Denys Fisher sale in Schofields department store in Leeds in 1965. A year later, Fisher licensed Spirograph to Kenner Products in the United States. In 1967 Spirograph was chosen as the UK Toy of the Year. Denys Fisher Toys, which also produced other toys and board games, was sold to Palitoy in 1970 and it was subsequently bought by Hasbro. Through the 1980s & 1990s Fisher continued to work with Hasbro in developing new toys and refining Spirograph. Denys Fisher Toys produced the following toys and games: Denys Fisher Denys Fisher (11 May 1918 – 17 September 2002) was an English engineer
Toy Vault inception in 1998, Toy Vault acquired a license from Tolkien Enterprises to produce plastic figures based on the "Lord of the Rings". This was the first series of action figures ever produced based purely on a literary property. Rob Rooney "The Road Less Traveled" 1999 available at http://actionfigures.about.com/library/weekly/aa011899.htm. Toy Vault Toy Vault, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is a designer and manufacturer of plush toys, plush apparel, board games and other novelty items. Perhaps best known for their Monty Python toys, Toy Vault also holds licenses for such properties as Godzilla, "The Princess Bride", Jim Henson's "Labyrinth", KISS, "Trigun"