"and robotic plush toys were fads when they were first released. These include Tickle Me Elmo, a laughing and shaking plush toy based on the character Elmo from the Sesame Street television show, released in 1996, Furby, a robotic talking plush toy with its own language, released in 1998 and Zhu Zhu Pets, a line of robotic plush hamsters released in 2009. Some brands of stuffed toys use marketing strategies to encourage the collection of a series of stuffed toys, such as Beanie Babies. They are very popular. Webkinz stuffed animals were created by Ganz in 2005. Each Webkinz toy"
"Hatchimals Hatchimals is a line of robotic toys produced by Spin Master. Hatchimals are electronic birds that you can nuture and can hatch from a plastic egg. Later, in 2017, Hatchimals CollEGGtibles, collectible figurines that you can take out of smaller eggs, was released. It began in 2013, where Spin Master's head of robotic creations James Bartin explained that his team hated the popularity of unboxing videos on YouTube, and envisioned a concept for a toy that could ""unbox"" itself. This idea evolved into a concept for a robotic creature that would hatch itself from an egg, necessitating the design"
"Industry Associations’ 2015 TOTY award for Innovative Toy of the Year. MiP was also named ""Innovative Toy of the Year"" at the National Robotics Week. At the 2015 CES, WowWee announced products including MiPosaur and REV. In 2017, the company employed about 100 people. For the 2017 Christmas season, it introduced, through a series of viral promotions on social media, a product called Fingerlings. The tiny robots, in the shape of monkeys, sloths and unicorns, became one of the most popular toys of the season. Some shoppers have complained that they were sold fake fingerlings on amazon and walmart's websites.In"
"emerged as the winner of the studio's bankruptcy auction. On July 16, 2018, it was announced that The Weinstein Company has shut down and its assets were sold to the newly created Lantern Entertainment. It's unclear whether Lantern Entertainment will take over producing the project. Furby Furby is an American electronic robotic toy released in 1998 by Tiger Electronics. It resembles a hamster or owl-like creature and went through a period of being a ""must-have"" toy following its holiday season launch, with continual sales until 2000. Over 40 million Furbies were sold during the three years of its original production,"
"Fingerlings (toy) Fingerlings are a toy line made by WowWee that is meant to be wrapped around your finger. The toy is a robotic monkey, unicorn, or sloth that clings to your fingers and react to touch and sound by blinking and blowing kisses. In 2018, WowWee released Fingerlings Hugs in the for the Holiday season. The interactive plush toy is much bigger than the original Fingerlings, but have the same interactivity. The Fingerlings Hugs monkeys have long arms that kids can wrap around themselves. Fingerlings are capable of over 40 different sounds and reactions, including singing, blink, burping, and"
"of a mechanism for the hatching, and a material for the egg itself. Hatchimals was officially launched on October 7, 2016, backed by advertising on television and digital platforms, such as social networking services. Demand for Hatchimals has been extremely high, which have led to them being designated as the ""hottest"" toy of the 2016 Christmas shopping season; in late-October 2016, Hatchimals occupied multiple spots on NPD Group's top ten list of best-selling toys in the United States, including first, second, sixth, and ninth place. The firm compared the phenomenon to those surrounding Cabbage Patch Kids and Tickle Me Elmo""."
