The Sweet Suite event celebrated its “Sweet 16” 16-year anniversary in mid-July, with a multi-exhibitor interactive toy show on Pier 60 at New York City’s Chelsea Piers — the latest of its annual salutes to toy innovation and technologies. Here’s a brief look at a few of the nearly 50 companies that attended The Toy Insider-sponsored exhibition to display some 2025 toys — well ahead of the holiday buying season, but squarely on the cutting edge in design and manufacture:
At 3Doodler, the 3D printing pen technology company’s Max Bogue is holding the 3Doodler Candy Pen Set ($59.99). It enables the drawing of edible creations in 3D, using candy that’s gluten-free, vegetarian-friendly, and safe for individuals with diabetes, says the company. It uses a 3D printing pen and candy capsules made with isomalt — a sugar substitute which the company says is gentle on blood sugar and teeth — that, in combination, creates 3D designs. There is also a $99.95 3Doodler Chef Pen set available.
Rachel Kastil of the LEGO Group poses with one of the company’s full array of building-block toys included in its LEGO Art Series: the Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers building set, which replicates the artist’s famous painting with 2,615 separate pieces. ($199).
At the Energizer outpost, Bryan Kline showed a 3V lithium coin battery featured in specially marked packages of its 2032 (available now), 2025, and 2016 models (both available in mid-October). They are what Energizer is touting as the world’s first 3-in-1 Child Shield batteries. They feature a trio of three key features engineered to keep children safe: ultra-secure child-resistant packaging; a child-deterrent non-toxic bitter coating; and Color Alert technology, which empowers caregivers to be on alert to guard against accidental ingestion by young children by activating a blue dye when the battery comes in contact with either water or saliva. The batteries are also compatible with Apple AirTags and similar devices, according to the company.
Connetix’s Liza Gresko highlighted products from the Australian company, which displayed a wide collection of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics)- and MESH-accredited magnetized and light-refracting tiles. These include USB-rechargeable light-up tiles, which were on demo within the white box. Also on view was the Connetix Pro magnetic-tile Constructor Set, which includes 70 pieces that are configurable in an array of shapes and sizes.
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