“We are developing with our members a Toy Fair offering in the spring of 2021 and of course the always anticipated Toy Fair in the expanded Javits Center in February 2022,” said Steve Pasierb, President and CEO of The Toy Association.

Consisting of a series of storage boxes with LEGO studs and a special LEGO brick set, the new BYGGLEK collection aims to encourage play and infuse more fun into storage around the home.

Panellists include Pixar Animation Studios’ Jen Tan, Roald Dahl’s Stephanie Griggs and SRL Consulting’s Susie Lecker.

The session will be chaired by Erik Quam, Director of Product Development at Fat Brain Toys.

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“We hope the next Ninjago or LEGO Masters could come from this collaboration!” said Keith Malone, Sr. Director of Content Development at The LEGO Group.

The six-episode competition will feature cake and sugar artists tasked with creating confectionary showpieces for a chance to win $25,000.

“Sustainability is one of our key business priorities, so we have been striving hard to make sure our work has a measurable and positive impact on the climate,” said Pamela Stathaki, Head of Sustainability at The Marketing Store.

“While Chicago continues to be our homebase, we believe the name People of Play better describes the vast reach of our organisation,” said POP’s Mary Couzin.

As the co-founder of Open 2 Design, Matt Burtonwood is the brains behind a number of popular products. Recently, he and his business partner began pitching their own ideas, including the much-celebrated Rubik’s Cage.