Superheroes wage a brand war.
NEW DELHI: The war for audiences being fought between the two biggest and much anticipated movie releases this summer - Krrish and Superman Returns - is now fast spreading out of the box-office. With both movies targeting kids and young adults, its the desi versus the international...

Toy Stories.
The wheels of time have turned again, and this time, traditional toys have spun back into vogue, writes Shalini. Is it time to dust off the old boardgames you once played with your grandma? It would seem so. Recently, at an outing organised by Round Table, Yajushi,...

Suspect stayed with doll-makers.
Byline: Vijay Singh NAVI MUMBAI: The one-storey building is so non-descript it is only known as Plot 100 and almost matches the dull grey sky on a wet Friday afternoon in Navi Mumbai. But for now Plot 100 in Dattanagar, Talovali Village, is anything but dull for...

Sorry Laluji, kids don't like you.
Byline: Radhika D Srivastava PATNA: If railway minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad thought that a baby-faced look-alike rubber doll could help him reconnect with the people of Bihar, he was in for a shock. No child wants to buy "Laluji" dolls in Patna even...

Toy story.
Have you heard of beyblade? If you haven't, then chances are you don't have any children around you. Beyblade is the universe of the little ones and those who don't have it think life incomplete without it! Toys are an integral part of our life and we...

Aging alone?
While glancing through the April 2005 AARP Bulletin, I chanced upon a short news item, "Hello Dolly." The brief article proceeded to "describe a "new" innovation by Japanese toymakers called the "Yumel" boy doll that stands 15 inches high and is described as "a 'healing partner' for the lonely...

Barbie's Taiwanese homecoming: a plastic, fantastic tale of globalization.
Ku TSUEI-EH, who doesn't speak a lick of English, calls the plastic pop princess by her given Chinese name: Bahbi wa wa. The prim 49-year-old founder of Taiwan's recently opened Taishan Doll Museum gushes girlishly about the "product of her youth"--the Barbie dolls she used to dress during the...

BCCL picks up a 3.2% stake in Hanung toys.
NEW DELHI: Bennett, Coleman & Co (BCCL) has picked up a 3.2% stake in Hanung Toys, currently the third-largest manufacturer and exporter of soft toys in the country. This strategic tie-up with BCCL will help Hanung Toys to shift lanes and move to an accelerated growth path. Ashok Kumar...

Hanung Toys and Textiles IPO.
Hanung Toys and Textiles (HTTL), a stuffed toys and home furnishings manufacturer, has entered the market with a public issue of 95 lakh shares of Rs 10 each at a price band of Rs 85-95 per share. Among listed companies, there are few who are in the...

Are you game?
Byline: Ravi Parwan Hanung Toys and Textiles (HTTL), a domestic stuffed toys and home furnishings manufacturer, is entering the market with a public issue of 95 lakh shares of Rs 10 each at a price band of Rs 85-95 per share. The issue opens on...