Archive for the 'Toys' Category

Toy advertising

Friday, May 18th, 2007

I may live to be a hundred, I don’t think I’ll ever get older than 11, maybe 13. Toys will never cease to tickle my fancy. Call me a big baby, but there it is. That said, here are two genius campaigns for toys. The Lego campaign is from Singapore, and the one for Matchbox from South Africa. I love them…

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(via Twenty Four and Advertising/Design Goodness respectively)

Spider Spud

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

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Merchandising gone absolutely haywire : the Mr Potato Head - Spider Spud Red. I didn’t like the “red vs black” thing the first time around, and I don’t like it now.

Liberty Meadows Vinyl Figures Coming Up

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

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Good news for the vinyl freaks among us ! As Vinyl Pulse mentions, Mindstyle just released prototype photo’s of their upcoming Liberty Meadows trading figure collection. Me Wanna !

Asterix Card Game

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

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Above is a card game that was given away as a bonus with cereal earlier this year. Print on cardboard, cut out and have hours of fun !