Check It Out: Iconic New York Deal Toys… from MSG to Manischewitz

August 20, 2015 by David Parry

No, we’re not talking about New York souvenirs. Foam Statue of Liberty crowns. Big Apple shot glasses. Ceramic yellow taxi banks. Subway token ornaments… If you’re truly interested in these, there’s a guy selling all this and more...

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...

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...

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...

Real Estate Deal Toys: Why They’re a Lot More Than “Closing Gifts”

January 9, 2015 by David Parry

Savvy commercial real estate firms are recognizing what investment banks have long known: the branding and marketing potential of “deal toys” “Lining a windowsill in Anthony Orso’s office at Cantor Commercial Real Estate are dozens of...

7 Employee Recognition Awards That Should Make You Cringe

October 28, 2014 by David Parry

What could be more frightening than handing out the same tired, interchangeable, off-the-shelf, clichéd employee recognition awards? Maybe receiving one. Looking for creative employee recognition awards? Good luck. Because let’s face it:...