/
about.html
WINNING MOVES
making a Monopoly game worth £250,000. Can you imagine how cool that is going to be?
Who is the team joker? Well that really depends on the day, you have to have your wits about you in the office. I think Tom Liddell, the CEO, might just take the prize.
Who makes the most tea? And feel free to name and shame who makes the least...? In the past month it would have to me (Suzie) who has made the most and I have only just joined. I have yet to see any of the boys make a single cuppa!
Who is the best at Top Trumps?
That’s hard to say as we all love playing games, but I think it would have to be Peter Griffin as he really hates to lose.
Tell us a secret about a member of the team? We spent a week together a month or so ago in which lots of secrets were shared with one another, many of which I could not possible repeat. Needless
to say, within the team we have some fairly random skills such as ballet dancer, singer, syncronised swimmer, TV star and rock climber.
Who is the first to hit the dance floor at the office parties? That would have to be Dan ‘Twinkle Toes’ Taylor. He's on the dance floor quicker than Michael Flatley on speed.
TOY FAIR TIME MACHINE
Looks like a photo opportunity, actually a time machine. Union J (above) weren’t
to know but below is the sobering image of the
band stepping out of the machine after a decade of time-hopping.
Check out Josh’s bend of the knee. The lad’s still got it.
72 March
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