When is toy fair 2017

Fun Day Trips from New March 10th, The Best Shows on Broa March 3rd, Things to Do in New Yo While Toy Fair will always be first and foremost a business marketplace, it has grown into a well-rounded educational and networking fair with seemingly endless opportunities for building new contacts and learning about the future of play, youth trends, licensing, independent retailing, entrepreneurship, U.

Global and other experts will share tips and tricks for brand licensing, case studies and more. Additional educational tracks and speakers will be confirmed in the coming weeks; be sure to check ToyFairNY. But both launches demonstrate that the toy industry will continue its attempts to keep pace with shifting ideas and morals surrounding gender.

Augmented reality was one of the breakout technologies of , so it was no surprise to see several new companies at the Toy Fair adapting AR into games. New offerings that managed to blend the excitement of AR with traditional, physical elements of play were especially attention-grabbing. Pai Technology recently launched Ocean Pets, which lets children mold fish from clay and then upload their creations into an AR-based virtual fishbowl.

Future launches include the Pai Kodee robot, which teaches coding but can also interact with real-world objects through AR. Mardles also offers AR-enabled sticker books and coloring books, which, in addition to bringing drawings to life, offer educational facts throughout the experience.

Standout companies will find ways to use new technology to enhance, not detract from, real-world play. For more, see our October story, Augmented reality evolves. Sign up on-site during show hours. The show brings together close to 1, exhibiting manufacturers, distributors, importers and sales agents to showcase hundreds of thousands of toy and youth entertainment products to retail outlets from nearly countries.

TIA is the not-for-profit trade association representing all businesses involved in creating and delivering toys and youth entertainment products for kids of all ages.