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LEGO reveal schedule upended as UK Toy Fair 2021 is cancelled
The LEGO Group will need to rethink its reveal schedule for 2021, as next year’s UK Toy Fair has been cancelled. The British Toy and Hobby Association (BTHA) announced its decision today, citing the ongoing pandemic. Unlike the New York Toy Fair, though – which has simply been pushed back to May – the annual…
LEGO Hidden Side wins Toy Fair 2020 Editor’s Choice Award for 70432 Haunted Fairground
Toy Fair 2020 has seen the LEGO Group win the Editor’s Choice Award for LEGO Hidden Side 70432 Haunted Fairground. LEGO Hidden Side 70432 Haunted Fairground has won the Editor’s Choice Award at Toy Fair 2020. The set was named one of the Hero Toys 2020 yesterday, before being announced as the winner of the…
The LEGO Group teases “play innovations” for 2020 after a successful 2019
With Toy Fair 2020 taking place in London, the LEGO Group is teasing “new play innovations” in 2020 after a successful 2019. A press release from the LEGO Group triumphantly declares that the company sold an average of one product every second in the UK between October and December 2019, despite the UK toy industry…
LEGO Hidden Side 70432 Haunted Fairground named Hero Toy 2020
The new LEGO Hidden Side set, 70432 Haunted Fairground, has made the Toy Fair Hero Toys list for 2020. At Toy Fair 2020, held in London this week, the British Toy & Hobby Association (BTHA) has announced the Hero Toys for 2020. The list consists of 25 toys launched this year, judged by a panel…
UK toy sales declined in 2019
As the UK’s annual Toy Fair begins, the industry is looking back at a year of declining sales. In 2019, total UK toy sales were £3.2 billion – 6% down on the year before. That still puts the UK as the largest toy market in Europe, with Germany not far behind. “2019 was an unusual…
Counterfeit toys contribute to decrease in UK sales
2017 saw a dip in UK toy sales, after three years of growth for the industry. To coincide with the UK’s Toy Fair, the British Hobby and Toy Association has released figures showing a dip in UK toy sales in 2017. Sales decreased by 2.8% last year, to £3.4 billion. Analysis has been provided along with the figures:…
UK Toy Fair 2018 – bricks, but no LEGO
With no presence from the LEGO Group at London Toy Fair 2018, what do fans of the brick need to know? The UK Toy Fair returned to the Olympia exhibition centre on January 23. Across three days, toy companies display new products that will be released over the next 12 months, allowing retailers and media to…
New LEGO light products for 2018 revealed
Recreation – the distributor of LEGO lights the UK – has revealed the new products that will be released during 2018. The popular LEGO light products that give fans the opportunity to own oversized minifigures and other accessories continues, with a few new products added to the range for 2018. At the UK Toy Fair, Recreation…
No summer 2018 previews at toy industry fairs
The upcoming LEGO ranges will not be previewed at the toy fairs in London, Nuremberg and New York. Brickset reports that there will be no previews of the LEGO summer 2018 sets at the worldwide toy fair events. Typically, photography is permitted at the International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany and New York Toy Fair.…
