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Venture
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks agoMattel CEO: 2026 is transformational year for brand-centric strategy
Mattel is transforming into an IP entertainment platform in 2026 through movie releases, toy innovation, and digital games, leveraging the entertainment-to-toy flywheel demonstrated by Barbie's success.
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks agoHasbro and Whirlpool: Two Iconic American Brands Reinventing Themselves Under Pressure
Hasbro's Q4 result was not a mild beat. Revenue came in at $1.45 billion, up 31% year-over-year, beating estimates by over 14%. The engine behind it is Magic: The Gathering, which grew 141% in Q4 alone and nearly 60% for the full year. The Wizards of the Coast segment ran at a 46% operating margin for the full year, extraordinary for a consumer brand.
Business intelligence
fromThe Verge
4 weeks agoThe cute and cursed story of Furby
The hottest toy of 1998 was sort of adorable, and sort of annoying. It couldn't do much - couldn't do anything, really - but it could look at you, it could say some nonsense phrases, and it seemed uncannily aware of the world around it. That's all Furby needed to pretty much take over the world.
Humor
#lego-smart-bricks
Gadgets
fromThe Verge
3 weeks agoYou can't replace the battery in Lego's Smart Bricks - and many of its sensors aren't available yet
Lego Smart Brick sets launch with several sensors disabled, including microphone, light sensor, and distance measurement, to be unlocked through future products and software updates.
E-Commerce
fromFast Company
1 month agoPunch the monkey and his stuffed orangutan toy are taking over Etsy, Amazon, and Ikea with merch
Punch, a baby monkey from a Japanese zoo, became a viral sensation after hugging a stuffed toy, spawning widespread merchandise sales across multiple e-commerce platforms and retailers.
#lego-smart-brick
Gadgets
fromThe Verge
1 month agoLego's Smart Brick is here, and it transforms these new Star Wars sets
Lego's Smart Brick integrates a miniature computer, microphone, and NFC technology into a standard brick, enabling interactive experiences across eight new Star Wars-themed sets ranging from $69.99 to $159.99.
fromFast Company
2 months agoLawmakers want to ban AI toys. Lego wants kids to build AI themselves
On Monday, the Danish toy maker debuted a new computer science and AI curriculum for K-8 classrooms, Lego's first foray into AI that comes more than three years after the debut of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot. The "Lego Education Computer Science & AI" kits include Lego bricks and other interactive hardware components, as well as online education materials intended to take children from the beginning stages of AI literacy through hands-on experimentation.
fromBuzzFeed
2 months agoJust 40 Toys That'll Have Your Kids Completely Entranced (And, Hopefully, Out Of Your Hair)
As a parent myself, I know what I'm mostly looking for when buying another toy is that it'll ACTUALLY keep my kids engaged long enough to bring a sliver of peace to my home (a tough task, to say the least!). From Magna-Tiles and the new Toniebox 2 to colorful sensory tubes and a LeapFrog Touch and Learn eReader, my kids have tried out enough of these items to lead you in the right shopping direction!
Parenting
fromHarvard Gazette
2 months agoBook excerpt from 'Barbieland' by Tarpley Hitt - Harvard Gazette
The manifesto took aim at the gross inequality of the Gilded Age and laid out a plan that might "dam the golden flood which flows incessantly into the hands of the nonproducers, the interest-takers, the schemers, and the manipulators." Gillette loathed market competition. The eternal fight for material wealth at the expense of everyone and everything else was, in his view,
Business
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago27 Gifts That Are Both Kid *And* Parent Approved
A celestial projector if you want a night-light that is ~out of this world.~ This has a bunch of different colors and comes with a timer, so it will shut off after you or your little one has drifted off to sleep. The little astronaut projector makes great daytime room decor, too.
Gadgets
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months agoThis LEGO Furby 30th Anniversary Build Comes With Working Eyes and a Secret Agent Hidden in Its Head - Yanko Design
A 1,700-piece LEGO Furby recreates the toy's expressive features, nostalgic paranoia, and designer Easter eggs with practical mechanisms and collector-sized scale.
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