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LOL Surprise cited as a key driver by The NPD Group.

TechUp will give connected play firms an affordable means of showing off their products at shows including Wired Live, CES and SXSW.

Stats from the NPD Group stated that in the dolls category this year, MGA’s LOL Surprise brand has continued to drive the majority of the international growth.

Toyi, a creative play kit that transforms ordinary items into toys, hits Kickstarter.

“Our new website facilitates a direct route to the end consumer, meaning for the first time, we can fulfil every step of the consumer journey,” said Wild & Wolf’s Joelle Engolia.

“Our Essen-haul-sharing night is one of the most popular events of the year as we try to share a real mixture of games from around the world,” said Board Game Club co-founder Lesley Singleton.

“It’s an honour to work with such a property, and we are excited to be able to partner with Living Dead Media and Image Ten on creating a game worthy of the movie’s legacy,” said CMON’s Geoff Skinner.

In the international segment, Q3 net sales decreased by 18%.

Concept was submitted by LEGO Ideas members Grant Davis and Jason Allemann in August 2016, before being adapted into the official LEGO version by LEGO designer Wesley Talbott.

“Thousands of meetings were held, our seminar programme and Live Kitchen demos were extremely successful, and exhibitors proclaimed it ‘their best BLE ever’”, said brand director Anna Knight.