Squinkies for squishy, squishy, squashy fun
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I was born in 1980. When I was a kid, I was playing with Cabbage Patch Kid, barbies (a lot of them). I also has a doll name "jane" or something like it name after an American cartoon show. My doll "jane" has it all because her earrings were red flashing... Kids of today's have now their own fetish toys. On the absolute coolest toy of the season, we find the Squinkies. Squinkies is the 2010-2011 hot toy. Because yes, the Squinkies appear in the Toys "R" Us 2010 "Hot Holiday Toy List". The Squinkies also featured in the New York Times.
Squinkies for squishy, squishy, squashy, fun: where are they coming from?
Squinkies are made by a small Minnesota toy company, Blip Toys. Located in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, Blip Toys has 16 employees. The CEO of Blip Toys is Bill Nichols. Bill Nichols is a 51 year old that launched his toy company eight years ago.
As a toy manufacturer, Blip Toys develop products for both boys and girls. Squinkies had been a great hit. Among with Squinkies, Blip Toys had develop other toys:
The Whimzy Pet Collection: features mini plush animals;
Friends Boutique: featuring dolls (barbie style) with accessories and furnitures;
The Amazing Zubber: allow kid to play with a rubber like substance to create a whole bunch of playful things.
Pin Pint: create own 3-D art. for all ages;
Zoom-o toys: they are disc launcher, ball shooter, mini and catchfire;
Hairballs: available in form of hair ball, hair disc and hair tube. Kids can stretch them and squeeze them;
LEGO Products: LEGO branded furniture and sort & store LEGO head. For easy logo clean up.
Joli Friends: Cuddly doll friends;
Nature's Wonders HD: plastic collectible animals withd etails and realistic features.
So far, the Squinkies had been Blip Toys greatest hit. The Nature's Wonders HD also enjoy success. And we can talk about an incredible success story. At the early beginning, Bill Nichols had name is company Blip Toys to fly under the radar of the industry giants.
The Squinkies arrived in stores in early August 2010. Since that time, retailers such as Target, Wal-Mart and Toys 'R' Us have struggled to keep their stocks. In reason of the popular deman for Squinkies, Blip Toys had to deal with Chinese factories to meet the rush.
But why the Squinkies are so pupular? What the Squinkies are all about?
Well, nothing very complicated. Squinkies are inch-high figures that come encased in a plastic bubble. The little figues come in different varities of puppies, turtles, teddy bears and babies. The Squinkies are inexpensives, uniques and collectibles. There are 382 Squinkies to collect. The Squinkies are sold in packages of five ($5.99), 16 ($10.99) or 50 ($39). For girls age 4 years old and older, the Squinkies can be worn like jewelry on plastic rings and bracelets. The Squinkies jewerlries name are: Birthday Surprize Bracelet, Fantasy Surprize Bracelet and the Princess Surprize Bracelet. Young teenagers like to put Squinkies on pencil erasers.
Blip Toys had also comes along with some sensational play sets in form of cupcake, gumball machine or teapot. The adorable Squinkies homes are bubble banks. The bubble banks are known under the name of: Cupcake Surprize Bake Shop (the Squinkies Bakery); the Gumball Surprize Playset and the Tea Time Surprize Playset. For all 3 playsets, kids can access their favorite Squinkie by placing a coin in the slot and turning the dial. The playsets work with real pennies.
You own hundred and hundred of Squinkies? No problem. You can now easily dispose them on the Palace surprize. You can post each of your cuttest Squinkies on each layer of the Palace surprise. Open or close the Squinkies Palace Surprize at your own convenience. The Palace surprise allow you to show off your Squinkies collection in an awesome way.
Recently, the Squinkies Cupcake Surprize Bake Shop has been nominated for the Toy of the Year (TOTY) Award. According to Bill Nichols, the Toy of the Year (TOTY) Award are like the Oscars of the toy industry. Congradulation!
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