We caught up with O’Malley to learn how inventors can work closer with the licensing community, and find out why she’d love the chance to develop a licensing programme around Wes Anderson’s portfolio of movies.

As the toy hits Kickstarter, we caught up with Hayri and Oscar to learn more about the development process behind Cody Block, and why play is such a great means of helping children grasp the ins and outs of coding.

“My aim is to create a toy that blends classic wooden toys with electronics and helps kids navigate this increasingly digital world,” said Hayri Bulman, founder of QUBS.

This week, we’re catching up with Ian Downes, Director at Start Licensing and co-founder of Brands Untapped, a brand new experiential licensing event launching in March 2021.

The toy sees children catch seeds, incubate them in the POD before nurturing and evolving their pets into fully-formed customisable creatures called Melbits.

Online play festival, set to take place across May 23rd and 24th, aims to ‘support the trade and consumers at a time where we all need to pull together.’

“In these difficult times due to the worldwide Covid-19 crisis, we at Asmodee are happy to offer families a way to play together from the comfort and safety of their home,” said Stephane Carville, CEO of the Asmodee Group.

Pumpkin Projects’ Valeria Miglioli looks at how the coronavirus crisis is providing inventors with an opportunity to assess what is truly important, from both a family and toy design perspective.

Currently sat at $6.6m at time of writing, Frosthaven is already the fourth most funded tabletop project in Kickstarter history.

At this year’s New York Toy Fair, University Games president Bob Moog sat down for a chat with Mojo Nation’s own Billy Langsworthy as part of the firm’s UG Studios video series.