Tagged: toys

March 6, 2014 @ 10:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In what is probably the most overdue thing in the toy space, someone is trying to disrupt Mattel’s Barbie doll, often criticized for presenting a completely ridiculous and unrealistic image of the female body. The campaign is for Lammily, and it’s Barbie’s more realistic doppelgänger; a… Read More

January 25, 2014 @ 12:56 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The oft-admired Kickstarter campaign for the PowerUp 3.0 has closed. The grand total? $1,232,612 from 21,412 backers. The average pledge for the campaign was $57.57. RELATED | Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane Looked to Crowdfund $50,000, It’s Now Over $500,000 on Kickstarter It’s good for sixth on Kickstarter’s all-time… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 10:34 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The PowerUp 3.0 has officially crossed $1 million on Kickstarter, proving that any idea can raise massive amounts of money if the crowd sees it as worthy. Over 18,000 people have pitched into the project to date. This funding comes on a goal of only… Read More

December 24, 2013 @ 12:24 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A project on Kickstarter has currently raised over $50,000 on a goal of just $5,000 with over three weeks left to go. I’m left wondering where this was during my childhood. It’s a rubber band machine gun and it looks awesome. Project creator Alex Shpetniy posted… Read More

December 8, 2013 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The PowerUp 3.0 Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane is some kind of awesome.  The crowdfunding campaign launched just before Thanksgiving and topped the $50,000 goal in less than 8 hours.  Over 1000 backers rushed to support this cool project launching it into Kickstarter stratosphere.  The stretch… Read More

November 27, 2013 @ 9:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The crowdfunding campaign for Play-i is in its final hours. The campaign launched seeking $250,000 to fund and prove a market for an interactive, cost-effective set of robots – named Bo and Yana – that would aid in teaching young children the basics of programming…. Read More

September 9, 2013 @ 3:57 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Now that we’re all collectively celebrating the launch of Kickstarter support for projects seeking funding in Canadian dollars, let’s take a look at six projects that have taken advantage of this new aspect of Kickstarter’s service. (As always, caveat emptor!) Nix Color Sensor [Toronto] The… Read More

June 24, 2013 @ 10:41 am By Charles Luzar  |  

With a little over a week left in the campaign the “B” flying car is fully funded on Kickstarter, reaching and surpassing an £86,500 goal. We first reported on the B in May and highlighted the innovative design… A patent is pending for the design… Read More

May 28, 2013 @ 10:43 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We may not have our flying cars just yet, but a man from Southampton in the UK has developed a remote controlled version that looks pretty amazing. Behold the B, a remote-controlled flying car currently seeking backers on Kickstarter. The patent-pending design places four propellers within… Read More

April 20, 2013 @ 9:06 am By Patch  |  

Despite customer efforts that kept LagoonaMagoo Toys from defaulting on a bank loan last month, owners need to increase sales to stay in business long term. Last month community support prevented two popular St. Louis area toy stores from closingshop as originally planned–but the company still… Read More

March 12, 2013 @ 7:07 am By ToyNews  |  

How crowdfunding lets inventors launch toys that otherwise wouldn’t hit shelves. More and more small toy businesses are using sites like Kickstarter to acquire funding and bring their products to market. The crowdfunding website has seen a number of fresh toys manufactured and shipped, including… Read More