I thought I’d set up a sticky thread for people to post links to their favorite toy sites, so it’ll be reference for everyone interested in this stuff.
Here are a few of the biggies:
Hasbro www.hasbro.com
Fisher-Price www.fisherprice.com
Little Tikes www.littletikes.com
Mattel www.mattel.com
Jakks www.jakkspacific.com
I’ll add more later - this is just to get started.
Also, below are a bunch posted in another thread by New Pratt Kid:
http://www.toys-airmail.com/
http://www.cooljapanesetoys.com/
http://www.gundamofficial.com/products/index.html
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http://www.angelfire.com/realm/aquaroids/main.html
Please feel free to post any toy sites or anything relevant to the toy industry/toy design… thanks!
http://actionfigures.about.com/cs/toyfair2004/tp/tf04trends.htm
-Toy trend 2004 and lots of very interesting stories.
-Possible toy trend 2005
http://sev.prnewswire.com/retail/20050214/LAM03214022005-1.html
-Possible toy trend 2005
“The toys we buy for our children today may greatly influence who they become tomorrow.”—
History of Toys; Boomerang, Chia Pets, LEGO, Silly Putty, Scooters, Frisbee, Skateboard, YoYo and many many more.
http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/toys/history/
Bubble as Toy:
http://bubbles.org/html/history/toyhistory.htm
PlushToy History:
Time Line of Toy History:
http://www.museumstuff.com/articles/ar2991.html
http://www.smart-toyz-finder.com/toy_history.html
Top 10 Worst Toys 2003:
http://money.cnn.com/2003/11/18/news/companies/dangerous_toys/
http://www.uwire.com/content/topnews112003002.html
Top 10 Worst Toys 2004:
http://www.toysafety.org/worstToyList_index.html
Best and Worst of 2004:
http://www.aftimes.com/best/
Toy Design School:
http://www.toydesign.org/
Pratt ID also has Toy design course. Anyother schools??
My favorite Japanese Toy magazine (only in Japanese):
Academy of Art in San Fran has a toy program (http://www.academyart.edu/ )
A somewhat complete list of toy companies can be found at: http://www.toy-tia.org/Content/NavigationMenu/TIA_Trade_Shows_and_Events/American_International_TOY_FAIR/American_International_TOY_FAIR1.htm
I just got back from Toy Fair- the Toy Building in NYC is being turned into condos… sad.
ktt_kat
February 24, 2005, 6:55am
8
Here’s a couple more:
Sam's Toybox, a site devoted to my collection of collectible, mostly vintage toys; the coolest toys ever made. For reminiscing only, my toys are not for sale.
don’t forget http://www.toysrus.com there’s tons of good research there!
Also-I think a sticky on schools with a toy design major would be great!
_YO
March 2, 2005, 4:09am
10
dedicated to Joe’s:
http://www.yojoe.com/
my local shop:
Oh, and of course for the Vinyl toy freaks:
www.kidrobot.com
www.rotofugi.com
photoreal toy competition 2004 international
http://www.design-engine.com/competition/top10photoreal2004.htm
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ToyArts - http://www.toyarts.com
Great Resource for toy company links and Toy Industry Jobs!
Stop on by and drop a line…
-Mike
redfrog
October 23, 2007, 12:08am
19
This is the company i work for.
An australian based toy company that distributes internationally
http://www.mooseworld.com.au/