Toy inventor book

[Inventoy]

Dear all,

I received a copy of the much mentioned Toy and Game Inventors handbook for Christmas. It has mixed reviews on some sites I have seen which reviewed it. Most say it is useful but others say it is trying to put lone inventors off. Have you read it? I just started reading it and it has some good reference to web sites and useful literature. Only on page 19 so will keep you posted as I read through....

Cheers,

Inventoy

[Inventoy]

Well I am just over half way through the book now and I must say I agree with many of the reviews I have read. The book does both encourage and discourage lone inventors. In one part it says how difficult it is and how expensive and time consuming the process can be. In another it says that you can licence an idea from a simple design on a piece of paper. In summary there are pros and cons to each approach.

It does give valuable information about inventor friendly companies and also list toy agents should you want to take this route. It also provides information of how to get insider information about what money the manufacturers spend on things such as advertising, research and development. There are also links to useful resources and the patents and trademark offices.

In all in so far, for the money it is a worthwhile purchase even if used as a resource to get useful information. It is also a great way to find out who invented what, which companies own which others, takeovers and where inventions originated, how many were sold and how much the inventors made.

Hope you find this useful. I got my copy via a present! on Amazon for £11 including postage and packaging.

[Ash]

I also picked up this book, at the suggestion of a Toy Company... you certainly get what you pay for! Although I'm only part-way through at the moment!