Big Monster Toys
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Big Monster Toys, LLC (BMT), established in May 1988, is a United States-based toy and game inventing and licensing company.[1]
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Big Monster Toys is located at 21 S. Racine, in the West Loop of Chicago. The studio occupies roughly 18,000 square feet (1,700 m2) of space for over 25 designers. Their facilities include an audio recording studio, a full machine shop, plastic molding, electronic design, software programming, 3D printing, a paint shop, and a digital video authorship and editing facility.[2]
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, Hasbro, Moose, Spin Master, Goliath, Playmates Toys.[3]
The company was founded by Jeff Breslow, Howard Morrison, and Rouben Terzian -- three former partners of Marvin Glass & Associates, teamed with two principal designers from the MGA firm, Don Rosenwinkel and John Zaruba, forming "Breslow Morrison Terzian & Associates" (the initial basis of the "BMT" acronym). Marvin Glass & Associates was one of the creative pioneers of the post-World War II American toy industry.
BMT has won numerous industry awards, and are considered positive supporters of toy invention and the toy industry. Breslow, Morrison, and Terzian were inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame, in 1998, for their successful 31-year collaborative efforts.
References[]
- ^ Felts, Susannah J. (2005-11-17). "The Wizards of iZ". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- ^ "Dream makers: where the world's best-loved toys are born". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
- ^ "Monsters Inc: Behind the curtain at US invention house Big Monster Toys". Retrieved 2017-04-26.
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