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Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Rules Holiday Toy List
“Frozen” is still hot. Two toys based off Walt Disney Co. (DIS)’s hit animated film made Adventure Publishing Group’s Toy Insider Hot 20 list released today, making it the only entertainment property with multiple items on the roster. Disney and its licensees had seven items on the list, a selection of toys Adventure’s experts expect to top kids’ wish lists during the holiday season. Disney’s movie about a princess with magical powers was released on Thanksgiving last year and racked up more than $1 billion in global ticket sales, making it the fifth-highest grossing film of all time. The success caught toymakers by surprise, resulting in a dearth of related…
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Could Disney’s Tsum Tsum Be The Next Toy Craze?
They’re soft, cuddly and adorable, and they’re making kids go gaga. No, the Beanie Babies from the ’90s haven’t made a comeback, but Disney’s new Tsum Tsum are inspiring a similar craze. Tsum Tsum are plush, bean-stuffed Disney characters inspired by a popular smartphone app of the same name in which players need to match similar icons to score points (think Candy Crush, or Bejeweled). You can find them at Disneystore.com and some Disney stores around the country. Tsum Tsum (pronounced “soom soom”) are available in three sizes, and the name literally translates to “stack-stack,” said a Disney rep, because the oblong-shaped toys are meant to be stacked into little…
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“Disney Tsum Tsum” Mobile Game And Soft Toy Line Launch Globally
Disney today announced the launch of “LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum” (\’so͞om-so͞om\), the top-ranked and free puzzle app from Japan, on mobile devices globally, along with a Disney Tsum Tsum stackable soft toy line. The app, which is published by LINE, the leading free call and messaging app, has reached the #1 free app spot on both iOS and Android in Japan and has been downloaded more than 14 million times. Coinciding with the global launch of the app, Disney Store is introducing more than 30 different stackable ‘Tsum Tsum’ toys available on DisneyStore.com, in select store locations in North America, and at Disney Parks starting today. “Disney Tsum Tsum has…
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Funko Making Vinyl ‘Frozen’ Figurines
In case you didn’t know, Frozen is an Oscar-winning film that is the highest grossing animated film of all time. It’s soundtrack was also the best-selling digital soundtrack ever. Pretty awesome right? What’s even more awesome is the fact that Funko is going to be making cute little Funko Pop! Frozen vinyl figures based on this extremely popular animated Disney movie. After many, many requests, Funko is going to be making stylized versions of Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff, and Sven. They each stand about 3.75″ tall and come packaged in collector friendly window-box packaging. They are going to be available this July for the standard retail price of $9.99. Pre-orders…