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The Toy Guy’s top picks from the International Toy Fair

This year marks the 114th American International Toy Fair. It is the largest toy trade show in the Western Hemisphere, the third largest in the world and a critical time for the approximately $22 Billion U.S. traditional toy industry. More than 1,600 manufacturers, distributors, importers and sales agents from 30 countries will be showing more than 100,000 toys.

Chris Byrne, The “Toy Guy” and content director for TTPM.com (Toys, Tots, Pets & More) shows us some of the hottest new toys for 2017 that are being officially launched to the trade in the U.S. at this show, though some are already finding their way to store shelves as consumers are seeking new toys!

MORE ABOUT CHRIS BYRNE

As EVP and director of content and one of the spokespeople for TTPM and a partner in its parent company aNb Media, LLC Chris brings more than 30 years of industry experience in the toy industry to his role. At TTPM, Chris oversees the toy review process and the editorial team, bringing his knowledge of toys, education and child development to his role. Chris is widely published on the topic of toys and family life and in addition to his work with TTPM, he is editor-at-large for the trade publications Toys & Family Entertainment and Royalties. His book on the most popular toys from the 1950s to the 1980s, Toy Time gives the background on some of the all-time classic toys.

Chris is extensively quoted in the media and appears regularly on local and national television commenting on toys and demonstrating new products. His media appearances reached more than 200 million consumers in 2016 in just a three-month period. He has appeared on “Live! With Kelly,” “Marie” with Marie Osmond, “Oprah, “Soap Talk,” “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” “The CBS Evening News,” “ABC Nightly News,” “Fox & Friends,” “CBS This Morning,” “Good Day New York,” CNBC, CNNfn, MSNBC, ABC, “The Motley Fool,” National Public Radio, Bloomberg Television and Radio, and on countless other national and local market business and consumer programs around the country and internationally.

For more information viewers can visit www.ttpm.com.