PlayMonster Launches Six Snap Ships for the Holidays
Snap Ships, the award-winning modular building system and leader in build-to-battle action-play, is releasing six new products this holiday season, including the anticipated Claymore CR-76 Combat Transport. As the season’s hero product, this transport ship packs a punch with a bay area that holds and releases two miniature mechs for ground battle. The additional new releases are modular and multi-build for fans to grow their fleet.
New releases are available for purchase on Amazon.com and include:
- Claymore CR-76 Combat Transport
- Hammerjaw K.L.A.W. Gunship
- Javelin M-02 Attack Speeder
- Maul FT-12 Assault Mech
- Spitter K.L.A.W Missile Cruiser
- Tunnelweb K.L.A.W. Spider Mech
Designed for kids and collectors of all ages, Snap Ships invites fans to build, battle, and display an exciting array of cool spacecraft, merging two of the biggest play patterns for boys — action-play and construction. Each Snap Ships comes with a mysterious UJU tech piece that holds special value hidden inside the box.
Hasbro Announces New Nerf Line in Partnership with Minecraft
Hasbro announced a partnership with Minecraft that brings the world of adventures and limitless possibilities to life with an all-new line of Nerf Minecraft blasters. Featuring iconic favorites inspired by Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons, fans can take their imagination from in-game to real-world Minecraft play.
Minecraft players and Nerf fans can purchase the entire block-breaking line of blasters featuring the Minecraft Pillager’s Crossbow and the Minecraft Dungeons Stormlander on Walmart.com. Also available for preorder is a line of Nerf MicroShots featuring the Minecraft Ender Dragon, Minecraft Ghast, and Minecraft Guardian.
Baby Einstein Launches New Magic Touch Products 
Right in time for the holiday season, Baby Einstein announced the launch of its Together in Tune Collection, an all-new musical experience for families that combines traditional wooden toys with cutting-edge technology. The toys are now available on shelves at Buybuy BABY stores nationwide and online, just as the holiday shopping rush commences. To help spread the news and the cheerful spirit of the season, the Baby Einstein brand will also launch a social media campaign aimed at getting families to spend more time together and share content as they play with the collection.
The Together in Tune Collection consists of three products: the Together in Tune Piano; Connected Magic Touch Piano, the Together in Tune Guitar Connected Magic Touch Guitar; and the Together in Tune Drums Connected Magic Touch Drum Set. The brand also offers the Together in Tune Duo Connected Magic Touch Instrument Set, which includes both the piano and guitar as a bundle. These instruments can be played solo or can connect via radio waves in “Band Mode.” When connected, the magic of the collection comes to life creating a perfect opportunity for babies to play together with mom and dad, their siblings, or their besties. The connected notes played by baby are harmonized through each of the instruments, to match the beat and create a brand-new melody.
This collection was designed utilizing The Einstein Way, the Baby Einstein brand’s science-backed learning philosophy developed to ignite curiosity in children and families. The brand is excited to introduce these new products, in hopes to help inspire curiosity, capture children’s attention, promote hand-eye coordination and stimulate the senses.
Pebble Gear Launches New Kid-Friendly Tablet Range and Accessories
Pebble Gear, an international children’s technology company, announces the launch of a range of ground-breaking, safety-focused and Disney-licensed kids’ tablets and accessories aimed at 3 to 8-year-olds for the U.S. market.
Pebble Gear, with the mission of helping kids safely take their first steps into technology has created an innovative kids’ tablet specifically designed to allow children to access digital content safely and securely. The Pebble Gear Kids’ Tablet provides access to kid-friendly gaming and educational content, free of any in-app purchases, unwanted pop-ups, or hidden fees and comes with full access to extensive parental controls at no additional cost. The tablet also includes a free year of access to kid-safe versions of over 500 of the most popular kids’ apps via the proprietary GameStore Junior application, allowing kids and families to explore the world of available digital content while offering parents complete peace-of-mind.