"to begin in March 2018 starting with Darth Vader, who transforms into a TIE Advanced X1. Merging both franchise's toy lines was ""a natural fit"". In 2007, ""Toyfare"" magazine called the Han Solo and Chewbacca figures—which combine to create the ""Millennium Falcon""—the 23rd top toy released in the previous 10 years. In 2006, the toy was voted the #9 toy of the year by ""FamilyFun Magazine"". Star Wars Transformers ""Star Wars"" Transformers is a Hasbro toy line started in 2006. The line features robot versions of various characters from the ""Star Wars"" franchise that transform into vehicles from the same"
"the 2014 franchise ""Shopkins"" with emphasis on its 2015 doll spinoff ""Shoppies"". Enchantimals Enchantimals is a toy franchise created by Mattel in 2017. The line consists of human-animal hybrids and their woodland creature pets who live in Everwilde. It was released as a companion and spin-off line to ""Monster High"" and ""Ever After High"". It has spawned a web series, two chapter books, and a television special for Nick Jr., an American pay television channel that is run by the Nickelodeon Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom, the channel's ultimate owner headquartered in New York"
"and the cancelled ""Transformers Universe"". Transformers (toy line) The is a line of toys produced by the American toy company Hasbro and Japanese company Takara (now known as Takara Tomy). It spawned the ""Transformers"" media franchise. The premise behind the Transformers toyline is that an individual toy's parts can be shifted about to change it from a vehicle, a device, or an animal, to a robot action figure and back again. The taglines ""More Than Meets The Eye"" and ""Robots In Disguise"" reflect this ability. The Transformers toy-line is typically divided into two main factions: the heroic Autobots and their"
"freight instead of by ship, but stated that there may not be new stock of Hatchimals until 2017. However, Martin added that the company planned to introduce new species and features to the Hatchimals line, and asked customers to be patient. A California mother sued Spin Master for an egg not hatching because the Hatchimal's batteries were dead. Hatchimals Hatchimals is a line of robotic toys produced by Spin Master. Hatchimals are electronic birds that you can nuture and can hatch from a plastic egg. Later, in 2017, Hatchimals CollEGGtibles, collectible figurines that you can take out of smaller eggs,"
"Spin Master Spin Master is a Canadian global toy and entertainment company that has been designing, developing, manufacturing, and marketing consumer products for children around the world since 1994. Its brands include 2009 Toy of the Year ""Bakugan"", Gund, Etch A Sketch, 2016 Innovative Toy of the Year Erector Set by Meccano, Air Hogs, 2018 Property of the Year PAW Patrol, Aquadoodle, Tech Deck, 2017 Toy of the Year Hatchimals and 2015 Toy of the Year, Zoomer. Spin Master employs over 1600 people globally with offices in Canada, United States, Mexico, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Sweden, the"
"the Sky Shark. Specializing in low price, simple to fly airplanes and helicopters the Air Hogs line has evolved to include air and ground vehicles. Air Hogs products are sold and distributed in over 50 countries worldwide. Introduced in 2014, Zoomer is a robotic dog that won ""Innovative Toy of the Year"" at the Toy Industry Association's ToTY Awards in 2014. Zoomer Dino won the 2015 ToTY for ""Boy Toy of the Year"" and ""Overall Toy of the Year."" Also part of the Zoomer line are Zoomer Zuppies and Zoomer Chomplingz, smaller, low price point versions of their large counterparts."
"Buzz Bee Toys Buzz Bee Toys is an American/Hong Kong toy company known for competing with Hasbro's Nerf toy line. First released in 2003, Water Warriors is a line of pressurized water guns, similar to earlier Super Soaker blasters. The blasters are technically the most powerful water guns sold today, though it has been proven that the larger models can be difficult for small children to handle. Originally called Air Blasters, Air Warriors is a line of foam dart guns, similar to Hasbro's Nerf Blasters line. A few of the Air Blasters products also shoot missiles or marshmallows. Air Warriors"
"Furby Furby is an American electronic robotic toy released in 1998 by Tiger Electronics. It resembles a hamster or owl-like creature and went through a period of being a ""must-have"" toy following its holiday season launch, with continual sales until 2000. Over 40 million Furbies were sold during the three years of its original production, with 1.8 million sold in 1998, and 14 million in 1999. Its speaking capabilities were translated into 24 languages. Furbies were the first successful attempt to produce and sell a domestically-aimed robot. A newly purchased Furby starts out speaking entirely ""Furbish"", the unique language that"
"FurReal Friends FurReal Friends (later FurReal in 2017) is a toy brand division of Hasbro, Tiger Electronics and Dreamright Toys created in 2002 of robotic pets. It is unknown when it was made by Sega Toys in Japan. The robotic toys range from guinea pigs to dinosaurs. They come in many sizes — some are able to be held in a child's hand and others are able to be ridden by a child. The prices range from $6 to $300. All of the toys move in some way. The slogan was ""They love you for real, FurReal Friends."" As of"
"½ feet long. Like Hasbro's other main franchise at the time, , G.I. Joe saw its popularity peak around this time. This year is also notable for the overhauling of toy packaging, which the background artwork being changed from the familiar explosion background to a pixilated pattern of a red, yellow, and white explosion. In toy stores, two of the largest playsets of the entire line were introduced: the G.I. Joe Defiant space shuttle and the Mobile Command Center. Before the end of the year, the G.I. Joe special team Battleforce 2000 was introduced in time for Christmas. The toyline"
