Big Monster Toys, LLC (BMT), established in May 1988, is a United States-based toy and game inventing and licensing company.
History
Big Monster Toys was founded in 1988 by Jeff Breslow,
Howard Morrison
Sir Howard Leslie Morrison (18 August 1935 – 24 September 2009) was a New Zealand entertainer. From 1964 until his death in 2009, he was one of New Zealand's leading television and concert performers.
Early life
Of Māori (Te Arawa), Irish ...
, and Rouben Terzian, three former partners of
Marvin Glass & Associates.
MGA was one of the pioneers of the post-
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
American toy industry.
Breslow, Morrison, and Terzian teamed with two principal designers from MGA, Don Rosenwinkel and John Zaruba. Together, they formed Breslow Morrison Terzian & Associates" (the initial basis of the "BMT" acronym).
About
Big Monster Toys is located in the
West Loop
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of
Chicago
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The studio occupies roughly of space for over 25 designers. Their facilities include an audio
recording studio
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, a full
machine shop
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, plastic molding, electronic design, software programming, 3D printing, a paint shop, exercise equipment, and a digital video authorship and editing facility.
Big Monster Toys invents and engineers toys from concept to prototype. BMT also helps to develop the marketing position, product name, packaging and promotional material for the toys. BMT licenses toys to companies throughout the world. Their clients include
Mattel
Mattel, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment company founded in January 1945 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. The company has presence in 35 countries and territories and sells products in more ...
,
Hasbro
Hasbro, Inc. (; a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational conglomerate holding company incorporated and headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Hasbro owns the trademarks and products of ...
(and formley Tiger Electronics), Moose,
Spin Master, Goliath,
Playmates Toys
Playmates Toys Limited is a Hong Kong toy company. The company was founded in Hong Kong in 1966 by Sam Chan as Playmates Industrial, manufacturing dolls for other companies. In 1975, Playmates began marketing their own line of pre-school toys, ...
.
BMT has won numerous industry awards, and is considered a positive supporter of toy invention and the toy industry. Breslow, Morrison, and Terzian were inducted into the
Toy Industry Hall of Fame
The Toy Industry Hall of Fame recognizes the contributions of toy-makers around the world. It is maintained by the Toy Industry Foundation, an arm of the US Toy Industry Association.
See also
* National Toy Hall of Fame
* List of toys and chi ...
, in 1998, for their successful 31-year collaborative efforts.
References
External links
Big Monster Toys homepage
Companies based in Chicago
Toy companies established in 1988
Toy companies of the United States
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