I was very excited this week to discover that Takara Tomy of Japan has a brand new Jenny website, just in time for her 25th anniversary. The Jenny doll is Takara’s Barbie-equivalent… only she’s not, really, because the premier Japanese fashion doll (the one as ubiquitous in Japan as Barbie is in America) is Licca-chan, [...]
This afternoon, we’ll be driving down to New Haven and taking a train in to New York. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to attend the American International Toy Fair, but the stars have aligned! So I’m taking a moment to hype myself up for Toy Fair, and make predictions about the trends [...]
What does June 2nd mean to you? For some, it was the same as any other Saturday… the beginning of a weekend, with the promise of fun in the sun, fireworks at night, and many other early summer pleasures. For Transformers fans, it was the street date for the toys and associated products for the [...]
It feels a little silly to be expressing my outrage over Mattel’s “MyScene My Bling Bling” dolls when they’ve been out for over a year. When I first saw them in 2005, I wanted to think that they were a misguided experiment. With the success of MGA Entertainment’s Bratz dolls amongst kids, tweens, and young [...]