"2013, it is ""My best friends are FurReal Friends."" FurReal is noted for its animatronic replications of creatures and domestic animals as an alternative to live pets, or emulating the behaviors of pets commonly desired by children including horses, cats, and dogs. Certain robotics may be designed to represent creatures unfit for domestication. Bouncy, a robotic puppy, can jump and turn in a circle when a child waves their hand across her head. With Zambi, a robotic elephant manufactured and intended for charitable sales, a portion of its proceeds benefit charities. Another notable toy manufactured by FurReal was the Butterscotch"
"Enchantimals Enchantimals is a toy franchise created by Mattel in 2017. The line consists of human-animal hybrids and their woodland creature pets who live in Everwilde. It was released as a companion and spin-off line to ""Monster High"" and ""Ever After High"". It has spawned a web series, two chapter books, and a television special for Nick Jr., an American pay television channel that is run by the Nickelodeon Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom, the channel's ultimate owner headquartered in New York City (which, unrelated to Enchantimals, voting control of Viacom is held by"
"Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers: Generation 1 (also known as Generation One or G1) is a children's toy line that ran from 1984 to 1992 and was produced by Hasbro. It was a line of toy robots that could change into an alternate form (vehicles such as cars and planes, miniature guns or cassettes, monsters, and even dinosaurs) by moving parts into other places, and it was the first line of toys produced for the successful Transformers toy and entertainment franchise. The line was originally called ""The Transformers"", with ""Generation 1"" originating as a term coined by fans of the toys"
"Transformers (toy line) The is a line of toys produced by the American toy company Hasbro and Japanese company Takara (now known as Takara Tomy). It spawned the ""Transformers"" media franchise. The premise behind the Transformers toyline is that an individual toy's parts can be shifted about to change it from a vehicle, a device, or an animal, to a robot action figure and back again. The taglines ""More Than Meets The Eye"" and ""Robots In Disguise"" reflect this ability. The Transformers toy-line is typically divided into two main factions: the heroic Autobots and their opponents, the evil Decepticons (traditionally"
"for Christmas 2017. Online shopping bots, known as ""Grinch bots"", rapidly purchased bulk orders of Fingerlings from retail websites and sold them on secondary marketplaces like eBay and Amazon.com for a much higher price. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer noticed the trend and stated, ""Grinch bots cannot be allowed to steal Christmas, or dollars"" and proposed legislation that would ban bots on retail sites, expanding the existing Better Online Tickets Sales Act (BOTS Act), which already prohibits bulk purchasing concert or theater tickets. Fingerlings (toy) Fingerlings are a toy line made by WowWee that is meant to be wrapped around your"
"Habitrail Habitrail is a brand name for a hamster cage made by the Hagen corporation. It is a series of translucent plastic tubes and ""houses"" for use in home terrariums, designed specially for hamsters. The design of the Habitrail is modular and can be configured however the owner likes, as well as disassembled for cleaning. The Habitrail is meant to mimic the habitat of the animal in question, usually a warren, or series of underground tunnels. The mascot for Habitrail is ""Herbie the Hamster"", who even has a video game based on him called ""Habitrail Hamster Ball"" produced by Data"
"and Super Soaker blasters, the Vortex blasters are designed with tactical rails to accommodate scopes and other accessories. The Praxis and Nitron have accessories that are also compatible with other Nerf blasters. Hasbro will relaunch the line as Vortex VTX in fall 2018. Nerf Nitro (trademarked as NERF Nitro) is a brand of blasters that fire Foam Cars instead of darts. Each Nitro set includes obstacles to hit and/or ramps to launch the cars in the air. The Combat Creatures series is a joint project between Hasbro and Wow! Stuff. It features a remote-controlled robot that can fire Elite Darts."
"Star Wars Transformers ""Star Wars"" Transformers is a Hasbro toy line started in 2006. The line features robot versions of various characters from the ""Star Wars"" franchise that transform into vehicles from the same series. The toy characters' factions include bounty hunters, the Galactic Empire, the Galactic Republic, the Rebel Alliance, and the Separatists. According to Hasbro, the vehicles from """" are not used because the toy line targets collectors who are mostly familiar with the film series and the """" animated series. In late 2017, TakaraTomy announced a reboot of the line with new designs and higher price points"
"Hot Wheels and Johnny Lightning, but new models in this scale are not released very often. Newer lines offer vehicles in more customized themes. One such line is the ""AllStarz"" which features custom rims, special paint jobs, lowered suspension and super upgraded in-car entertainment systems. Another line is ""Pro Rodz"" which uses the same themes but consists of classic American muscle cars. Both lines are in direct competition with 'Jada Toys' 'Dub City' and 'Big Time Muscle' brands that started the 'bling' trends in auto toys. Around late 2010, Maisto toys sold in Wal-Mart stores took on the name 'Adventure"
"of the hot hots to the 2009 Holiday season. Human Alliance is a new toy line consisting of a Voyager class figure with a poseable 2"" driver figure that fits on the figure's seats or can be posed to man the figure's auxiliary weapons. Autobot Skids and Mudflap come with Arcee and Chromia figures, respectively – which transform into motorcycles that can also pose with the driver figures. Scale-wise, they are roughly 1/26 – just slightly smaller than the 1/24 scale """" figures. Barricade and Frenzy were released in January 2010, and Mudflap, Chromia, and Simmons were released in March."
