Wax empire joins Legoland
113769
Blackstone Group LP agreed to buy Tussauds Group, owner of London's Madame Tussauds waxworks museum, for $1.9 billion to create the world's second-biggest operator of tourist attractions.
510285
Disney teams up with Nintendo for a globally interactive experience.
764709
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has given her blessing to a US theme park based on the hugely popular schoolboy wizard, to be built in Florida, the people behind it said Thursday.
340060
State Fair jumps on boy wizard bandwagon Iowa State Fair has jumped firmly on the JK Rowling bandwagon in the run-up to this week's release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by announcing an audacious butter sculpture of the boy wizard, the Des Moines Register reports.â¦
632146
Wild Planet, a toy maker known for its  spy gear and adventure gadgets, said on Wednesday it was  teaming up with clothing retailer Gap Inc GPS.N to sell  sweatshirts with FM radios built in at GapKids stores.
101161
City officials and business leaders reacted differently yesterday to news of a possible sale of Legoland California, this community&#39;s largest tourist draw.
651325
Have children lost their fondness for Lego&#39;s colourful plastic building bricks in this age of high-tech, interactive computer games and electronic gadgetry?
352819
Game animator I-Wei Huang is getting rave reviews for his steam-powered robots. How does he hack RC kits with steam engines? And will he ever make a rideable robot? By Griffin Wright.
512161
Known as an innovative leader in the boys'  action figure category, Bandai America Incorporated unleashes an alien  invasion of epic proportions in 2007 as it debuts its next wave of toys  based on the hit Cartoon Network show Ben 10.
228615
LOS ANGELES - Walt Disney Co. , the world's largest theme-park operator, will expand the California Adventure resort it opened six years ago with new attractions based on the "Cars" movie by Pixar , restaurants, and events.
363613
AN EXCLUSIVE toy shop which was featured in blockbuster films Home Alone II and Big reopened its doors yesterday. The ceremony marked a big turnaround for FAO Schwarz.
521353
Actor Colin Farrell has opened a waxwork exhibition dedicated to his new film Alexander at Madame Tussaud&#39;s in New York. The interactive exhibition, featuring waxworks of Farrell and co-star Angelina Jolie
273062
LONDON -- Madame Tussaud&#39;s Wax Museum in London has unveiled a new nativity display that is causing a lot of controversy. In the display, Mary is former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, who is pregnant with her third child.
8773
GEORGETOWN, Del., Nov. 16 -- In January 1996, Walt Disney Co. executives took a field trip to the company's theme park in Orlando. In keeping with tradition, the Disney brass, including chief executive Michael D. Eisner, rode around the park together in buses.
408861
TechWeb - The installation of the &quot;life-sized&quot; wax figure in the famed Las Vegas Strip museum is the latest indication that the Xbox 360 game will smash game disc sales records.
118201
COPENHAGEN Predicting a full-year loss, the Danish toy maker Lego said Thursday that its chief executive had resigned as the company had yet to recover from a financial crisis.
505446
Walt Disney Co.  on Thursday said it was planning two big expansions to its Walt Disney World theme park in Florida, including a 900-acre luxury resort and a commercial district outside the gateway entrance.