Wholesale Toys - Wholesale Toy Distributor

Sep 16 2019

How to Start Selling Wholesale Toys Today

Are you opening a new retail store and looking for tips on how to purchase and sell the right toys for your customers? As both a toy manufacturer and wholesale distributor, people often contact us at License-2-Play to ask for advice on stocking and staging their shelves with products their customers will love. Seeing our clients' businesses thrive in this industry that is all about bringing joy to others makes our hearts happy. So, we created this list of our best industry hints for store owners that cover everything from ordering toys to setting up showcase displays that encourage purchasing.

Sep 11 2019

Popular Toys in 2019

We made a list of some of our hottest selling toys for 2019. For those who missed the Toy Fair in New York this year and can't wait till February to find out what's selling in all the stores, this list is for you. Read on to discover what the kids are talking about and why you should be stocking your shelves with these items!

Sep 03 2019

Find your Halloween Monsters, Villains, Candy and Gooey Slime at License-2-Play

Halloween is all about dressing up in your spooky best and hoping for more treats than tricks. Stock your store with a little of both from License-2-Play so customers can take their pick. With these popular items, there is sure to be something every child or zombie will love!

Aug 20 2019

History of Mego Action Figures

For nearly five decades, Mego creations have made it possible for fans to bring home action figurines of the movie and tv characters, musicians, comic heroes and villains, and other celebrities they love. These action figures spark creative play ideas by providing established well-known backstories kids can build on when they dream up their own daring adventures. Plus, there is a large variety of characters available for everyone to have a favorite. Read on to learn more about what makes these figurines continue to be so popular for multiple decades with both children and nostalgic adults alike!

Aug 09 2019

The Perfect Backpack Clip On Friends

Parents love the learning benefits, social development skills, and healthy entertainment that come from kids playing with toys. But, there are some occasions when the perfect clip-on friends are the best way to make fun-on-the-go possible. These little collectible characters can tag along on backpacks, handbags, bike baskets, belt loops and more!

Aug 01 2019

Toys Help Bring the Family Together

There are many ways toys help us grow and connect with others in the family. Although toys offer an amazing method of teaching new skills and introducing higher-level concepts, they also afford a chance to share with others, calm the mind, and reward good behavior. With all of these healthy benefits, few things bring the family together like toys.

Jul 23 2019

Dolls and Other Toys that Teach Great Caregiver Skills

Toys such as dolls encourage children to learn the rules of social interaction, they offer challenging problems to solve with make-believe scenarios that are based on real-life, and they teach some very helpful caregiver skills to children with younger siblings or pets in the home. In this article, we will explore some fantastic toys that cry, move, talk or laugh while providing plenty of practice for our future caretaker generation. From dolls that seem more like real babies to furry creatures that wiggle, these top toy picks are sure to surprise and guide children throughout the early stages of their social and nurturing development.

Jul 11 2019

Take Along Friends

Good friends are great to have in any size, but what child wouldn't love a pocket-sized figurine or pet to take on errands and sleepovers? Plus, parents will approve of the myriad of benefits that imaginative play, also called make-believe, adds to the child's development. For example, did you know the act of creating stories for characters enhances a child's ability to communicate, problem solve and show empathy? Join us as we explore some fabulous toys that would be perfect for creative playtime during a road trip or on-the-go fun anytime anywhere!

Jul 01 2019

Benefits to Using Toys to Reward Good Behavior

If you are a teacher, parent, or have watched a few episodes of "Super Nanny", you may already know using rewards for good behavior has been found to be more effective than handing out punishments when guiding young children. Explore why this method of discipline is so popular in this article, along with the many benefits of utilizing toys as incentives. From learning about boundaries to crafting goals and saving strategies, toys as rewards for good behavior can do wonders!

Jun 22 2019

Puzzle Loving Toys

Do your customers love to solve puzzles? Are the parents in your store looking for a challenging problem-solving toy or thought-provoking game? If it is a higher degree of skill they seek, take a peek at our top picks for the best puzzle toys.

Jun 15 2019

5 Building Toys for Creative Thinkers

Whether your customers have a future engineer at home or are looking for ways to encourage creative play for the many associated cognitive and social benefits, these toys will bring out the wow factor as young minds explore limitless building options. With so much of children's playtime being consumed by video games, social media platforms, television, and movies, it is no wonder parents search for toys that allow children a chance to construct a scene that brings their own stories to life in the way they imagined. Parents and older children can even take the designs further when incorporating electronics with the playtime fun to produce homemade movies or illustrate how the building structure would look if it had walls and a roof. Check out some of these designer toy sets that go beyond basic blocks to offer added ingenuity.

Jun 01 2019

Make Summer a Blast with These Bath and Outdoor Toys

Don't miss out on a chance to take full advantage of those summer profits by adding a ton of fun to your customers' days with these toys on your shelves. They are easy to set up, and a breeze to clean up. Plus, they can be used both inside and outside for double the awesome playtime. If your customers came to your store searching for a cure for out-of-school boredom, they will find it with these!

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