It was an electrical night at Joe’s Dwell in Rosemont, Illinois, as People of Play hosted the seventeenth annual Toy & Sport Innovation Excellence (TAGIE) Awards on the eve of the Chicago Toy & Sport Honest.
Disney’s Karri Bean was again in motion as host and time traveler, moving into the Time Sales space 5000 for a journey via greater than 100 years of toy, sport, and licensing historical past. Between Bean’s stops to go to Walt Disney and the founders of Pressman Toys alongside the sacred timeline, Barry McLaughlin and Jason Lautenschlager (Barry & Jason Leisure) returned to incite laughs with a take a look at extra “Toys That Didn’t Make It” whereas Skip Towne & The Greyhounds supplied the soundtrack for the night.
And the 2024 TAGIE Awards winners are…
MOST INNOVATIVE ART AND DESIGN VISUALS OF THE YEAR
Introduced by James Zahn and Grant Lyon
- Brady Lang and Brittney Hassinger for Moose Video games’ Wild Flowers
RISING STAR INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Introduced by Amy Friedland and Chris Byrne
- Hasbro’s Ava Garfinkel for Monopoly Go! Board Sport
YOUNG INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR (below 18 years previous)
Introduced by Tim Walsh and Tony Serebriany
- Evelyn Halbach for EcoFrenzy
MOST INNOVATIVE PR AND MARKETING TEAM OF THE YEAR
Introduced by Ray Adler
- LEGO and Disney Spark Pleasure Marketing campaign by LEGO International PMD Group, Disney International Franchise Group, Disney International Advertising and LEGO Inventive Company LEGO
GAME CHANGER
Introduced by Robert Fuhrer
- Alan Dorfman — Co-Founder and President, Tremendous Impulse USA
MOST INNOVATIVE RETAILER OF THE YEAR
Introduced by Mike Bisogno and Rany Klimpert
- Hilary Key for The Toy Chest
MOST INNOVATIVE LICENSE OF THE YEAR
Introduced by Rachel Griffin and Donna Moore
- BBC Studios and Moose Toys for Bluey
MOST INNOVATIVE SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
Introduced by Angus Walker and Naomi Brugnatelli
- Robert Yusim, Product Counsel
GAME INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Introduced by Michael Kohner
- April Mitchell for Foxmind’s Slanguage (co-designer Ed Gartin), John Adam’s Am I a Dirtbag (co-designer Carine Rosalia), MoCo Video games’ Hazard Hugs (co-designer Serena Fadlun), Hootenanny Video games’ Thrilling Sport (co-designer Ed Gartin), Martinex’s FormWorms and Life is Higher Exterior’s BamzBall
TOY INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Introduced by Peggy Brown and Shannon Swindle
- Yair Shilo and Nextoy for Goliath’s Energy Saber
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Introduced by Elizabeth Moody and Eleanor Black
- Mary Danby, Sport Inventor
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Introduced by David Fuhrer
- Dan Romanelli, Founder, Warner Bros. Client Merchandise
This 12 months’s TAGIEs marked the primary award presentation since People of Play merged with The Toy Association earlier this 12 months. Individuals of Play produces quite a lot of occasions, together with the Chicago Toy & Sport (CHITAG) Honest, the Younger Inventor Problem, the Toy & Sport Inventor Pitch and Innovation Convention, and extra.
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