Toy Vault

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Toy Vault
Company typeCorporation
Industry Toys, board games
Founded1998
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. [1]

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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 , [2] 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. [3]

Pathfinder Puzzles

In 2020, Toy Vault was granted a license by Paizo Inc. The company produced plush toys and collectibles based on the Pathfinder and Starfinder universes. In 2021 and 2022, it released a series of themed puzzles, including Pathfinder and the Labyrinth. [4] [5]

Current and previous product lines

Licensed

Unlicensed

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ MuppetCentral.com:"Toy Vault developing Henson Fantasy Plush," 2006-11-30
  3. ↑ Rob Rooney, "The Road Less Traveled", 1999 Archived 2005-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Toy Vault Announces New 'Labyrinth' and 'The Dark Crystal' Puzzles". icv2.com. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  5. ↑ "Toy Vault Announces More 'Pathfinder Puzzles'". icv2.com. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  6. ↑ Staff, Playthings (2013-01-23). "Toy Vault to Release 'Firefly' Toys". Gifts & Decorative Accessories. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
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