Toy Vault, Inc.

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company_name = Toy Vault, Inc.
company_
company_type = Corporation
foundation = 1998
founder =
location_city = London, KY
location_country = USA
key_people = Jonathan Huston, VP / Creative Director
num_employees = 30 (2007)
industry = Toys
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
products = Monty Python, Godzilla, KISS
operating profit =
homepage = http://www.toyvault.com

Toy Vault, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is a designer and manufacturer of high quality products for the toy, gift, and novelty categories. Their aggressive design and product-research departments consistently strive to provide the marketplace with unique products.

The company is willing to explore many non-traditional lines of distribution outside of the regular channels making it popular among stores of all sizes. In addition to standard major retail outlets, Toy Vault also solicits its products among small direct market stores, internet stores, music, computer game outlets and appropriate overseas markets and outlets.

Most well known for their current line of Monty Python toys, Toy Vault also holds licenses for such great properties as Godzilla, Farscape, KISS, Trigun, Swearbears, and many others.

Lord of the Rings

Three months after its inception in 1998, Toy Vault acquired a license from Tolkien Enterprises to produce plastic figures based on the best selling fantasy series of all time, Lord of the Rings. This was the first series of action figures ever produced based purely on a literary property.¹

Current Product Lines

Licensed

* Monty Python & the Holy Grail
* Godzilla
* KISS
* Swearbears
* Farscape
* Trigun
* Dark Crystal
* Labyrinth
* The Princess Bride
* Shin chan

Unlicensed

* Cthulhu
* Here Be Monsters
* Vault Gaming Supplies
* Nightmares
* Posers

Past Product Lines

* Lord of the Rings (based on the novels)
*Alice In Wonderland
* Astro City
* Dork Tower
* Knights of the Dinner Table
* Conker
* Cabbage Patch Kids (Mass)

External links

* [http://www.toyvault.com Toy Vault official web site]

Notes

¹ Rob Rooney "The Road Less Traveled" 1999 available at http://actionfigures.about.com/library/weekly/aa011899.htm.
* [http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2006/113006.shtml MuppetCentral.com:"Toy Vault developing Henson Fantasy Plush," 2006-11-30]
*cite news|url=http://www.thetimestribune.com/homepage/local_story_176084742.html|title=The Toy Vault: Toy company moves headquarters to downtown London|first=Eric|last=Steinkopff|publisher="The Times-Tribune" (London, Kentucky)|date=2007-06-25