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  • Prime Gaming Reveals February 2023 Offerings

    Prime Gaming Reveals February 2023 Offerings

    January 26, 2023 - Welcome to the February Prime Gaming content update! Prime Gaming is spreading the love this month, offerings Prime customers a selection of games and content for popular titles, including:
    Exclusive content for Apex Legends, Rainbow Six Siege, SMITE and more! The February Games with Prime lineup features nine titles, including The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition,

  • Toy Fair kick starts business for 2022

    Toy Fair kick starts business for 2022

    (London, UK) 28 January 2022, London: The 68th annual Toy Fair returned to Olympia London this week, welcoming back exhibitors and visitors from around the world. This was the first Toy Fair since the Covid-19 pandemic, and the only dedicated toy fair that has been able to take place this year. In 2022, special measures were in operation due to COVID-19 to ensure the health and safety of all exhib

  • The winners of Editor’s Choice Award announced at Toy Fair 2022

    The winners of Editor’s Choice Award announced at Toy Fair 2022

    Talking Paddington, HoloToyz and Build Your Own Pinball Machine revealed as top three exciting toys of the show, as voted by attending journalists
    (London, UK) 26 January, 2022 – The Editor’s Choice Award has returned to Toy Fair 2022 with Rainbow Designs’ Talking Paddington voted the winner of the prestigious accolade. Second place was awarded to HoloToyz, while third went to Paper Engine’s Bu

  • Barbie Day to Night Dreamhouse, Mattel and Smyths triumph at the 57th Toy Industry Awards

    Barbie Day to Night Dreamhouse, Mattel and Smyths triumph at the 57th Toy Industry Awards

    Toy Fair, 25-27 January 2022, Olympia London
    25 January 2022: Barbie Day to Night Dreamhouse, Mattel and Smyths triumphed at this year’s Toy Industry Awards winning Toy of the Year, Supplier of the Year and Toy Retailer of the Year, respectively. A TRA Outstanding Contribution Award was presented to Dream Toys’ Gary Grant for his individual contribution to the Dream Toys event over many years.

  • UK TOY MARKET STAYS RESILIENT DESPITE CHALLENGING YEAR

    UK TOY MARKET STAYS RESILIENT DESPITE CHALLENGING YEAR

    Market down three per cent on 2020 but up two per cent on 2019; Toy Fair to play a key role in kickstarting 2022 in toys
    (London, UK) 25 January 2022, London: The British Toy and Hobby Association (BTHA) (organisers of the Toy Fair) and The NPD Group announced today at Toy Fair in London that UK toy sales declined by three per cent in 2021 to £3.2bn. In what has been a turbulent year for the in

  • Toy Fair’s Hero Toys List Announced at Toy Fair 2022

    Toy Fair’s Hero Toys List Announced at Toy Fair 2022

    Popular licenses, STEM toys and family play are the key trends making up the 23 must-have toys in 2022 selected by industry experts
    (London, UK) 25 January 2022 – Organisers of the Toy Fair, the British Toy & Hobby Association (BTHA) today announced the winners of Toy Fair’s Hero Toys 2022, with Bandai, Character Options, and VTech amongst the winners at the first Toy Fair since the start o

  • Visitor registration now open for Toy Fair 2022

    Visitor registration now open for Toy Fair 2022

    (London, UK) 26th October 2022 –The British Toy & Hobby Association announced today that registration has opened for visitors and media to attend Toy Fair 2022. Following a hiatus in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 68th Toy Fair will return to Olympia London from Tuesday 25th – Thursday 27thJanuary. Press Day is scheduled for Tuesday 25th January. Attendees can now register to attend fo

  • Hidden Side Haunted Fairground by LEGO® wins Toy Fair 2020 Editor’s Choice Award

    Hidden Side Haunted Fairground by LEGO® wins Toy Fair 2020 Editor’s Choice Award

    Top three most exciting toys of the show voted on by attending journalists
    (London, UK) 22 January, 2020 - Hidden Side Haunted Fairground by LEGO® has been crowned the overall winner of the Editor’s Choice Awards at Toy Fair 2020, with the Geomag Green Range– 100% Recycled Plastic in second place and Heroes of Goo Jit Zu Marvel Super Heroes by Character Options in third.
    The prestigious an

  • Toy Fair’s Hero Toys List Announced at Toy Fair 2020

    Toy Fair’s Hero Toys List Announced at Toy Fair 2020

    (London, UK) 21 January, 2020– The British Toy & Hobby Association today announced the Toy Fair’s Hero Toys for 2020, with Character Options, LEGO, and Spin Master amongst the winners.
    The Toy Fair’s Hero Toys list consists of 25 products launched at Toy Fair, which opened today at Olympia, London. They have been judged by an independent panel of retailers, and the BTHA itself, to be the mo

  • HARD YEAR FOR TOY INDUSTRY BUT THE UK STILL REMAINS THE LARGEST TOY MARKET IN EUROPE

    HARD YEAR FOR TOY INDUSTRY BUT THE UK STILL REMAINS THE LARGEST TOY MARKET IN EUROPE

    Licensed toys, action figures and games and puzzles shine within a tough market
    21st January 2020, London: In line with many other sectors, the toy industry endured difficult trading conditions in 2019 with a -6% drop in year on year sales. Total sales for the year were £3.2 billion, which still makes the UK toy market the largest in Europe, but with Germany now a very close second.
    The resu

  • Toy Fair 2020 Now Sold Out!

    Toy Fair 2020 Now Sold Out!

    Industry showcase sells out 22,000m² of exhibitor floor space, months ahead of much-anticipated show

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