Investors in Smurfette should remember that toy companies frequently slip in the first quarter.
She later brought cases against the Topper and Mattel (MAT) toy companies over television advertising directed at kids.
In the midst of the recession, when other toy companies saw declining sales, Lego sales rose almost 19 percent.
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Sorger doesn't mince words, calling most major bike manufacturers "toy companies, " and looking at the numbers, he's obviously not far off.
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He has also teamed up with some western toy companies, including Crayola and Revell, to make their crayons and models in Russia.
He contracts different toy companies, like Hasbro, who makes toys for him and he places orders at their factories that have relocated to China.
Toy companies like Anatex and Imaginarium --a division of Toys R Us Holdings--still sell abaci too, since they're often used to teach mathematics to kids.
On Wednesday, the first day of toy hearings on Capitol Hill, lawmakers asked domestic toy companies and the safety council how lead-tainted products managed their way into the marketplace.
Ellsworth, whose tweet started this story, will no doubt find that toy companies and console hardware producers are eager to talk to her, and may also have some hardware ideas of her own.
Toy companies like Anatex and Imaginarium --a division of Toys R Us Holdings (nyse: TOY - news - people )--still sell abaci too, since they're often used to teach mathematics to kids.
Charles Woo, head of MegaToys, says that he encouraged other toy companies to move close to him when he started up in the early 1980s because they could share suppliers and meet the demand if orders came in too fast.
Then came the licensing deals with T-shirt, toy and novelty gift companies.
After all, Hambrecht says, shampoo companies, car manufacturers, safety equipment makers and toy businesses all rely on the chemical industry for ingredients that will give them an edge.
Icelandic banks and companies made acquisitions across Europe, including the iconic Hamley's toy store and the West Ham soccer team.
The brainchild of two British design companies, the nanny is shaped like an egg cup: slide the toy in, and it takes over, using tiny motors to help it press the Tamagotchi's buttons.
Below you'll find the companies involved, so that way you know exactly who to thank for your new toy.
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