Post by osito on Apr 5, 2006 9:18:45 GMT -5
Hello Legions of Gotham! I'm Charles (user name: Osito) I'm the art director for a little toy company called Toy Factory which currently holds the amusement license for Justice League. I also happen to be a huge fan of Batman.
A little about what we do at Toy Factory. We manufacture and supply amusement plush and select product to the amusement industry, that would be places like amusement parks, family entertainment centers, fairs, and crane machines.
For Justice League we manufacture Plush, 5" Rubber Basketballs, Pillows, and soft stuffed Vinyl Product (footballs, boxing gloves, etc.). Not as exciting as working for a Mattel or Lego, but I do get to work with several licenses and concept new product occasionally, and it is working with toys all day. We currently only sale to vendors so the best way to get our product is probably through a crane machine.
I have worked with amusement toys since about 1998, the company I worked with before Toy Factory used to produce plush and hard goods for BTAS, Batman Beyond, and Superman along with a ton of other licenses in the amusement market as well.
Like I said I'm a fan and a collector. I mainly collect Batman toys. I like Mattel (they do some great stuff), I like the C3 stuff, looking forward to Lego, and also some DC Direct. I pretty much like all the animated Bat shows, Movies I think I'm like a majority and like them all but the Schumacher era (I will watch them though, have to support the Bat) Comics is the Dark Knight Returns and various Catwoman stories. I was first bit by the Bat bug as a kid, Adam West reruns and Mego, but didn't start collecting till the Toy Biz stuff came out.
I'm here to interact with other fans and answer any questions I can about Toy Factory from time to time. I look forward to being a member of LOG.
A little about what we do at Toy Factory. We manufacture and supply amusement plush and select product to the amusement industry, that would be places like amusement parks, family entertainment centers, fairs, and crane machines.
For Justice League we manufacture Plush, 5" Rubber Basketballs, Pillows, and soft stuffed Vinyl Product (footballs, boxing gloves, etc.). Not as exciting as working for a Mattel or Lego, but I do get to work with several licenses and concept new product occasionally, and it is working with toys all day. We currently only sale to vendors so the best way to get our product is probably through a crane machine.
I have worked with amusement toys since about 1998, the company I worked with before Toy Factory used to produce plush and hard goods for BTAS, Batman Beyond, and Superman along with a ton of other licenses in the amusement market as well.
Like I said I'm a fan and a collector. I mainly collect Batman toys. I like Mattel (they do some great stuff), I like the C3 stuff, looking forward to Lego, and also some DC Direct. I pretty much like all the animated Bat shows, Movies I think I'm like a majority and like them all but the Schumacher era (I will watch them though, have to support the Bat) Comics is the Dark Knight Returns and various Catwoman stories. I was first bit by the Bat bug as a kid, Adam West reruns and Mego, but didn't start collecting till the Toy Biz stuff came out.
I'm here to interact with other fans and answer any questions I can about Toy Factory from time to time. I look forward to being a member of LOG.