Games & Toys
June 16, 2017 at 1:42 pm
Prime Line, Bridgeport, Conn., announced that it has launched a fidget collection that includes a variety of PromoSpinners, as well as other fidget items, such as Rubik’s Cubes and Tangle puzzles. The company also released a new PromoSpinners video, which can be viewed here. The company’s PromoSpinners fidget collection features Turbo-Boost inserts—bearings with a special…
May 30, 2017 at 11:43 am
After a child in Texas swallowed a piece of a fidget spinner and required medical attention, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning parents of the toy's potential danger. "CPSC is…
May 26, 2017 at 10:31 am
When it comes to superhero movies, the corresponding promotional toys and merchandise are typically ubiquitous. Just visit my dad's garage, and you'll see Captain America shields, Iron Man arc reactors, Thor hammers, Green Lantern rings, and don't even get me started on the Batman costumes. (My…
May 22, 2017 at 2:51 pm
The movie and TV industry is different than it used to be. If that's not the understatement of the century, we're not sure what is. But what we mean is that people are much more…
May 17, 2017 at 3:07 pm
Douglas Company Inc., Keene, N.H., is recalling one of its plush stuffed animals due to a choking hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that the recall includes the company's Oliver the Bear, Chewie…
May 17, 2017 at 2:51 pm
While we already discussed the huge popularity and debatable scientific benefit of fidget spinners, news out of Texas shows that they might be downright dangerous. A Houston, Texas-area mother posted a lengthy story on Facebook about how her 10-year-old daughter swallowed a piece of her fidget spinner and had to be taken to an urgent…
May 15, 2017 at 2:42 pm
Last week, we dove into fidget spinners, the newest fad to sweep the nation's youth. Kids (and some adults) are filming themselves performing "tricks" will…
May 9, 2017 at 2:07 pm
Are fidget spinners this generation's pogs? By that, I mean they are a fad toy that one kid inevitably brings to class to show his friends, who all go and get their own, and then the teacher is forced to ban them from the classroom. Seriously, where did these things come from? Aside from elementary…
February 27, 2017 at 2:07 pm
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Moose Toys is recalling its Little Live Pets Lil Frog and Lil Frog Lilly Pad toys because the toys' batteries can…
February 7, 2017 at 2:23 pm
Soft Stuff Creations, Surrey, British Columbia, is pleased to announce the addition of Sharon Griffith as vice president of marketing. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Griffith most recently spent the last 15 years as vice president of sales and marketing for Kanata Blanket. Griffith will oversee the company’s promotional division and will be tasked with…
