Tickets are now available for the 2026 UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner.

The 41st annual UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner will take place during London Toy Fair on the evening of Wednesday, January 21st at 116 Pall Mall.

The event is an annual get-together of inventors, designers, product-pickers and other toy business professionals from around the world.

Since the first Dinner in 1984, thousands of inventors and manufacturers have taken the opportunity to get to know each other and catch up with old friends over a good meal, awards, fun challenges and an after-dinner casino in aid of a children’s charity.

The event is held at a different London location each year, with January’s event taking place at 116 Pall Mall. This magnificent Georgian building in the heart of London was opened in 1828 and is now home to the Institute of Directors.

The Dinner also plays host to the W.I.T.T.Y. Prize – given to the inventor of a product introduced in the preceding year and judged by Inventors’ Dinner attendees – and the prestigious I.D.I.O.T. award (I.D.I.O.T. standing for International Designer and Inventor of Toys). This award is given as a tribute to those who have made outstanding contributions to the toy industry.

Space at the UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner is limited. To book your ticket, click here: https://inventorsdinner.com.

And to nominate someone for the I.D.I.O.T. award, please head to: https://inventorsdinner.com/idiot-awards.

Or to nominate a product for W.I.T.T.Y. Prize – please head to: https://inventorsdinner.com/witty-prize.

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Fun-Damental Invention and Big Potato Games won the WITTY Prize at this year’s UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner for their party game, Tilt N’ Shout.

Inaugurated in 2013, the WITTY (which stands for Winning Inventor Toy of The Year) is presented to the inventors of a product introduced in the preceding year and judged by event attendees to be the most exciting and inventive.

Other products in contention included the likes of Hasbro’s Life in Reterra, The Op’s Flip 7 and Fat Brain Toys’ Foosbots Stadium Battle.

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Fuse’s Pete Cartlidge, Kevin Gillon, Lucas Tyler and Tim Rowe were awarded the prestigious I.D.I.O.T. Award at this year’s UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner, hosted at the HMS Belfast.

I.D.I.O.T. stands for International Designer and Inventor of Toys and the award – initiated in 1988 – is given as a tribute to those who have made outstanding contributions to the toy industry.

Previous winners of the award in recent years includes Carterbench’s Suzanne Robinson and Hasbro’s Tanya Thompson.

Pete Cartlidge, Kevin Gillon, Lucas Tyler and Tim Rowe are partners at the renowned invention house, and, in accepting the award, Pete paid tribute to all those who have worked at the company past and present.

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The night saw close to £2,000 raised for The Toy Trust, as well as Carterbench’s Suzanne Robinson given the prestigious I.D.I.O.T. Award and Fat Brain Toys’ Air Toobz win the W.I.T.T.Y. Prize.

Check out snaps of the event below. Click on an image to enlarge it.

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Carterbench’s Suzanne Robinson was awarded the prestigious I.D.I.O.T. Award at this year’s UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner, hosted at The Queen’s Club in London.

I.D.I.O.T. stands for International Designer and Inventor of Toys and the award – initiated in 1988 – is given as a tribute to those who have made outstanding contributions to the toy industry.

Previous winners of the award in recent years includes Hasbro’s Tanya Thompson, NPD’s Max Ford, People of Play’s Mary Couzin and Goliath’s Adi Golad.

“I’m speechless!” said Suzanne, adding: “I’ve been fortunate to work with so many amazing people in the industry over the years – and feel very lucky that I can call so many of them friends.”

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Fat Brain Toys and inventor Brad Owen have won the WITTY Prize at this year’s UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner for their air-powered building toy, Air Toobz.

Inaugurated in 2013, the WITTY (which stands for Winning Inventor Toy of The Year) is presented to the inventors of a product introduced in the preceding year and judged by event attendees to be the most exciting and inventive.

Other products in contention included the likes of Hasbro’s Atomix, University Games’ Irritable Vowels and Identity Games’ The Traitors.

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Tickets are now available for the 2024 UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner.

The 39th annual UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner will take place during London Toy Fair on the evening of Wednesday, January 24th at The Queen’s Club in West Kensington.

The event is an annual get-together of inventors, designers, product-pickers and other toy business professionals from around the world.

Since the first Dinner in 1984, thousands of inventors and manufacturers have taken the opportunity to get to know each other and catch up with old friends over a good meal, awards, fun challenges and an after-dinner casino in aid of a children’s charity.

The event is held at a different London location each year, with 2024’s event taking place at The Queen’s Club, a historic sporting venue and the UK HQ for ‘Real Tennis and Rackets’.

The Dinner also plays host to the W.I.T.T.Y. Prize – given to the inventor of a product introduced in the preceding year and judged by Inventors’ Dinner attendees – and the prestigious I.D.I.O.T. award (I.D.I.O.T. standing for International Designer and Inventor of Toys). This award is given as a tribute to those who have made outstanding contributions to the toy industry.

Space at the UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner is limited. To book your ticket, click here.

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Hasbro’s Tanya Thompson was awarded the prestigious I.D.I.O.T. Award at last week’s UK Toy Inventors Dinner, hosted at The Gherkin in London.

I.D.I.O.T. stands for International Designer and Inventor of Toys and the award – initiated in 1988 – is given as a tribute to those who have made outstanding contributions to the toy industry.

Previous winners of the award in recent years includes NPD’s Max Ford, People of Play’s Mary Couzin, Goliath’s Adi Golad and Spin Master’s Ben Dermer.

“I can’t believe it,” said Tanya, adding: “The recipients of this award are people I admire in the industry and the people I do not know I’ve heard of in storybook song and legend. It’s such an honour.”

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There are only a few tickets left for this month’s UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner.

The UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner will take place during London Toy Fair on the evening of Wednesday, January 25th at Searcys at The Gherkin.

The event is an annual get-together of inventors, designers, product-pickers and other toy business professionals from around the world.

Since the first Dinner in 1984, thousands of inventors and manufacturers have taken the opportunity to get to know each other and catch up with old friends over a good meal, awards, fun challenges and an after-dinner casino in aid of a children’s charity.

The event is held at a different London location each year, with 2023’s event taking place at Searcys at the Gherkin, a venue boasting panoramic views from the top of one of London’s most iconic skyscrapers.

The Dinner also plays host to the W.I.T.T.Y. Prize, given to the inventor of a product introduced in the preceding year and judged by Inventors’ Dinner attendees, and the prestigious I.D.I.O.T. award (I.D.I.O.T. standing for International Designer and Inventor of Toys). The award is given as a tribute to those who have made outstanding contributions to the toy industry.

To book your ticket, click here.

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