EUGY has been awarded the ‘Made for Mums’ Top Xmas Toy for 2020 – judged by kids and recommended by parents and approved experts. Over 300 toys were submitted, 200 shortlisted for testing and 100 toys given the ‘Top Toy Award’. Read about it here as published by Toy World and here as published in Toy News.
My Very Own Rainbow has always been a popular product since it’s launch in 2011. All kids love rainbows and in the pandemic the rainbow became a symbol of hope as children up and down the country decorated their windows with rainbows. The new Rainbow TVC shows how the product displays nature’s most beautiful light show in your room. To read more click here as published in Toy World.
From the makers of StikBot – we present KLIBOT – a line of collectible, all-action figures. With interchangeable pieces, articulating limbs and accessories, KLIKBOTs are ready to travel the universe an go on any adventure you can imagine! Launched to the UK market summer 2020 – read more here as published by Toy World.
Nick Saunders talks to Toy World regarding the role suppliers of educational toys have taken during lockdown. Read the full article here.
At Brainstorm we are committed to the safety of our customers, staff and suppliers. As such we will be taking special measures over the coming weeks in line with our government’s advice/legal requirements. We plan to keep the business operational as long as possible. We are still receiving orders and will continue to ship product for as long as we are physically able and it is safe to do so.
We have conducted a risk assessment with the help of our staff and many of us are already working from home. You can keep up communication with your normal contacts via email. If required our colleagues have the facility to call you back.
Anybody communicating with us for the first time can continue to call +44 (0)1200 445 113 during normal office hours; 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday.
At some point our offices may be required to close and in this case you can email sales@brainstormltd.co.uk. We will be monitoring this address during normal office hours and we will reply as soon as possible.
You can also visit our website for up-to-date information www.brainstormltd.co.uk
Thank you
Nick Saunders, Julie Greenwood & Rosanne Kenealy
Joint Managing Directors.
Aardman will launch a new series on Netflix, on 17th of March – Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom! The Brainstorm Shaun the Sheep torch and projector has been really popular since it’s launch at the end of 2019 and is a great gift for any fan. It has a real retro feel and will appeal to any collector of these products. Read more here as published by Toy World.
Demonstrators from Brainstorm had great fun over February half term showing our StikBot and EUGY product lines to customers at the Hamleys Regent Street store. Kids loved meeting the StikBot character who made regular visits to the floor as well as making stop-frame animations on the green screen table. The EUGY demo area was busy all day as kids made their own cute eco-friendly creatures to take home. Read all about it here as published by Toy World.
Our Twitter party on the 6th of December was a huge success with over 7 million timeline deliveries in the hour-long takeover. Running with the theme of STEM toys, the social media activity focused on our many varied educational products with parenting bloggers reviewing a wide range of products in the run up to the takeover. Read about it in Toy World and Toy News.
We are looking ahead to 2020 and another exciting new addition to the StikBot range – enter StikBot MEGABOTS. Now StikBot’s have their own mega machines with extra parts for easy animation. Read all about it here as published by Toy World.
Every year it becomes harder and harder for Father Christmas (and parents!) to decide what to give children for Christmas. With the launch of new tech and games launching all the time, UK children are developing sophisticated tastes when it comes to choosing toys and gifts. Most parents want to of course let their children experience the latest in gaming and help them get to grips with tech but they also want them to look up from their screens and learn about the world we live in, taking in the knowledge that’s essential for growing up in an ever-changing world. Choosing engaging, educational toys is a great way to teach children by stealth and Christmas is a great time to introduce different toys to expand their imagination and hopefully inspire a thirst for more knowledge.
At Brainstorm, it’s our mission to help children learn in fun and interesting ways through play and the toys within our Brainstorm Toys range are a great way to inspire children to take an interest in the world around them. Take for example our hugely popular space themed toys: My Very Own Moon not only makes a great nightlight, children will enjoy changing to different phases of the moon and learning all about how the moon goes through each phase…..parents will love how it also helps them to sleep thanks to its comforting glow and auto-shut off! My Very Own Solar System also makes a great gift for fans of all things Space and will also keep children entertained all year as it attaches to their bedroom ceiling acting as a cool, entertaining focal point to any bedroom.
See the World through Other’s Eyes will keep the whole family entertained this Christmas! Everyone can don the super-cool glasses and use the 22 interchangeable lenses to see the world through the eyes of different creatures and animals. Why not challenge people to guess what creature they are?
The Outdoor Adventure Collection features lots of great stocking fillers to get children enjoying the outdoors. You can even go on an adventure in between Christmas and New Year – head out with our Compass, Night Vision Torch and Magnifier and explore nature…then get back in time for more mince pies and leftover turkey sandwiches.
It’s not just Brainstorm Toys ranges that educate, here at Brainstorm Ltd, we also have a huge collection of other uniquely innovative products designed to educate your child while giving them hours of entertainment.
EUGY is the perfect stocking filler for creative types and also for parents looking for more sustainable products to add to their child’s stocking this year. Choose a cute character for your child to build using recyclable card and non-toxic glue. They can use their Christmas money to collect them all and choose from characters including a unicorn, panda, clownfish, llama, elephant and more.Forget Christmas movies when your children can make their own thanks to StikBot. As well as totally absorbing, StikBots are a great toy for developing your child’s creativity and imaginative skills as well as helping develop their tech knowledge with the cool green screen technology featured in the StikBot App. All the characters are collectable and poseable allowing kids to create engaging stop-frame animations – the creative possibilities are endless and children can also share with their friends and watch the ever-growing StikBot Central YouTube channel to entertain and inspire their own films.
If your child has watched the brand new A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, you’re bound to have an Aardman aficionado at home so treat them to the Shaun the Sheep Torch & Projector – a cute addition to any Christmas Stocking and parents will love its retro styling.
Many children may ask for a pet this Christmas and while you may not be able to commit to a dog or a cat, every home can welcome the unique Aqua Dragons – a perfect introduction to looking after a pet for your child. The Aqua Dragons Underwater World Kit features a tank and everything you need to get started – simply hatch and feed your Aqua Dragon Eggs and watch them grow. Children will love to watch them swim around their own special tank over Christmas and beyond.
TV advertising ramps up from September for all key lines and will continue in regular bursts until the end of the year. TV campaigns will be planned for the following lines: StikBots, StikBot Monsters, StikBot Zanimation, StikBot Dinosaurs, My Very Own Solar System with My Very Own Moon call out, T Rex Projector and Room Guard, Aqua Dragons and Addict a Ball. To read more about it as published in Toy World see here.
