Top-10 Most-Wanted Collectibles Based on a TDmonthly Magazine survey of 49 specialty retailers regarding sales of collectibles, the wide range of products catching customers’ acquisitive fancy goes from cute Japanese erasers from BC Industries to familiar collectors’ items including Steiff plush and Breyer horses...
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Items for Tween Girls These days, if it’s not a craft to be made, an accessory to be worn or a cute animal to be admired, it’s probably not at the top of tween girls’ want lists...
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Novelties If your specialty toy or gift store doesn’t carry Iwako erasers from BC Industries, you should take a second look at the sales of these tiny, collectible, puzzle erasers...
11/1/2009
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13-Year-Old Shares Secrets of Snap Caps Success M3 Girl Designs hit New York City for its first Toy Fair ever in February 2009, showing off Snap Caps, the interchangeable, magnetic bottlecap necklaces that have taken off in well over 400 stores nationwide since their introduction...
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IDEX 2009: Dolls Draw Attention Despite Economy Warm Florida weather greeted enthusiastic attendees as exhibitors displayed one of a kind dolls, play dolls, reborn babies, limited editions, and doll clothing and accessories alongside many celebrity artists at the 2009 Idex Premiere Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in Orlando...
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Novelties If your specialty toy or gift store doesn’t carry Iwako erasers from BC Industries, you should take a second look at the sales of these tiny, collectible, puzzle erasers...
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Collectibles Based on a TDmonthly Magazine survey of 49 specialty retailers regarding sales of collectibles, the wide range of products catching customers’ acquisitive fancy goes from cute Japanese erasers from BC Industries to familiar collectors’ items including Steiff plush and Breyer horses...
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TDmonthly Goes Inside ... Sideshow Collectibles Unlike other manufacturers who rely exclusively on laser scans and digital-wax outputs to create character likenesses, Sideshow Collectibles still hires artists to individually sculpt 90 percent of the faces and bodies for its action figures and collectibles...
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Reviving Doll Collecting Amid a Fading Generation Old friends were reunited and new friends made over a mutual love for dolls during the 60th annual meeting of The United Federation of Doll Clubs and the Original Doll Artist Council of America convention held in Atlanta, Ga., the week of July 12...
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Holiday Preview - Action Figures Elves and crocodiles ready for battle could be the perfect addition to a child’s toy box this year. TDmonthly’s Holiday Preview of Action Figures also boasts other non-traditional collectible figurines, including tween characters tied to a virtual world, critters that place emphasis on diversity, and designer figurines that can spruce...
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Holiday Preview - Collectibles Decorative change banks, handmade ornaments and pins with personality give children (and adults!) lots to keep around for the long-term. See card collections, jewelry sets and more in TDmonthly’s Holiday Preview of Collectibles...
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13-Year-Old Shares Secrets of Snap Caps Success M3 Girl Designs hit New York City for its first Toy Fair ever in February 2009, showing off Snap Caps, the interchangeable, magnetic bottlecap necklaces that have taken off in well over 400 stores nationwide since their introduction...
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My Best Sellers: Twirl Toystore & Playspace Fun, impulse toys are staples at Twirl Toystore & Playspace in Taos, N.M. Following are the items Operations Manager Molly McMullin told TDmonthly Magazine are best sellers at her store...
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IDEX 2009: Dolls Draw Attention Despite Economy Warm Florida weather greeted enthusiastic attendees as exhibitors displayed one of a kind dolls, play dolls, reborn babies, limited editions, and doll clothing and accessories alongside many celebrity artists at the 2009 Idex Premiere Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in Orlando...
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Uglydolls Sit Pretty in 3,000 Stores Uglydoll plush toys are so ugly they’re cute. The first Uglydoll was handmade by Sun-Min Kim as a present for David Horvath in 2001...
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Webkinz: Boom, Bust or Both? Now that the Webkinz boom has made the mainstream press, and rumors of a mass-market sellout are flying, specialty retailers who built the brand are telling TDmonthly Magazine they’re frustrated with shortages and angered by Ganz’s silence...
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My Best Sellers: All Things Fun! Every day is full of adventure for Ed and Dina Evans, owners of West Berlin, N.J.'s All Things Fun, where action toys, games and comics are the focus...
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Introducing The Toffee Dolls, Huckleberry’s inaugural series of dolls to ever be released by Japanese designer Riri Fukuju. Measuring 12" tall, each Toffee doll is made in a limited edition of only 750 pieces. The plush, mixed medium doll is meticulously hand-made with special attention to details in hand painting the facial expression, hand applying the hair, sewing the body and outfit. Each doll is articulated with 5 poseable joints (neck, legs and arms). The outfit is... More information on HUCKLEBERRY TOYS products.
From creative minds deep within The Party Animal’s Secret Headquarters comes Lil’ TEAMMATES, the hot new collectible toy craze for 2010. With over 20 years experience in the production of sports licensed products, The Party Animal has created a new line of licensed limited edition collectible vinyl figures for ages 4-10…OK, big kids love ‘em too!2010 will feature different poses for all 32 NFL teams, 30 MLB teams, 30 NBA teams and over 50 NCAA schools. An interactive website: www.lilteammates.com will help to drive collectability... More information on Party Animal, Inc. products.