"Toys ""R"" Us, listed the PAW Patroller vehicle toy as one of the 2015 holiday season's ""hottest"" items. Argos the U.K. catalogue retailer included the ""PAW Patrol"" Air Patroller vehicle on its list of the toys it predicts will be bestsellers during the Christmas 2016 season. In April 2016, a stage show titled ""PAW Patrol Live: Race to the Rescue"" was announced. The show features the PAW Patrol characters competing in a race. It toured Canada, the United States, Mexico, Australia and the Philippines. A sequel show, titled ""PAW Patrol Live: The Great Pirate Adventure"", was announced in June 2017."
"for numerous consoles. Hot Wheels Hot Wheels is a brand of 1:64, 1:43, 1:18 and 1:50 scale die-cast toy cars introduced by American toy maker Mattel in 1968. It was the primary competitor of Matchbox until 1997, when Mattel bought Tyco Toys, then-owner of Matchbox. Many automobile manufacturers have since licensed Hot Wheels to make scale models of their cars, allowing the use of original design blueprints and detailing. Although Hot Wheels were originally intended for children and young adults, they have become popular with adult collectors, for whom limited edition models are now made available. In 2018, Hot Wheels"
"farting. With built-in microphones and motion sensors, they react differently depending on how you interact with them. They were designed to resemble the pygmy marmoset, an animal that Sydney Wiseman, WowWee's brand manager and niece of the company's owners, has been ""obsessed"" with since childhood. Fingerlings were released in the UK and Canada in the spring of 2017. They launched in the United States in August 2017, where they exploded in popularity. WowWee created exclusive products for major retailers—a glitter-covered monkey for Amazon.com, the sloth for Walmart, and a unicorn for Toys ""R"" Us. The toy became the #1 toy"
"of the Nike Free 7.0 shoe. First introduced in 2009, this line is a crossover between Transformers and Disney characters. Mickey Mouse, the first figure in the series, was designed to resemble Optimus Prime, while the Donald Duck figure can be seen as an homage to Bumblebee. The Buzz Lightyear figure incorporates Headmaster elements, wherein the miniature pilot figure forms the head and activates transforming mechanisms when attached to the robot body. Introduced in 2009, this line consists of robot toys that transform into fully functional computer peripherals. Originally planned for release in 2009, this line consisted of digital watches"
"name. They also sponsored a monster truck, which competed in the series in previous years. However, in 2008, the Hot Wheels truck was not on the circuit, replaced in the line up by Donkey Kong. In late 2011, Monster Jam announced a new Hot Wheels truck, named ""Team Hot Wheels Firestorm"", driven by Scott Buetow, and at the 2012 World Finals, Neil Elliott drove it in his Maximum Destruction chassis. The truck was retired in late 2018, as Monster Jam and Hot wheel's contract will part ways by the end of 2018. Monster Jam toys will now be produced by"
"Longstrike CS-6 is called ""Sniper Shot CS-6""; nevertheless, these blasters still have their original names molded on them. In 2011, the Nerf N-Strike Stampede ECS was awarded ""Boy Toy of the Year"" at the 11th Annual Toy of the Year Awards, which is held at the American International Toy Fair in New York City. In 2014, the Nerf Zombie Strike Crossfire Bow won the award for ""Best Action Toy"" at the 2014 U.K. Toy Fair. N-Strike was the main line of the Blasters toy series. This line consists of toy guns that fire rubber-tipped foam darts. While the blasters have"
"Hot Wheels Hot Wheels is a brand of 1:64, 1:43, 1:18 and 1:50 scale die-cast toy cars introduced by American toy maker Mattel in 1968. It was the primary competitor of Matchbox until 1997, when Mattel bought Tyco Toys, then-owner of Matchbox. Many automobile manufacturers have since licensed Hot Wheels to make scale models of their cars, allowing the use of original design blueprints and detailing. Although Hot Wheels were originally intended for children and young adults, they have become popular with adult collectors, for whom limited edition models are now made available. In 2018, Hot Wheels celebrated the making"