Year: 2023

Crazy Aaron’s, which continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2023, announced that its award-winning Land of Dough is now available at select Target stores nationwide. Land of Dough offers kids and adults a dough experience unlike anything in the dough play universe today. It’s unparalleled softness and feel along with its whimsical designs, allows you to create, sculpt, and build like never before. Land of Dough is made with the finest quality ingredients and care and will deliver a fun and unique experience the whole family will enjoy! Land of Dough is handcrafted on Main Street USA right alongside Crazy Aaron’s world-famous Thinking Putty.

PlayMonster Group LLC, a leading toy and game company, is excited to announce its strategic distribution agreement with TigerHead Toys for the US market launch of the highly-sought-after girls’ collectible line, Pinky Promise Gemmy Friends. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the brand’s global expansion. Pinky Promise Gemmy Friends has captured the hearts of children and collectors with its imaginative play and vibrant designs of collectible characters with wearable accessories. Through this new partnership, PlayMonster Group and TigerHead Toys are set to enhance the brand’s presence in the US market, building on the success it has already achieved in markets like the UK with Bandai and Spain with Bizak, along with several other European, Middle Eastern, Latin American, and Asian countries that has set the stage for an equally impressive journey in the US.

Fans asked; Hess Toy Truck delivered. After decades of requests for another boat, the first of which triggered a fan frenzy upon release, Hess Toy Truck has finally delivered the second boat ever produced as a full-size Hess Toy. It’s extremely rare. This is only one of three Collector’s Edition models ever made, and it will be produced in extremely limited quantities. Five years after the release of the last Collector’s Edition – which celebrated Hess Corporation’s 85th anniversary – this stunning Explorer ship and helicopter combination commemorates Hess Corporation’s 90th Anniversary, now with a bigger and bolder design, inspired by the Company’s offshore operations.

Cloud b, the pioneers in creating products designed for children’s well-being and quality sleep, is pleased to unveil the Cloud Box, a unique storyteller and projection nightlight for babies and children just in time for the holiday season. Built with patented technology, the Cloud Box features 36 original stories, eight melodies and eight distinct white noises that are synchronized with four custom light projections. The custom light projections change with each story to create an audiovisual spectacle that helps soothe babies and immerse children into magical worlds that promote the use and development of their imagination.

DeeDee Wright-Ward, creator of viral Naturalistas Natural Hair Fashion Dolls and CEO of Purpose Toys (the nation’s largest and most widely distributed Blackowned culture-driven international toy company, and leader in natural hair products and culture-driven products for kids) announces the expansion of their flagship line Naturalistas, with the forthcoming release of their latest brand, “Fade Collection”! “Fade Collection” is a line of 11.5-inch contemporary “cultural-Action Figures” that aim to celebrate the warmth and influence of Black Barber Culture, our unique approach to expression through hair, and overall “Celebration of Cutz, Community and Culture,” stated DeeDee WrightWard, creator of Naturalistas, Fade Collection and CEO of Purpose Toys.