Posts by: Barry Penn

Cardboard Toys

• Trend for augmented-reality, app-enabled toys grows February 1, 2012
  IPad-compatible toys featuring augmented reality that combine physical objects with on-screen displays are looking to be a hot trend in play this year after two such toys picked up awards at the Toy Fair in London and the Nuremberg Toy Fair in Germany. 
• Toys for teenagers take center stage at Nuremberg Toy Fair January 31, 2012
  Electronic toys, board games and sporting goods are among some of the most popular toys for teenagers according to the results of a survey conducted by Spielwarenmesse, organizers of the Nuremberg Toy Fair where the latest products for 13-17 year olds will take center stage. 
• New Mesa store Lulubell brings exotic toys and art February 4, 2012
  Lulubell specializes in limited-run T-shirts, books and collectible vinyl toys -- usually Japanese figures.
• Bigjigs Toys Heritage Playsets Inspire Creative Play January 31, 2012
  Bigjigs Toys will be exhibiting at the American International Toy Fair in New York City for the first time in 2012.Grantsville, MD (PRWEB) January 31, 2012 Parents and educators know that toys are one of the best ways to inspire children to learn about new subjects. Established in the UK in 1985, Bigjigs Toys arrived in the U.S. specialty toy market in 2011 with two of their most popular ...
• Give Russian boys our own military toys: Minister February 2, 2012
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian boys should play with Russian toys, not guns and battle tanks fashioned after Western models, the cabinet minister in charge of Russia's defense industry said. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin took some time out from his oversight of the production of real weapons, turning to toy arms in comments on Twitter. "Our children have played with Leopards enough," he said ...
• Toys for Tots in need of toy chest January 27, 2012
  WYOMING – The U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program helps needy children enjoy holidays as they might not have before the program found them.
• Toys for Tots Looking for Permanent Home January 26, 2012
  A month after Christmas, work still needs to be done at the Toys for Tots warehouse in Pittston Township.