| Meanwhile, Japanese toymakers have been producing robotic toys intended for the country's elderly. |
| To help gain entry into new outlets, toymakers are developing more exclusive products and packaging. |
| Although records show that some toymakers sold their own wares at the large trade fairs held in Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Dresden, this practice did not become common. |
| Even a 25 percent increase in the value of the yuan, which few say they expect, would still allow many toymakers to successfully export a wide range of products from China. |
| In Japan, toymakers have aligned to sell together online, making it harder for retailers to single them out for punishment. |
| Burned in recent years by huge unsold inventories of movie merchandise and fearful of the slowing economy, everyone from toymakers and retailers to moviemakers has cut back. |
