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Category: History

  • Toy Association

Opportunities for America250 Promotion & Licensing

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on October 2, 2025October 2, 2025

On October 1, the Toy Association Knowledge Network hosted a webinar with America 250 to…

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  • Disruption Report

The Disruption Report: Chicken Little is Loose

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on August 19, 2025August 17, 2025

It’s a predictable as the sunrise. Whenever a new technology enters the toy industry, you…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Keep on Keeping On

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on July 11, 2025

We lost another of the toy industry’s true icons this week, when Alan Hassenfeld passed away at…

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  • Uncategorized

The Disruption Report: AI Takes Center Stage

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on June 13, 2025June 13, 2025

It’s axiomatic that in the toy industry new technologies prompt toymakers to scramble for applications.…

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  • The Playground Podcast

The Playground Podcast: Matt Brown of Kibeam

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

Matt Brown is one of the coolest and most thoughtful guys inthe toy business. His…

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  • Guest Blogger

From Rails to Retail: The Early Years of ERTL’s Thomas & Friends Die-Cast Line (1984–1989)

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on May 24, 2025May 23, 2025

When Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first premiered on British television in 1984, it…

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  • Baulch Blog

I bet you look good on the dancefloor… it’s the Friday Blog with John Baulch!

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on May 23, 2025May 23, 2025

I’ve just arrived home after three very enjoyable and productive days at the Toymaster May…

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  • Toy World UK

John Baulch The Friday Blog: Still Stuffed…

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on May 16, 2025

…Just less stuffed than last week… Tariff watch, day 45: all change (again). Huzzah –…

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  • Uncategorized

French Toys RDV Talks to GTN

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 25, 2025April 25, 2025

Yann Fresnel of Toy Influence talks to Global Toy News Editor Christopher Byrne. Check it…

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  • Breaktime @ GTN

Flashback – Breaktime: Hot Toys From the Year You Were Born

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 21, 2025April 22, 2025

Richard Gottlieb, the visionary Founder of Global Toy News, had a unique gift for storytelling…

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  • Uncategorized

Toy Association Helps Fight Tariffs: Take Action Now

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on April 18, 2025April 18, 2025

The Toy Association has issued a letter to ask Association members (and others) to help…

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  • Uncategorized

A Color-Full Celebration

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on March 21, 2025

Crayola Stages Out-Of Retirement Crayon Event in NYC In honor of International Colour Day, Crayola…

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  • The Playground Podcast

The Playground Podcast: From the Floor at Toy Fair

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on March 20, 2025

In this episode James Zahn of Toy Book and Toy Insider, John Baulch of Toy…

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  • Jay Foreman's Blog

Jay Foreman’s Blog: The Tariff Question

  • by Guest Author
  • Posted on February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

BY JAY FOREMAN, CEO, Basic Fun Tariffs hitting exports from China: what is Basic Fun…

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  • Uncategorized

Disruption Report: Tariffs Gone Wild

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on February 4, 2025

As of this morning, a 10 percent tariff on all goods from China goes into…

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  • Uncategorized

Preorders Now Live for Toy History Series

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on December 4, 2024December 5, 2024

The Great Courses on Audible has announced pre-orders for the new series: The History of…

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  • Guest Blogger

Spooky Season: Classic Halloween-inspired board games from the ‘60s and ‘70s

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on October 31, 2024October 31, 2024

Fright and fun are the name of the game in these classic Halloween-themed board games…

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  • Disruption Report

The Disruption Report: Life Without Phones

  • by Christopher Byrne
  • Posted on May 1, 2024May 1, 2024

An article this week in the Washington Post described how a Connecticut school’s banning of…

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