Gyroscope technology is behind this new self-balancing electric unicycle

I’m thinking about New York. I know many hearts will ache when I say the first thought for a Californian is: Do I have anything I can wear in cold weather? After I get past that, I get excited.
It’s impossible not to have excitement be the first response. You are going to New York City to look at toys for four days. To exercise the part of your brain that lights up with wonder, imagination and play. There will be numbers to crunch, turns to ratio and budgets to …

Green is in.
We thought this was coming last year, but maybe everyone was waiting for the election before they jumped on the bandwagon.
Now our “green toys” seem to be following the career path of Al Gore, from silly hippy stuff to genuine “cool.”

I see 2009 as a year of tremendous change and opportunity for specialty toy stores and manufacturers. Why? The toy safety scare and the CPSIA, as well as the economy.
The trends were already apparent at Toy Fair:
– companies are making and stores are purchasing toys at lower price points
– more stress is being put on toy safety than ever before
– there will be a ‘weeding-out’ process among toy retailers