Bigjigs Toys Ltd

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Following the retirement of Ted and Geraldine at Joy Toys Bigjigs Toys are delighted to announce they have acquired the business of Joy Toys of Malvern. Joy Toys started production of Dolls Houses, Farms, Garages and Castles in Malvern in 1969. The core business has changed very little in the intervening years - designs have come and gone, colours have mellowed and production was moved to the Far East in 2006 but quality and innovation have continued.. Ted and Geraldine at Joy Toys were keen to keep larger style, quality toys available to the independent sector of the market. Bigjigs Toys are enthusiastic about adding the Joy Toys range of products to their extensive collection and look forward to showing the range at the Autumn Gift Fair between 6-9th September in Hall 5 Stand B49. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact the office on 01303 250400 or by e-mail at sales@bigjigs.co.uk For more information on the range please visit Heritage Playsets The team at Bigjigs wish Ted and Geraldine a long and happy retirement.

The ever popular Santoys Range continues to grow. This week we have taken delivery of a whole range of new role play food items, pull alongs and educational toys. Take a look in the New Section at all of the products that have arrived so far this year and for those still to come. We have also just released the new Nativity Set which will be available from September onwards. As this is a seasonal item stock will be limited on a first come first basis. You can place your order online, over the phone or by fax and e-mail. These orders will be held on back order until the stock arrives with us, then delivered as per your request.

Bigjigs Toys will once again be exibiting at both the London Toy Fair @ ExCel (Stand SM25) from the 28th - 31st January and at Spring Fair @ The N.E.C (Hall 5 Stand A18) from the 1st - 5th February. For the first time we will also be exibiting at Nurnberg Toy Fair (Hall 11.1 Stand NEC07) from 5th - 10th February. 2009 has been an extremely busy sourcing and designing year and we hope that you will be able to visit us at one of the 3 fairs we will be exibiting at to personally view additions to the range and re-acquaint yourselves with familiar lines.

More new products have arrived in the warehouse today. These include the lovely replacement for BJ312. The new Noah's Ark (BJ734) is already selling very well. Additions to eh cooking range come in the form of the new Lunch Box (BJ733) and an update for an old favourite, Wooden Fishing Game (BJ735) has had its colours and design changed and now comes in a lovely wooden box with a perspex lid.

The were some 40 new additions to the very popular Heimess range earlier in the year, but now there are another 40!! The new items include some beautiful clip ons and mini trapezes that now have fabric characters, Leo the Lion and Elly the Elephant. Along with the new fabric items there are also some great new dummy chains, rattles and pram strings. Ranges include Dinosaurs, Pink Mouse and Blue Mouse. The Pink and Blue Mouse ranges also have the addition of a Baby Gym. Click here to take a closer look at the new Heimess items available NOW!!.

Top Drawer Autumn is a great place for buyers from around the country to come and see loads of great new products that we have arriving over the new few weeks and months in the run up to christmas. Along with the many additions to the Santa toys range that we introduced at Harrogate, there we will many new items on show at Top Drawer. The new items include wooden puzzles, Bigjigs™ Rail accessories, additions to the Heimess range and much much more. So why not come along to London Olympia from 14th - 16th September 2008 and visit us on stand G-K79 Click here for a map of the 2008 show.

Bigjigs™ Toys Ltd will once again be showing at Harrogate Home & Gift Fair (14th - 16th July 2008). Since the last Trade Fairs back in Feburary there have been over 120 additions the the range. There are some great new additions to the Santoys range - a cutting chocolate cake, a tray of muffins, a fridge and a food mixer to name but a few. Added to the Bigjigs™ Rail range - a railway viaduct, a car transporter train and the huge five way engine shed and to the Heimess range - over 40 new items including the mermaid, pirate and horse ranges. So why not come along to the Harrogate International Centre from 14th - 16th July 2008 and visit us on stand A9 Click here for a map of the 2008 show.

To date the use of magnets in toys has not been covered in EN71 Toy Testing legislation. As a part way, temporary solution to the risks posed in some toys, the E.U Commission now requires that a label be attached to certain products containing magnets. Packaging must now show a warning about ingesting magnets. All labels must be on toys by 21st July 2008. !!< "Warning labels have to be attached to any toy that has a loose or detachable magnet or magnetic part which is small enough to be swallowed by a child. This is the same as the small parts test template as set out under the EN71 European Standard" - EU Rapid Press Release - MEMO/08/128

As a matter of due diligence we are required to ask retailers if they have any of this stock in their possession. Please check your stock levels and notify us by way of the form below via e-mail, post or fax. The form has on it only the codes of products that need to have this warning leabel applied.

As of today (1st July 2008) all related stock leaving our warehouse will have the appropriate warnings on.

Below are a few links to information that you may find interesting with regard to this topic.

EU Rapid Press Release MEMO/08/128

2008/329/EC: Commission Decision of 21 April 2008 requiring Member States to ensure that magnetic toys placed or made available on the market display a warning about the health and safety risks they pose (notified under document number C(2008) 1484) (Text with EEA relevance)

The Magnetic Toys (Safety) Regulations 2008

Please click here for a label request form.

Please click here for a copy of the above letter.

The Bigjigs Toys Blog is now online. This will quickly become a great place to find out what is going on at Bigjigs and what we have in the pipeline. Click here to go straight to the blog.