MercuryNews.com: Just a few months after the death of Steve Jobs, a company called In Icons is apparently planning an action figure of the former Apple (AAPL) CEO. Apple declined to comment on reports about China-based M.I.C. Gadget’s plans to bring the world a 1-foot tall, lifelike figure dressed in Jobs’ trademark black mock turtleneck, […]
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My Fox 9: Tony Morley is one of only about 300 full-time toy inventors in the United States, so there’s a good chance that one of his projects — beginning as a crude sketch — is now sitting on a store shelf. “I try to come up with toy concepts that big toy companies would
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Its the toy that will “Keepon” dancing. Originally designed as a therapy device, the Keepon has turned into an unexpected toy success instead. “We used the robot in the playroom and a therapist in another room is controlling the robot. In the research version the eyes are cameras, the nose is a microphone and a
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Kid-friendly business ideas are everywhere. With a little imagination and time, kids have been finding unique ways to make money for many years. Cole Amyx is one. At 13 years old, he currently runs a dog toy business that sells through an online website, dog parks, and street fairs. This line of dog toys by
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What do you do if you were once an aircraft mechanic with a passion for space shuttles? You create a unique baby walker, of course. Samuel Odwalu Mayson has had some trouble working his way off the streets. Jobs seem to be scarce, but he was determined to do something. So, he is working on
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It is okay to play with toys if you’re 11 years old, but that does not mean you’re old enough to promote your own toy inventions. That is the problem Greyson MacLean had to face this year when he tried to take his toy product, BrickStix, to the 2011 Toy Fair in New York City,
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For the last six decades, Eddy Goldfarb’s toys have made their mark on the imaginations of many. According to Venture County Star, his toys have make just as much of an impact on Christmas morning as any other inventor. Goldfarb has created so many toys he was recently given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the
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As an architect, David Child spent years putting pieces together. Five years ago that turned into a new toy discovery, reports Daily Times. Sitting in his apartment in 2005, the Wayne resident folded a business card. “Wow,” he said to himself. “You can make all these complicated shapes.” That event served as the basis for
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There’s something you need to know about two of this year’s hottest holiday toys: Your kids won’t let you buy just one, reports The Wall Street Journal. In the tradition of Hot Wheels cars, Beanie Babies animals and Pokémon trading cards, Squinkies and Zoobles toys have been carefully engineered to make children crave them in
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Spud Alford saw some kids playing a game he remembered playing during his own childhood–finger football–and thought there had to be a better and safer way. He invented the board version of the game in 1989, but he didn’t “take it to the next level.” After a brief run, it died. Entrepreneur reports that for
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