Almost 300 exhibitors let retailers look into their future at the Fall Toy Preview sponsored by the Toy Industry Association at the Dallas Marketplace in Texas. TDmonthly Magazine's camera crew wound its way through the maze of exhibit rooms, seeking some of the coolest new toys for 4Q and 2008. Though the show is geared for mass-market retailers and buyers, TDmonthlylearned that several specialty stores were there buying, too.
Writer's Bio: ALISON MAREK is a writer/artist/filmmaker whose work has been published by Fairchild Publications and DC Comics (Piranha Press), among others. Her short films have played in festivals around the world and have been broadcast on Showtime and other cable networks. She recently completed a short comedy sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, titled "The Three-Body Solution." For the past four years, Alison has been documenting the specialty toy industry with a series of articles and videos for TDmonthly Magazine. Read more articles by this author