Some insights about the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2012: the future is in the past. We founded the fair of the crisis, with less people on the corridors and exhibitors with less real novelties. The diagnosis is clear since innovation awards candidates were fewer, less risky, some ot them the same of former years and the winners poor of innovative content. The most interesting innovative ideas could be discovered in small products of small companies. In this fair, design and innovation has been seen on gadgets that come back to traditional toys, where innovation values are recognized in young entrepeneur designers. Just to mention some of the really interesting initiatives: water toys of spitty´s, british circus present spherovelo, belgians quut, israelis yetitoy, dutch triqo, and one of the traditional companies the toddler of Puky.
Spherevelo |
Triqo |
Yetitoy |
Puky |
Playmobil y Lego, y otros muchos fabricantes, vuelven a presentar a los clásicos.
Playmobil vuelve a sacar el fuerte Bravo (1987) y los escenarios del oeste. Por lo menos plantea líneas más de vanguardia con los secret agents 2.
On the side of the majors, dinosaurs come back with the TV series Terranova and Steven Spielberg. Playmobil and Lego, and many others, come back to present classics. Playmobil turns to present Fort Brave (1987) and the west scenarios. At least presents more avantgarde lines with the secret agents 2.
Lo más sorprendente que refuerza esta observación de falta de ideas es el lanzamiento de Hasbro Kreo y Lego friends. Para los conocedores del sector juguetero, recordarán como en 1996 se produjo la ruptura de las reglas no escritas del sector cuando Lego presentó la línea Scala y Hasbro su K´nex. El fabricante de sistemas de construcción presentaba escenarios de fantasía, y el fabricante de escenarios presentaba sistemas de construcción.
En 2012 vuelve a ocurrir lo mismo, Hasbro presenta la línea de construcción Kreo basada en su potente licencia de Transformers, y Lego friends presenta escenarios de estilo de vida.
Estamos de vuelta al pasado, el futuro está en el pasado.
The most surprising fact that strenghts this observation of lack of ideas is the launching of Hasbro Kreo and Lego friends. For those who know the toy sector, they will remember how in 1996 took place the break of non written laws of toy sector when Lego presented Scala product line and Hasbro presented K´nex. The manufacturer of building systems presented fantasy scenarios and the scenarios manufacturer presented building systems. In 2012 it happens again, Hasbro presents the construction line Kreo based on their powerful licence transformers, and Lego friends presents lifestyle scenarios. We are turning back to the past, the future is in the past.
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