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| Company type | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Toys, board games |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Corbin, Kentucky, US, USA |
| Products | Firefly, Monty Python, Godzilla, The Princess Bride |
| Website | http://www.toyvault.com |
Toy Vault is an American company founded in 1998 that designs and manufactured plush toys, plush apparel, board games, and other novelty items.
Perhaps best known for its Monty Python toys, Toy Vault also holds licenses for such properties as Godzilla, The Princess Bride, Jim Henson's Labyrinth, Kiss, Firefly, Trigun and others.
History
Toy Vault was founded in 1998 by Dan Mayer.
The Lord of the Rings
Three months after its inception in 1998, Toy Vault acquired a license from Tolkien Enterprises to produce plastic action figures based on The Lord of the Rings. This was the first series of action figures produced based purely on a literary property.
Current and previous product lines
Licensed
- Firefly (released Spring 2013)
- Monty Python
- Godzilla
- The Princess Bride
- The Dark Crystal
- Jim Henson's Labyrinth
- Farscape
- Rubik's Cube plush
- The Lord of the Rings
- Alice in Wonderland
- Astro City
- Dork Tower
- Knights of the Dinner Table
- Conker
- Cabbage Patch Kids children's furniture
- KISS
- Swear Bears
- Shin-chan
- Trigun
- SpongeBob SquarePants
Unlicensed
- Cthulhu Mythos
- Richard Borg's Abaddon (board game)
- Zombies Afoot! Plush Slippers
- Vault Gaming Supplies
References
- Steinkopff, Eric (2007-06-25). "The Toy Vault: Toy company moves headquarters to downtown London". The Times-Tribune (London, Kentucky). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
- MuppetCentral.com:"Toy Vault developing Henson Fantasy Plush," 2006-11-30
- Rob Rooney, "The Road Less Traveled", 1999 Archived 2005-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Staff, Playthings (2013-01-23). "Toy Vault to Release 'Firefly' Toys". Gifts & Decorative Accessories. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
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