On with the show: toy manufacturers take center stage at the 2006 American International Toy Fair.(toy fair spotlight)(Cover Story)

From: Playthings | Date: February 1, 2006 | Copyright information

Talk about a casting call.

More than 1,500 toy, game and other children's entertainment product manufacturers, reps and importers from upwards of 30 countries will put their best foot forward, so to speak, during the 2006 American International Toy Fair. They'll exhibit in hopes that one of their thousands of new products will become the star of someone's in-store "show," be it at Wal-Mart, the corner specialty store, Toys "R" Us, online or elsewhere.

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The good news for 2006 is that the chance of success for even the smallest Toy Fair exhibitor ...

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