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Photo-A-Day, Review, Toys, Vlog

Review: PlayTape by InRoad Toys

PlayTape by InRoad Toys
Photo-A-Day #3957

We received two types of PlayTape to play with and review. Opinions of the product are 100% our own.

Last year at Toy Fair I saw a ton of great toys. I wanted to make sure that I hit up the Modarri booth because I had backed those guys on Kickstarter and wanted to see what new things were coming. There I saw some cool roads for the cars and learned that it was actually PlayTape by InRoad Toys. I popped over a couple aisles and talked with that team. PlayTape is such a cool idea. Take the concept of painter’s tape that while sticky does not in any way mess up floors or other smooth surfaces. Then instead of having blue or green for the tape you put on a design of a road, dirt track or train track (And soon, Hot Wheels track – see Press Release below). Now kids can use this PlayTape to create their own tracks all over the place. Andrew and I demonstrate the track in my daily vlog below.

Here are more details on the PlayTape and specifically the items that we received as well as the Press Release for the Hot Wheels PlayTape that is going to be shown at Toy Fair. That will be very cool. Continue reading Review: PlayTape by InRoad Toys →

Conferences, Photo-A-Day, Toys, Travel

Toy Fair 2015 – Day 1


Photo-A-Day #3600

For the third year in a row I attended Toy Fair in New York City. And for the third year in a row there was a major snow storm. I had worked overnight from home while the snow was falling and even got out and shoveled out my car at 2am. I got out a couple hours early and headed down to the train station. It was blizzard conditions and I was one of only four cars on the road. I did arrive safely and I was very surprised that my train was actually running. It was an hour late but it got me down to New York and I had time to make it to my appointments for the day.

I spent the rest of the day at the Toy Fair meeting with many different companies including Modarri. They have some new repaints and also some new body kits and even a tire pack coming out. The booth was set up with some PlayTape which looked like roads and also there were a bunch of custom made Modarri cars that artists in Santa Cruz created.

I then went to a bunch of appointments all over the main floor of Toy Fair. I hit Playmobil, I was not allowed to take any photos there and I really wanted to. There is a set of motorcycle figures that I really want to collect. They also had much more including some very cool stuff coming soon which I can’t talk about.

I went to the Crayola booth and was blown away by the Animation studio. This upcoming product incorporates the technology from the Virtual Design Pro studio and then allows kids to create animated movies by making a few simple moves to a wire-frame figure. This will be amazing and I am looking forward to working on movies with Eva.

I also visited the Playmates booth to see all of the great Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that are coming for the year. I saw a little preview of where the line is going for the fourth season of the show. There were also some new Half Shell Heroes toys and all new playsets.

I finished up at the convention center and went to my hotel. The walk seemed shorter this year, which was good because I was exhausted. I got myself a couple of slices of pizza and ended up passing out dead asleep at 8:30pm. I woke at 4:30 am so I didn’t get the full amount of sleep I was hoping for but I slept pretty well.