Crunchyroll and Loot Crate Announce Global Partnership
Crunchyroll announced a partnership with subscription box service Loot Crate to bring fans more from their favorite anime.
Boss Fight Studio Announces The Umbrella Academy Action Figure Line
Boss Fight Studio is expanding their licensed action figure to include toys based on characters from Netlfix’s The Umbrella Academy.
TFE/TFE Licensing, August 2020
- The Toy Association: Longstanding Importance of Play Soars During Pandemic by Kristin Morency Goldman
- ASTRA: Neighborhood Toy Store Day 2020: Something You Can Count On by Kimberley Mosley
- WIT: How a Black Woman Shows Up for Work (Virtually), and Why by Delanie West
- Design Edge: Video Killed the Sell Sheet Star by Matt Nuccio
- Q&A With Toy Inventor Eddy Goldfarb by Mary Couzin
- Creating Play & PPE by Victoria Sheridan
- Playing Through Puzzling Times by Victoria Sheridan
- NFLPA: Engaging the Next Generation of Football Fans Through Toys and Entertainment by Cary Grossart
- Licensing International: Nostalgia Still Plays…But in a New Way by Martin Brochstein
Licensing International: Nostalgia Still Plays…But in a New Way
Marty Brochstein, SVP of Industry Relations and Information at Licensing International, examines the retro brands making a comeback as consumers flock to familiar and trusted products during the pandemic.
NFLPA: Engaging the Next Generation of Football Fans Through Toys and Entertainment
Cary Grossart, Business Development Manager at NFL Players Inc., explains how fans continue to engage with their favorite athletes, even as the pandemic transforms the sports industry.
Playing Through Puzzling Times
TFE asked several game and puzzle manufacturers which of their products have resonated the most with consumers during this time, and why.
Q&A With Toy Inventor Eddy Goldfarb
Mary Couzin interviews Eddy Goldfarb, inventor of more than 800 toys, and current subject of the recent documentary, Eddy’s World.
Design Edge: Video Killed the Sell Sheet Star
Matt Nuccio, president of Design Edge, offers tips to inventors for making effective product video pitches to toy companies.
ASTRA: Neighborhood Toy Store Day 2020: Something You Can Count On
ASTRA’s Kimberley Mosley offers tips to specialty toy stores for organizing a successful Neighborhood Toy Store Day event this fall.