Following initial successes in international markets, Pebble Gear launched the range of seven-inch Android tablets in the U.S. this fall, offering fans access to intricately-themed, immersive environments featuring their favorite characters from Disney’s Frozen, Mickey Mouse and Friends, and Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story and Cars franchises. The tablets also come packaged in their own unique and theme-matching protective bumper case, ensuring security both inside and out.
The Pebble Gear Kids’ Tablets have a recommended retail price of $99.99 and are available for purchase from Target and on pebblegear.com.
Funko Releases Product Assortment In Celebration of Grogu Balloon Debuting at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 
Funko has released an assortment of products in celebration of the Funko Pop!-inspired balloon featuring the character Grogu (known in pop culture as Baby Yoda) from the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, which will fly at this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- Grogu – The Mandalorian Funko Pop! Bobblehead (MSRP: $15)
- Grogu – The Mandalorian Deluxe Funko Pop! Bobblehead (MSRP: $35)
- Grogu – The Mandalorian Pop! Keychain With Control Knob (MSRP: $5)
- Grogu – The Mandalorian Parade Pop! Tee (MSRP: $20)
- Grogu – Using the Force – The Mandalorian Parade Pop! Tee (MSRP: $20)
- Grogu – The Mandalorian Flying Kids Parade Pop! Tee (MSRP: $12)
- Grogu – “This Is the Way” – The Mandalorian Parade Pop! Hoodie (MSRP: $45)
- Grogu – The Mandalorian Flying Kids Parade Pop! Hoodie (MSRP: $35)
New Neopets Plush Collection are Coming Home for the Holidays
For the last twenty-two years, the Neopets brand has continued to find itself in the homes of nostalgic PC gamers and on the minds of impassioned members of the Neopian community. Neopets, JumpStart Games, and Carlin West Agency are announced an all-new collection of the Neopets collectable plush for fans to enjoy.
This first wave of highly anticipated plush features an adorable line of Neopets and their pets (known as petpets) in fan-favorite colorways.
This collection offers many firsts in the world of Neopets plush, with the following products highlighting the new plush available, with more to come:
- Faerie Draik Plush 8” (First Draik in plush, and in the Faerie Paint Brush)
- Royal Meepit Plush 4” Key Clip (First Meepit in the Royal Paint Brush)
- Island Kadoatie Plush 4” Key Clip (First Kadoatie in the Island Paint Brush)
- Plushie Snowbunny Plush 4” Key Clip (First Snowbunny in the Plushie Paint Brush)
- Rainbow Slorg Plush 4” Key Clip (First Slorg in the Rainbow Paint Brush)
Each high-quality plush is embroidered with three stars, inspired by the stars on the Neopets brand logo, to signify its inclusion in the long-awaited collection. In addition, each plush will have a special collectible code, which can be entered on Neopets.com to receive exclusive item(s) in the online world of Neopia.
Pre-sales of the new plush collection begin November 23 in limited quantities on NeopetsShop.com, which is driven by e-commerce platform, Snow Commerce.
Douglas Readies for all the Spring Holidays 
Douglas Company adds three new plush toys to their Springtime Fun plush collection. Each is ideal for gift giving and lots of holiday snuggling.
Rosie the Bunny is adorable at 5.5 inches tall. She is pristine white all over and has soft pink lining in her ears and on her footpads. She is ready for Easter, holding a perfectly decorated turquoise blue egg.
Doodle the Dog provides all the Easter Holiday feels. At 8.5 inches tall, this tri-color, true to life breed is “pawsitively” darling, wearing a full set of white bunny ears complete with pink lining.
Doodle the Dog is ready to warm some hearts for Valentine’s Day, too. This tri-color version is wearing a headband complete with two puffy, red hearts. At 8 inches this little cutie is determined to woo your sweetheart.
Designed for ages 3 and up, Douglas’ newest Springtime Fun plush is expected on store shelves in February 2022. Douglas’ products are sold at specialty gift and toy stores in the U.S. and Canada.