Big Monster Toys invents toys to present and license to toy-makers. It is one of the most successful and largest companies of its kind in the world, with about two dozen toy designers, creating work ...

Don Rosenwinkel’s studio is probably the closest thing in Chicago to Santa’s workshop. The president and CEO of Big Monster Toys oversees a powerhouse company that cranks out fun, having invented some ...

Sure, he's pink. And plush. And maybe even a little cuddly. But Mitch is not the typical stuffed animal found at a toy store. A sad cyclops, he represents the latest addition to the growing genre of ...

Editor’s note: This is the third piece in a series about toy-making in the Chicago area. There is a strong case to be made that Chicago, former hog butcher to the world, former Al Capone playground, ...

Did you get that ogre hunger? Then it’s time to make a delicious hot sandwich in the new sandwich maker from the Shrek film series produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by NBC Universal.