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Toy Vault

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Toy Vault
Company typeCorporation
IndustryToys, board games
Founded1998
Headquarters,
USA
ProductsFirefly, Monty Python, Godzilla, The Princess Bride
Websitehttp://www.toyvault.com

Toy Vault and is an American company founded in 1998 that designs and manufactured plush toys, plush apparel, board games and other novelty items.[1]

Perhaps best known for their 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.

The Lord of the Rings

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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]

Current and previous product lines

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Licensed

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Unlicensed

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References

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  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