What a great opening day at London Toy Fair with an award for Character Options to celebrate at the annual TRA Awards! The Sticki Rolls Sticki Book Pack won Creative Toy of the Year! Many thanks to Sky Castle Toys for developing an amazing range that continues to expand! #TRAAwards #ToyFair
Character Options Limited
Manufacturing
Oldham, England 3,528 followers
Designers, developers and distributors of toys and games!
About us
The Character Group plc is an independent toy company based in the United Kingdom. We design, manufacture and distribute a wide range of toys, games and playthings. Many of our products feature or are based on popular film, television, comic and digital characters, reproduced under licence from the brand owners. The principal markets for our products are our home territories of the UK and Scandinavia but our penetration into other international territories is growing, particularly in the USA and other parts of the EU. We also partner on an exclusive basis with other overseas-based toy producers, either to market and distribute their products in the UK or to collaborate to jointly-develop and distribute toy products and ranges worldwide. Our diverse product ranges focus on key areas within the toy sector; these include Pre-school, Boys, Girls and Activity and Crafts Our most popular brands include Heroes of Goo Jit Zu, Peppa Pig, Jiggly Pets, Shimmer ‘n Sparkle, Instaglam, Stretch Armstrong, Mash'ems, ChillFactor, Teletubbies, Fireman Sam and Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom.
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External link for Character Options Limited
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Oldham, England
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 1991
- Specialties
- Toys, Games, Marketing, Sales, International Distribution, TV Advertising, Digital Marketing, Social Media, Influencer Marketing, Peppa Pig, Pokemon, Doctor Who, Scooby-Doo, and Stretch Armstrong
Locations
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Primary
Lees Road
Lees Brook Mill
Oldham, England OL4 5JL, GB
Employees at Character Options Limited
Updates
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We are thrilled to announce we’re now the official UK & Ireland distributors for Playmates Toys Inc. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers line! With an epic collection and exciting launch plans ahead, we can’t wait to bring this iconic franchise back to fans. It’s morphin’ time! 💥 #PowerRangers #ToyIndustry https://lnkd.in/e-P5PFfP
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WereBears are back! We are delighted to add this fun but fierce retro brand to the Character Options portfolio for the coming year! David Middleton Intertoy Marketing Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Company https://lnkd.in/eBiU-de5
Breaking News: Character Options to distribute WereBears in UK and Eire
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Happy New Year and Thank You to our amazing partners! As we start this year, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to our colleagues, partners and suppliers. Your support and partnership were essential to our achievements last year, and we’re beyond excited to continue growing and innovating together in 2025. Wishing you and your loved ones a prosperous New Year!
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Celebrating Success at Character Options! Last week’s annual Christmas Sales and Marketing Conference was a true celebration of achievement, with several well-deserved promotions across our incredible team: 🏆 Chloé Weston was named Salesperson of the Year and promoted to Area Sales Manager! 🚀 Kathryn Ludlam and Sophie Beard were both promoted to Senior Brand Manager, recognising their expertise in driving our marketing strategies. 🎥 Luke Bradley stepped into the role of Audio Visual Studio Manager, reflecting his creativity and innovation in producing in-house content. A huge thank you to our amazing team for their hard work and commitment throughout the year! https://lnkd.in/eawdszqe
Character Options celebrates team success and raft of promotions
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Here at Character we are proud to support many charities each year, but Ovacome Ovarian Cancer awareness charity is one with a cause extra close to the team’s heart. We’re delighted to share that our Annual Christmas Jumper and Raffle day raised an incredible £2,000 for Ovacome! 💖🎗️ A huge thank you to everyone who participated and donated. Your generosity helps support vital work for those affected by cancer. Here’s to making an impact together this holiday season! 🌟
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Something worth shouting about! This year’s #DreamToys list is out and we are delighted that the Sticki Rolls Sticki Book made it into the Top 20! We knew this was a special brand when we first saw it, huge thank you to the team at Sky Castle Toys for bringing us on board to join the Sticki sensation! Christmas is coming…it’s time to pull, tare and share! Lev Nelson Joshua Loerzel
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We are delighted to see the Heroes of Goo Jit Zu Hero Creator Pack feature in ITV’s This Morning’s Top Toys for Christmas segment earlier today! It's a great privilege to be part of this coveted list at such a key time of year #TopToys #ITVThisMorning
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A Hat-trick of accolades for Character Options in this year's Made for Mums Awards! The Heroes of Goo Jit Zu: Hero Creator Pack was awarded the Editors Choice in the Best Playset category, the Terror Fried Gross Bucket received Silver in Best Collectible Toys over £10 and Teksta Purro Interactive Kitten achieved Silver in Best Pet Toys. Thank you to the Made for Mums team and their testers!
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At Character we pride ourselves on distributing products we believe in. That's why it's no surprise to us that PlayShifu Orboot Earth has been awarded GOLD in the 3+ Technology category of this year's Right Start Awards! #GoldAward #RightStartAwards #ARProducts