You might remember when I pointed you to Ty’s Toy Box founder Ty Simpson’s recent interview on Forbes.com. These sorts of things are interesting not just because Ty often wears a snazzy tie, but because the Ty’s business model is pretty unique. Business in America tends to operate on the laws of the greatest volumes trumping all, and when you start really understanding the complexities of product licensing and what sort of limb Ty and his crew went out on to obtain certain products, it’s fascinating.
Well, it is to me. But I am also mesmerized by cooking shows. So, you know, full disclosure.
Anyway! Forbes was not enough for our man Ty. Nope. He also recently appeared on the Bloomberg Report to talk about hot holiday toys. You can see the video clip here, which brings me to another point:
Ty’s Toy Box is pleased to announce the launch of the Ty’s Toy Box Corporate website. Why do you care about this? Well, you know, maybe you don’t. Maybe you just want to buy the Care Bear Dominoes you couldn’t find anywhere else (or whatever) and you don’t really care where they came from or why. Or maybe, instead, you would kind of dig having a little peek inside of a cool organization that’s dedicated to finding the stuff your kids want and making it available to you.
Pay special attention to the Press section if you enjoy seeing Ty wax enthusiastic about toys as much as I do. That’s also where you’ll find breaking information about upcoming products and such. You know, just in case you’re really hoping (Foster’s) that Ty’s (Home) will start carrying (For) a particular (Imaginary) product line (Friends) sometime.
And if you get overwhelmed on the corporate site? You can always click the “Ty’s Blog” button to come back here. I’d probably still be nattering on about something pointless, just in case all of that useful information made your brain hurt.
Whoa whoa whoa wait just a minute…I go looking for kids toys because my wife is pregnant with our first child and who do I find? My old FSU dorm roomate Ty Simpson? Did I just step into bizzaro world? And then I can watch him on Forbes tv? He went from Smith Hall to Forbes tv? Get outta here…I gotta call Pete and Jen Vitale. Holy moly…Email me Ty…we’ll catch up.