NOVELTY INDUSTRY NEWS

Adult toy retailer The Pleasure Chest, which has been a fixture in the gay community in West Hollywood for 40 years, will honor the month with a series of free workshops focused on LGBTQ sexuality and a very special Pride Ride bicycle tour of gay and lesbian hot spots. read full story...

Hustler Toys has released its latest massager, the Hustler Heartbreaker. read full story...

Fresh Balls, the incredibly successful product for men’s personal grooming, is featured in Mansome, a new documentary film from the producer of Super Size Me. read full story...

Forget pie charts, bar graphs and even Venn diagrams. A New York University grad student has taken dry statistics—the voter approval rates amongst registered Republicans for each of the GOP candidates—and had more than a little fun with them. read full story...

Icon Brands is releasing a brand new line of stroker kits called The Ultimate POV Experience, featuring a proprietary new stroker developed just for this project, plus a corresponding POV DVD from one of Evil Angel’s most popular directors. read full story...

Rocker Phil Varone, the former drummer for Skid Row and Saigon Kick, hosted the public launch of his Sex, Toys and Rock ’n Roll line Thursday at the Melrose Avenue location of Romantix. read full story...

Nalpac Ltd. announces the arrival of the best selling Fifty Shades trilogy from first time author E.L. James. The first book in the trilogy currently sits atop The New York Times Best-Sellers List (print and e-book editions combined). read full story...

When a local television station wanted to do a piece on the Fifty Shades phenomenon, they looked to the pleasure products industry for some experts and insight. read full story...

Pipedream Products and Williams Trading have partnered for an exclusive cross-selling promotion for retailers to capitalize on the phenomenal buzz surrounding the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. read full story...

It its latest video effort, the manufacturer on a mission now wants to know what women will not put in their vaginas, and decided the best way to find out was simply to ask. read full story...