With a few exceptions, every major publicly-traded toyco reported a drop in sales of licensed toys/games. TLL breaks down how the year went for Mattel, Hasbro, Jakks Pacific, Lego, and Funko…
Best in Show
L.O.L. Surprise! Sweeps Toy & License of the Year Awards
March 4, 2019
The list of winners from this year’s TOTY awards is topped by none other than MGAE’s L.O.L. Surprise! Plus more from Lego, Mattel, Spin Master, and other category winners…
Retail
Store Check: Holiday 2018 at Rockefeller Center
December 11, 2018
As the holiday shopping season enters into full swing, we visited NYC’s Rockefeller Center and the new FAO Schwarz store as well as the Nintendo and LEGO stores…
Toys & Games
One-Quarter of Top 2018 Holiday Toys are Licensed
November 26, 2018
Roughly 29% of the top 2018 holiday toys are licensed, according to lists created by Walmart, Target, Amazon, and Kmart…
Business
M&A: Fashion, Toys & Other Business
November 19, 2018
The latest in mergers, acquisitions, and other business moves from Levi Strauss, Moose Toys/Worlds Apart, ABG, Goliath/Vivid Toy, Perry Ellis, Varsity Brands, and mroe…
ENTERTAINMENT/CHARACTER
Comic-based, Original Films Lead Films With Licensing Potential
August 6, 2018
Of the 213 upcoming films that TLL has identified as having licensing potential, 39% are based on comic books while 37% are original works. And 43% are sequels or reboots…
ENTERTAINMENT/CHARACTER
37 Entertainment/Character Brands Earned Over $100 MM in the U.S./Canada
July 30, 2018
Thirty-seven entertainment/character properties have made our annual list of brands that generated over $100 million licensed retail sales in the U.S./Canada in 2017…
Business
M&A: Publishing Has a New Face
July 23, 2018
Traditional news publishers are going through a massive licensing shakeup. Plus, more M&A news from this week from game and home businesses…
Interactive
Mobile & More Content Licensing
June 4, 2018
Jurassic World gets an AR app, 40 Hasbro brands get digital goods, Subway Surfers returns to YT, and Angry Birds is launching into the real world…
Toys & Games
State of Toys & Games
May 7, 2018
Hasbro buys Saban Properties in a deal worth $522 million; plus, an inside look into the toyco’s and its competitor’s Q1 earnings…