The Facebook IPO Deal Toy Marks an Anniversary

May 14, 2015 by David Parry

Facebook’s landmark IPO also generated an iconic deal toy. The Facebook IPO deal toy---along with those we designed to recognize the IPO's for Google and Twitter---is arguably the deal toy we're most often asked about. At meetings and...

Explore Great Code Name Inspired Deal Toys for Special Deals

May 11, 2015 by David Parry

Using Code Names to Enhance Deal Toy Designs Devising a successful code name for a deal takes some foresight. As former M&A banker Scott Rostan explained to the Wall Street Journal last year, code names “have to be secret enough that you can...

“I’m a Celebrity…Where’s My Deal Toy?!”

May 1, 2015 by David Parry

Did Bono get a deal toy? What about 50 Cent? Or William Shatner? Did anyone remember to put Shatner on the distribution list? We honestly don’t know, and quite frankly, it’s none of our business. But we do know that each of the deal...

Blackstone’s Most Profitable Deal and the Lucite That Commemorates It

April 20, 2015 by David Parry

Blackstone’s $23 billion purchase of GE’s real estate assets recalled another, earlier landmark deal Blackstone began April already the largest private sector landlord in the United States. With its acquisition of GE’s real estate...

Top Product Replicas for Unique Deal Toy Ideas

April 7, 2015 by David Parry

As the gallery below illustrates, product replicas, almost by definition, can provide unique deal toy ideas—as well as those for valued custom corporate awards and gifts. Mention “product replica” and most people start to wince. After...

9 Awards You Really Don’t Want To Win

March 27, 2015 by David Parry

Just as there are clichéd, unspeakably bad awards meant to recognize superior performance, there are also creative, imaginative awards recognizing unspeakably bad performance. Yes, we've previously addressed the topic of bad awards (“7...

The Missing Moon Rock…and 7 Other Bizarre Lucite Stories

March 23, 2015 by David Parry

We tend to think of Lucite in terms of its virtues--- as that versatile, durable, malleable material we see in customized deal toys, awards, and recognition pieces; but it has another life, a secret, often edgy life unknown to all but a few… 1....

Creative Lucite Embedments: Unique Designs for All Needs

March 16, 2015 by David Parry

Zippers, shrapnel, moose manure, regurgitated coins, cookies, umbilical cords, teeth—these are just a few of the things that have found their way into our Lucite embedments over the years. “Commemorating Success Globally”. That’s our...

Looking for Tech Deal Toy Ideas? Here’s a Great Place to Start

March 4, 2015 by David Parry

Our site now has three separate places for you to find a wider array of tech deal toy ideas–and more quickly and easily. You’re no doubt aware of the converging trends currently heating up the tech sector—and therefore increasing the...