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This year I plan on going to one or two toy fairs, last year I missed them as I didn’t know the dates. So, whether you are a parent or someone that likes to stay on top of toys here’s a list for you.

Event: Toy Fair 2008
State: New York
Date: February 17-20
Where: 7 West 34th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues

Some exhibits that will be there are: Discovery Toys, Hasbro, Books-a-Million, inc, Estee Lauder, Disneyland, EduPlay, Fancy That, Little Treasures, Little People Company, Gottschalks, Hastings Entertainment, Happy Toys,

Mother Goose Toys, Munchkin Motors, QVC Inc, Wowwee, Kaplan Early Learning Company, Perrywinkle Toys, KBToys, Kazoo and company, Highlights for Children, Hodgepodge Toys, National Geographic, The Teddy Bear Emporuim, Robeez Footwear, Scholastic book fairs, iParenting Media and PBKids. These are just the well-known companies, there are over 1000 toy companies listed to show up at this event, I really wish I lived closer.

Event: ToyCon
State: Phoenix, AZ
Date: April 30-May 3

Event: Fall Toy Preview
State: Dallas, TX
Date: Oct 14-17

Exhibitors that’ll be there: Big Time Toys, LLC, Cadaco INC, Chicco USA, INC, Cranium, Hasbro, Yomega, Hooked on Phonics, Imperial Toy LLC, iToys Inc, Jakks Pacific, JAX LTD INC, KidKraft, Kidz Toys INC, K’Nex Industries, Mega Brands Inc, Melissa & Doug INC, Ohio Art Company, Out of the Box Publishing INC, Playhut Inc, Zizzle and many, many more.

I’ll update everyone if I find any toy fairs for this year. Know of any?


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