Schleich Wraps Up Second Successful Retailer Window Contest

January 26th, 2012
FanTOYStic Toys won first place

FanTOYStic Toys' five-level winning display.

Schleich, one of the world’s leading suppliers of figures and animal replicas, has announced the winners of its second annual Retailer Display Window Contest. More than 200 retailers in 15 countries answered Shleich’s challenge to create imaginative displays around the 2011 competition’s theme, “Who’s Your Hero?”.

Although first-place honours in the North American division went to fanTOYStic Toys & Gifts, of Muskegon, Michigan, a Canadian entrant, Boutique Les Petits of Drummondville, Quebec, took second place — sharing the position with Illinois’ Gepetto’s Toy Box.

 

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Canadian Toy Fair Hosts Award-winning Exhibitors

January 22nd, 2012
Family Games at Canadian Toy Fair

Family Games, one of many leading vendors at 2012 Canadian Toy & Hobby Fair.

When Canada’s premier trade event kicks off on January 29, there will be several recent award-winning companies among the more than 60 exhibitors lining the aisles at the Toronto International Centre. For example, Stortz & Associates, International Playthings, Playwell Enterprises and PlaSmart Inc. — all winners of Gold Star Awards from Neighbourhood Toy Stores of Canada (NETS) in 2011 — are back this year with more amazing products.

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Former President of Playmates (Canada) Passes Away

January 16th, 2012
Peter Turvey - portrait

Peter Turvey talks shop at Canada Night NYC, c1995

Charles Peter Turvey, a well-known member of the Canadian toy industry for more than four decades, died suddenly on January 14, 2012 at the age of 68.

Perhaps best remembered as the always-charming president of Playmates Toys (Canada) Inc., Mr. Turvey first worked for several big name companies, including Tonka Toys, where he got his start as a sales rep in 1967. He moved on to join Ganz in the early 70s, serving as that firm’s sales manager for almost eight years before leaving to start his own plush manufacturing company, Fantasy Toys. Mr. Turvey also briefly owned Regal Toys, which he sold in 1981 to Playmates, a large California-based company looking to establish channels in Canada. He remained with the growing company, establishing and taking on the operation of the Canadian branch in Mississauga, Ontario.

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Family Games Marks 25 Years of Creating Classics

January 12th, 2012
Family Games celebrates 25 years

With award-winning games and brainteasers like Tantrix, Cathedral, and Endangered, Montreal’s Family Games Inc. has been encouraging consumers to enjoy “learning through laughter” for 25 years.

The company’s well-known founders, Yvan David and Susan Hebblethwaite, are still at the helm and still working to create and develop titles that are frequently as beautiful as they are fun and thought-provoking.

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Say “Oui” to Canadian Enterprise

January 1st, 2012

Canada's unique Toy & Hobby Fair deserves our support.

Several weeks ago, Toys & Games published a brief article about the Canadian Toy Testing Council. As readers will recall, the CTTC, a non-profit organization, had applied to receive an Aviva Insurance Community Fund Grant. The CTTC, which is largely run by volunteers, had recently lost a long-time sponsor and was running perilously low on funds. To stay in the competition for one of Aviva’s larger grants, the CTTC asked Canadians from all walks of life — media to consumers and toy industry members — to go on Aviva’s website and vote in support of the organization’s proposed projects and programs.

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