Steve Pasierb
, 2020 was a year of maneuvering through the shifting sands of an event landscape beholden to a pandemic that refused to play by the rules. One major pivot to the all-virtual platform later, and Pasierb is ready to explain why the success of Toy Fair Everywhere means it’s destined to be a part of the global toy industry fabric forever.
With global toy tradeshows and in-person meetings on the back burner in the first two quarters of 2021, thanks to an earlier multi-year investment in technology The US Toy Association is continuing to ensure product discovery, order placement, and business connections are made amid these unusual circumstances.
âEddyâs Worldâ Documents the Inspirational Story of a Legendary Toymaker
The chattering wind-up Yakity Yak teeth that made you giggle as a kid and iconic playthings like Stompers, KerPlunk, Baby Beans, Bubble Gun, Shark Attack! and over 800 other iconic toys all come from the very inventive mind of one man: Eddy Goldfarb, now the subject of the short documentary âEddyâs World.â Lovingly made by his daughter, Lyn Goldfarb, an Oscar nominee for âWith Babies and Banners,â the film is a tribute to the nonagenarian inventorâs creativity, optimism, vibrancy and longevity.
âAs a documentary filmmaker Iâve always looked for interesting stories and people who have changed the world around them. One day I realized my dad is that way as well,â Lyn Goldfarb said in a Zoom interview with her father and producer Jannat Gargi. âIâve always respected him for his work, but I never thought of him as a subject. I was doing a family