Dusseldorf, Germany – German toy retailer Tonies has now offered greater than 100 million audio collectible figurines for its hit Toniebox speaker system worldwide, the corporate Tonies SE mentioned on Wednesday.
The Toniebox system permits kids to position figures, often called tonies, within the battery-powered speaker field to unlock and play audio content material.
Tonies have develop into a significant hit since being launched in 2016, and greater than 1,100 completely different tonies figures are actually obtainable in varied languages, based on the Dusseldorf-based firm.
There are figures from many well-known kids’s characters and tv programmes, reminiscent of Benjamin the Elephant, Asterix, Jungle E book, Paw Patrol, Pippi Longstocking, Yakari and Maya the Bee.
The concept for the speaker got here from a start-up in Dusseldorf.
In line with toy researcher Volker Mehringer, the recognition of the Toniebox and the figures can’t be attributed to a single issue.
“It’s extra the profitable interaction of varied components, together with the interesting and sturdy design, the excessive stage of mobility due to the built-in rechargeable battery, the easy and child-friendly usability and the wide selection of audio video games,” Mehringer informed dpa.
Tonies figures should not solely engaging to kids for listening but additionally for enjoying and accumulating, he mentioned.
(dpa)
