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In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with Jason Mars, owner of Red Planet Group. Red Planet Group is a premier distributor and marketer of toys throughout Canada. The company supports global toymakers by bringing toys such as Treasure X, Scruff-A-Lives, Little Live Pets, Wubble, and more to Canadian kids and families. On the show...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with Brian Volk-Weiss, CEO of The Nacelle Co. and Comedy Dynamics. Volk-Weiss is the creator and producer of Netflix's  The Toys That Made Us  and  The Movies That Made Us, and has produced Grammy-nominated and Grammy-winning comedy albums for the likes of Weird Al Yankovic, Dav...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with "The Toy Coach" Azhelle Wade . For more than a decade, Wade has held roles at companies including Horizon Group and Blumenthal Lansing Co., and served as a global product development and design manager at Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us. She currently serves as vice president of brand and p...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with Joe and Jim Seymour of E-Blox. On the show, the Seymours discuss the origin story of their Illinois-based family business that offers products that balance deep learning with big fun. Kids can use E-Blox sets to engineer fully functional creations, to add lights and sounds to existing blo...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with Helen Thomas, chief marketing officer at DMAI, the company behind the  Animal Island Learning Adventure (AILA) Sit & Play  — an intelligent monitor and edutainment system geared toward families with toddlers On the show, Albritton and Thomas discuss the importance of cl...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with Aaron Wade, director of public relations at CanspanBMG, a Toronto-based full service digital and social media marketing agency that has worked with brands including Treasure X and Little Live Pets (Moose Toys), Untamed (WowWee), Bunch O Balloons (ZURU), Elf on the Shelf, Laser X (NSI...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with Christine Osborne, owner of   Wonder Works  — an independent toy store with three locations in South Carolina. Since 1990, Osborne has operated the award-winning store, and over the past three decades, she's seen changes in the market and learned how to adapt through evolvi...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with Todd Rywolt, vice president of sales at marketing at Rollplay , a leader in innovative powered ride-on toys. On the show, Albritton delves into Rywolt's origin story, which includes a 16 year run at Kenner and Hasbro where he worked to develop toy lines for fan-favorite franchise brands i...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with Goliath Games' Director of Marketing Mary Higbe. As families spend more time together amid the COVID-19 pandemic, games are experiencing a huge boost in sales. Texas-based Goliath Games offers a wide range of titles for the entire family, with products available in more than 75 countries...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with Jennifer Mines, vice president of Iscream, a company that provides its fans with fun lifestyle products created under a simple motto: to "make the ordinary a little more extraordinary." Mines' career bridges high fashion and toys. Prior to entering the toy industry at Iscream, she wo...

The first-ever Invention Week comes to a close on the " Power Kid Podcast ." This week, host Phil Albritton of  Power Kid Design  is joined by Matt Nuccio of Design Edge  for a four-part series of mini-episodes in which they delve into the various aspects of inventing including research , prototyping , presentation , and next steps. The series is designed to be an overview for...

Here's the wind-up and the pitch as Invention Week continues on the " Power Kid Podcast ." This week, host Phil Albritton of  Power Kid Design  is joined by Matt Nuccio of Design Edge  for a four-part series of mini-episodes in which they delve into the various aspects of inventing including research, prototyping, presentation, and next steps. The series is designed to be an ov...

For the tinkerers, builders, and sometimes mad scientists, Invention Week continues on the " Power Kid Podcast ." This week, host Phil Albritton of  Power Kid Design  is joined by Matt Nuccio of Design Edge  for a four-part series of mini-episodes in which they will delve into the various aspects of inventing including research, prototyping, presentation, and next steps. T...

So much for social distancing — the " Power Kid Podcast " is coming in close for its first-ever Invention Week. This week, host Phil Albritton of  Power Kid Design  is joined by Matt Nuccio of Design Edge , a toy and game development, marketing, manufacturing, invention, and consulting agency. In a four-part series of mini-episodes, Albritton and Nuccio will delve into the vari...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with Joe Barron, founder of Gray Matter Games, a company dedicated to promoting community and fun while exercising the brain. Barron has designed and published four games which are sold in more than 3000 stores across five countries. He was a 2019 Rising Star Innovator nominee for the Chicago...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with author, inventor, and public speaker Deej Johnson about all things creative. Johnson, who recently appeared at Toy Fair New York's Creative Factor, co-authored a new book entitled  The Snakes & Ladders Of Creative Thinking: Have More Ideas For Board Games, Improve Them & Get...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  speaks with Flexport 's Chief Economist Phil Levy to discuss the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the toy industry. During his career, Levy has served as an adjunct professor at the Kellogg School of Management, Darden School of Business, and Columbia University in addition to serving as an as...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  gears up for Toy Fair New York with The Toy Association's Marian Bossard. For over 20 years, Bossard has served as executive vice president of global market events at The Toy Association. On the show, Bossard discusses the customer service mentality that goes into every aspect of Toy Fair. Additional...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design speaks with toy industry veteran Heidi Shrack, author of Lets Bake a Cake: A Buggie-Muggies Book . For more than 20 years, Shrack has worked on visual merchandising, packaging, logo design, and photography for companies including Toys "R" Us, International Playthings, Crocs, and Radica, in addition to bran...

In this episode of The Toy Report, Toy Book Senior Editor James Zahn ("The Rock Father") serves-up a second preview of Toy Fair New York with more early news that's broken ahead of the annual trade show taking place Feb. 22-25 at the Javtis Center. Zahn discusses the launch of Huge! Play; Modarri's monster trucks; Cepia's Cats Vs. Pickles;  Headstart; Far Out Toys; Smart Toys & Games; Mak...

In this episode of The Toy Report, Toy Book Senior Editor James Zahn ("The Rock Father") serves-up a preview of Toy Fair New York with some early news that's broken ahead of the annual trade show taking place Feb. 22-25 at the Javtis Center. Zahn discusses the latest on the coronavirus, Schleich's 85th anniversary; Hornby Hobbies' 100th anniversary; the 16th Annual Wonder Women Awards presented by...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design speaks with Bob Wilke, president of HobbyTown . Founded in 1980 with the purchase of the original HobbyTown store that had been operating since 1946 in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, HobbyTown began franchising in 1986 and has grown to a chain with more than 100 stores across 39 states. Wilke started his care...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design speaks with Eric Poses, owner and president of All Things Equal . Headquartered in Miami Beach, All Things Equal has sold over 2 million copies of its popular games including Loaded Questions, Loaded Answers, Awkward Family Photos, The My Weird School Game, and two new officially licensed titles based on t...

In this week's episode of the " Power Kid Podcast ," host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design speaks with Tara Badie, director of marketing at Bandai America. More than 82 million Tamagotchi virtual pets have been sold since the line first launched to massive success in 1996. Now, Tamagotchi is back on the scene with a retro line that taps into the '90s nostalgia wave and the all-new Tamagotchi On...

The " Power Kid Podcast " goes upside down this week as a recent guest flips the script to put host Phil Albritton of Power Kid Design  in the hot seat. Jeff Pinsker, president of Amigo Games North America is in the interviewer's chair to explore Albritton's origin story. In the episode, Albritton discusses some of his earliest work in the toy industry, including the Original Funnoodle, the B...