Fiesta Crafts - New Spitfire Hand Puppets Released for Tellatale Theatre

Following on from Fiesta Crafts recently released Door Hanging Tellatale Puppet Theatre is the novel Spitfire with Pilot hand puppet. Fiesta Crafts award winning range of puppets have always been inspirational but the new Spitfire puppet breaks away from their more traditional hand puppets that include themes such as fairytales and story characters. The puppet pilots arms can be moved with a childs fingers independently as the plane is zoomed across the room. All of the hand puppets are well designed and crafted and provide children with hours of entertainment and inspiration as they explore their imagination and interact with their friends.

John Crane - New Wooden Ride On Toys Range Tidlo Released

The new Tidlo range of wooden ride on toys by John Crane includes a
range of vehicles for boys. For younger children there is a Lorry
shaped pull along toy that offers match shaping play in a bright
moving vehicle. Shape sorting is encouraged by the lorry and can help
children with their first steps as they begin to toddle. For older
children, primarily boys there is are a varity of wooden ride on toys
available. Each vehicles has fine detailing and includes motorbikes
and scooters very similar to the Kiddimoto range of balance bikes.
Each of the Tidlo ride on toys has easy grip handle bars, pneumatic
tyres and fine detais including , fuel tanks headlamps and number
plates. The Tidlo range of ride on toys has been highly researched
ensuring so customers are sure to be offered the kind of features
they desire.

2011 Toy Growth Improved by Toy Price Increases

January is traditionally a very slow month for the toy market with
sales representing just five percent of the total annual value sold.
The first month of 2011 however has shown an increase in performance
compared to 2010 figures. The average sale is up from £5.43 to £5.75,
up 8%. The price increase was helped by the VAT rise but also
continues a trend seen in 2010 for buying more expensive toys.
Building Sets and Plush toys were the main benefactors, continuing
the sector growth they enjoyed through 2010 in the UK. The Lego
Ninjago series, helped to bolster the companies sales whilst Zhu Zhu
Pets drove the plush sectors growth. Sport and outdoor toys also did
well with a massive 23% hike in sales with Nerf being the biggest
property in the super category. Licensed sales also grew, bucking the
trend of recent January sales. Hello Kitty & Friends, Beyblades and
Doctor Who all helped the market's performance. February will no
doubt give a better indication of where the overall toy market is
going with many cutbacks proposed by the Government soon to kick in.