Toys R Unusually Lame at Fair — ‘Growth in the toy industry is anemic. Big toy retailers like Toys R Us and KMart are closing stores. Perhaps worst of all, there is only a trickle of major new products coming out of the American International Toy Fair, the toy business’ biggest, most important showcase of upcoming playthings.

Instead, toymakers are rolling out a combination of movie licenses, retreads and brand extensions to the more than 20,000 people attending the trade show, which began Sunday.’ Wired