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Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Creative Minds Publications Team Up with the NFL

Dr Seuss Enterprises and Creative Minds Publications, announced that they have teamed up with the NFL for the 7th annual Tackle Reading event on March 2nd in celebration of Dr. Seuss’s 119th birthday. This year, the two organizations will bring NFL teams into schools across the country for special Dr. Seuss-themed events featuring a reading of a Dr. Seuss book by an NFL player and other celebratory activities. The NFL teams participating in this year’s events include Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, Tennessee Titans, Houston Texans, and Miami Dolphins.

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Disguise Announces Multi-Year Costume Rights to Black, Woman-Owned, Afro Unicorn

Disguise, Inc, the costume division of leading toy and consumer products manufacturer JAKKS Pacific, Inc (NASDAQ:JAKK), has announced the costume rights to Afro Unicorn for North America and EMEA. Commencing in 2023, Disguise will design, market, manufacture and distribute costumes and costume accessories for Afro Unicorn, a conscious brand with a mission to uplift and celebrate women and children of color. Afro Unicorn, created by April Showers, is designed…

MGM’s Iconic Creed Franchise Makes Its Fortnite Debut

Epic Games’ Fortnite and Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) have announced the studio’s Creed franchise is making its’ Fortnite debut with a limited time integration starting March 1st. Championship boxer Adonis Creed is about to punch above his weight in one of the most popular online games ever created. The integration features a brand-new Outfit, in-game accessories, and a tournament in Fortnite inspired by the upcoming feature film Creed III opening in theaters and IMAX on March 3rd.

TFE/TFE Licensing, February 2023

The Toy Association: Advocating for Your Business 365 Days a Year by Ed Desmond

Design Edge: No simple Steps to Inventing by Matthew Nuccio

ASTRA: A New Year and a New Logo for ASTRA by Sue Warfield

aNb Media/TTPM: Eco-Friendly Enthusiasm by Jack Placidi

Toy Family Series: Q&A with the Ullman Family by Mary Couzin

Goliath Brand Profile

Q&A with Playper by Webb Knudsen

What’s the Word in Specialty Toys? by Nick Truss

Primed for Exploration: Atlanta Market and Las Vegas Market Flourish Post Pandemic by Chelsea Peabody Bohannon

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Corus Entertainment Revamps Kids Channel Portfolio with Rebranded Networks

Following the recent launch of TELETOON+ as Canada’s leading, multi-platform streaming service for kids, Corus Entertainment has announced the rebranding of two of its linear kids’ television channels as it continues to evolve its offering of best-in-class kids content. Beginning March 27, TELETOON is set to become Cartoon Network, an iconic kids brand known worldwide for delivering the biggest and best in animation. Corus also introduces a new kids television channel in Canada by relaunching the current Cartoon Network channel as Boomerang. Debuting in the Canadian market for the first time, but bringing with it scores of fans worldwide, the Boomerang brand stands for the best in retro content, classic animation series and foundational kids programming.

Spotlight Shines Light on Magical World of Anboran

For Ronnie Anderson Jr, sharing his Anboran fairy tales with the world has been a magical, heroic journey. It is a journey that began when Anderson, a laboratory scientist, realized he could not find new, original, fairy tales featuring people of color to read to his three young daughters… so he decided to invent his own. Anderson’s books – starting with his self-published Five Amazing Fairytales anthology featuring positive portrayals of characters of color in original fairy tales designed to appeal to children like his own – proved to be a hit not only with his own daughters but also with other African American families as well as schools, libraries, and manufacturers such as trend-savvy apparel giant Mad Engine Global.

In KidZ Announces First-Ever Collaboration with Sesame Street on New Activity Boxes

In KidZ, a South-Asian female-owned kids educational tech, consumer product, and multi-media company, is collaborating with the iconic children’s brand Sesame Street to introduce new activity boxes debuting this fall. The themed educational boxes, which could center around holidays or cooking, for example, will contain coloring and activity books, puzzles, games, recipe cards, and figurines. Children will be fully engaged with hands-on learning while exploring various cultures and traditions and practicing mindfulness activities.

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Disguise Further Expands UK and Ireland Sales Team in Continued Support of EMEA Growth

Disguise, Incorporated, a leading global costume and dress up company, and a division of toy and consumer products manufacturer, JAKKS Pacific, announced new key hires for the international sales team in the UK and Ireland, showing continued commitment to these markets, Aneesa Beasley as Head of Sales and Meghan Bird as Senior Account Manager. In addition, Disguise brings on Mike McGillion as full time VP of Sales for Disguise EMEA. For the past year, Mike’s consultancy has been instrumental in leading the charge throughout the EU, expanding the costume business through new distribution and retail partnerships and delivering aggressive sales growth for the company.

Sky Castle Toys Collaborates with Marvel for DoodleJamz Line

Sky Castle Toys, in partnership with UK-based toy manufacturer and distributor Character Options, is collaborating with Marvel to introduce Spider-Man, Hulk and Captain America to its award-winning line of DoodleJamz squishy sensory drawing pads. DoodleJamz is a new line of squish n’ shape drawing pads from Sky Castle Toys that delivers a totally new take on doodling. Kids can move and shape the squishy beads over pictures that are inserted into the boards on backer cards, using either their finger or an easy-to-use stylist. The cards are removable – and customizable — delivering variety and hours of play. Known for their squishy texture and sensory fidget sensation, DoodleJamz drawing pads have become a popular “oddly satisfying sensation” on social media with close to 150M views on TikTok alone.