Inventors

“Our experience at last year’s Mojo Pitch was very satisfying, thanks to great organisation and a very good conversion rate in terms of concepts reviewed and agreed upon,” said Entertoyment director Josep Pastor.

“We look forward to seeing some really unique, innovative and forward thinking ideas in September and encourage anyone with outstanding ideas that you think would fit within TOMY’s portfolio to come and see us,” said TOMY’s Alpesh Patel.

“It’s a great day and looking forward to meeting lots of talented inventors and seeing some old friends,” said Drumond’s Dharmander Patel.

“We are really excited to make new connections while visiting with some of our established inventors in the toy community,” said Fat Brain Toys’ Erik Quam.

2018 was a great year for Ooba, with a raft of new games hitting the market and recent launches performing above expectations. We caught up with the team – Max Ford, Joeri Hoste and Sally Jacobs – to find out what this year has in store and how they stay creative.

“Rubik’s remains hot going into 2019 and retailers are crying out for new Rubik’s products,” said Rubik’s’ Hayely Woodward

You can grab a physical copy of the book at London Toy Fair, Spielwarenmesse and US Toy Fair.

Collabsco’s Val Vacante takes a look at three up and coming figures in the Connected Play space, and looks at where you should go to find those bringing new perspectives to the world of toys and games.

Heayes Design’s Richard Heayes takes a look at the single biggest issue most new inventors face: handling criticism.

The Challenge sees a raft of toy and game designers tasked with coming up with new play concepts for The Gruffalo brand.