Toy Vault and is an American company founded in 1998 that designs and manufactured plush toys, plush apparel, board games and other novelty items.[1]
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| Company type | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Toys, board games |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Corbin, Kentucky, US , USA |
| Products | Firefly, Monty Python, Godzilla, The Princess Bride |
| Website | http://www.toyvault.com |
Perhaps best known for their Monty Python toys, Toy Vault also holds licenses for such properties as Godzilla, The Princess Bride, Jim Henson's Labyrinth,[2] Kiss, Firefly, Trigun and others.
The Lord of the Rings
editThree months after its inception in 1998, Toy Vault acquired a license from Tolkien Enterprises to produce plastic action figures based on The Lord of the Rings. This was the first series of action figures produced based purely on a literary property.[3]
Current and previous product lines
editLicensed
edit- Firefly
- Monty Python
- Godzilla
- The Princess Bride
- The Dark Crystal
- Jim Henson's Labyrinth
- Farscape
- Rubik's Cube plush
- The Lord of the Rings
- Alice in Wonderland
- Astro City
- Dork Tower
- Knights of the Dinner Table
- Conker
- Cabbage Patch Kids children's furniture
- KISS
- Swear Bears
- Shin-chan
- Trigun
- SpongeBob SquarePants
Unlicensed
edit- Cthulhu Mythos
- Richard Borg's Abaddon (board game)
- Zombies Afoot! Plush Slippers
- Vault Gaming Supplies
References
edit- ^ Steinkopff, Eric (2007-06-25). "The Toy Vault: Toy company moves headquarters to downtown London". The Times-Tribune (London, Kentucky). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
- ^ MuppetCentral.com:"Toy Vault developing Henson Fantasy Plush," 2006-11-30
- ^ Rob Rooney, "The Road Less Traveled", 1999 Archived 2005-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
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