“We are also prototyping personal protective equipment such as face shields for our heroes in the healthcare profession,” said Mattel president Richard Dickson.

The Toy Association and Creative Factor founder Brett Klisch have created a list detailing some of the parts needed with links to instructions on how to produce them.

The ToyAwards are presented to manufacturers of “genuine” innovations with the originality of a product one of the main criteria for choosing winners.

We caught up with Jonathan Bennink, design manager at The LEGO Group, to learn more about what went into giving the iconic moustachioed plumber a LEGO makeover.

Wynne-Jones IP will be providing useful IP advice across all three days of this year’s Festival, taking place from September 7th to 9th.

Lucy Salisbury heads up Funko’s licensing team for EMEA, managing the firm’s portfolio of more than 1000 active licences and over 10,000 characters.

“We have the ability to hop on science projects quickly here at Crazy Aaron’s, and we’re looking at this effort to create an FDA-approved hand sanitiser formula as the ultimate science project,” said founder Aaron Muderick.

Brand Designs is a new series of interviews with execs from the licensing industry on a range of subjects relating to the world of toy and game design.

“It’s a decision not taken lightly and is in the best interests of all concerned as well as being in line with all the professional and official advice available,” read a statement from the show’s organisers.

With the Kickstarter campaign underway for Underdog Games’ Trekking the World, we caught with CEO Hasan Hasmani to learn more about the origins of the firm.