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Playmates Holdings Limited
FormerlyPlaymates Industrial
Company typePublic
SEHK: 869
IndustryToy industry
Founded20 June 1966; 59 years ago (1966-06-20)
FounderSam Chan Tai-ho
Headquarters
Hong Kong
,
China
Key people
To Shu Sing (chairman)
Websiteplaymatestoys.com

Playmates Toys Limited is a Hong Kong-based toy company. The company was founded in Hong Kong in 1966 by Sam Chan Tai-ho as Playmates Industrial, manufacturing dolls for other companies.[1] In 1975, Playmates began marketing its own line of preschool toys, and in 1977, opened an American subsidiary in Boston, Massachusetts. Another subsidiary was founded in California in 1983; in 1984, the company went public.[2]

The company's first big success was in 1986, marketing a tape-playing, electronic robot doll named Cricket.[2] In 1989, the company marketed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures which sold extremely well.[2] The company's U.S. headquarters are currently located in El Segundo, California.[3]

Proprietary brands

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  • Amazing Dolls
  • Amazing Pets
  • Hearts For Hearts Girls
  • Kinder-Garden Babies
  • Nano Pets[4]
  • R.E.V.s
  • Waterbabies
  • WOW Pals
  • Yo Stick
  • Struts
  • Ooglies
  • Kuroba
  • Tiny Toes
  • BFF Best Friends Forever
  • The Addams Family
  • Austin Powers Vocalizers

Tie-in media toys

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Playmates Toys has often been contracted or granted licensing rights to produce toys, fashion dolls, games, and other merchandise coinciding with popular film and television media. Examples of media that Playmates has produced toys for includes Atomic Betty,[5] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Trek, Ben 10,[6] Godzilla, Frozen,[7] Miraculous Ladybug,[8] Pikwik Pack, Power Rangers (in partnership with Hasbro),[9] and others. These were made in cooperation with various international media production companies, including Canadian company Nelvana and American companies such as Disney, DreamWorks Animation, and Nickelodeon.[10][non-primary source needed]

Playmates Interactive Entertainment

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Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc., which makes video games, was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of Playmates Toys Holdings, the parent company of Playmates Toys.[11] With its headquarters in Hong Kong, the United States branch of Playmates Toys was originally located in La Mirada, California.[11] In September 1996, Playmates Toys' US branch and Playmates Interactive Entertainment relocated their headquarters to Costa Mesa, California.[11] At the same time, Gary Rosenfeld and Chris Archer joined the company as vice president of business affairs and producer.[11] In August 1997, Playmates Interactive Entertainment's president, Richard Sallis, resigned and was succeeded by Ron Welch.[12][13] Playmates Interactive Entertainment stopped publishing games in 1998 and was defunct by May 2000.

References

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  1. ^ "History". Playmates Toys.
  2. ^ a b c Ward, Arthur (2020). Action Figures: From Action Man to Zelda. Crowood. ISBN 9781785006883.
  3. ^ "Playmates Toys Inc - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Nano Babies Go Up Against Tamagotchi and Giga Pets". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 97. Ziff Davis. August 1997. p. 26.
  5. ^ Ball, Ryan (7 June 2004). "Breakthrough Introduces Atomic Betty to Playmates". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  6. ^ "CN relaunches Ben 10, appoints Playmates as master toy". Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  7. ^ PYMNTS (26 January 2022). "Mattel and Disney Launch Multi-Year Global Licensing Deal for Princess and Frozen Lines". PYMNTS.com. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  8. ^ Zahn, James (18 January 2024). "Exclusive: Ooh La La — Playmates Toys Unveils Miraculous Ladybug Paris Heroez Playset". The Toy Book. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  9. ^ ShadowRay22 (22 April 2024). "Hasbro and Playmates Toys Enter Strategic Relationship to Produce and Distribute Power Rangers Product Globally Starting In 2025". Morphin' Legacy. Retrieved 24 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Playmates Toys: History". playmatestoys.com. Playmates Toys. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d Johnson, Greg (17 September 1996). "Playmates Toys to Move Offices to O.C." Los Angeles Times.
  12. ^ Johnston, Chris (26 April 2000). "Konami, Playmates Appoint New Presidents". GameSpot.
  13. ^ Johnson, Greg (8 August 1997). "President of Playmates Toys and Sister Company Resigns". Los Angeles Times.
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