From the Editor: Discussing the Year in Toys on ‘The Playground Podcast’
I’ve had the great fortune of attending to know and collaborate with among the high voices within the toy {industry} and the enterprise of play.
Amongst them, the late Richard Gottlieb of World Toy Consultants, Chris Byrne aka The Toy Man of World Toy Information, and John Baulch of Toy World Journal (UK) stand out as shining examples of welcoming, knowledgable people who really care in regards to the enterprise and help the {industry} properly past the pages of their respective publications.
You possibly can say that we’re all huge children, and that may be correct! However, we’re additionally not afraid to place some ft to the fireplace and maintain folks accountable when wanted. Name it “robust love,” toy industry-style.
For the previous a number of years, we’ve all gotten collectively for an annual year-end sit-down to debate the happenings of the yr on The Playground Podcast. As we shut out 2023, that assembly occurred once more, and sadly, we’re down the “fourth amigo” as John would say, however Richard’s legacy stays.
That mentioned, I invite all Toy Ebook readers to seize their favourite beverage and press “play” on this yr’s wrap-up — it’s out there on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get pleasure from podcasts.
I imagine it’s one, however since this episode couldn’t include all the information we’d hoped to share, we’ve made a promise to regroup within the spring of 2024 for some further dialogue on what’s already wanting like fairly a yr for the enterprise!
Glad Holidays, and Glad Listening!
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