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Danbury father and son Jim and Luke Barber team up to create eco-friendly, educational toy trucks.

Five years ago, Jim Barber was in the midst of starting a toy company, but he had a major problem. He didn't have ideas for toy designs. Things hadn't worked out with an early partner in the venture and he found himself with a 3D printer and software but an utter lack of inspiration.

This article originally appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of the Toy Book.

...It was the lead paint crisis of 2007, in which millions of toys manufactured in China were recalled in the U.S. after tests showed unsafe levels of lead, that inspired professional photographer Jim Barber to investigate the toys that his own kids had once played with. His goal was to develop new, safe toys that could be manufactured in America using sustainable methods. Read full feature here.

Luke's Toy Factory has launched a Kickstarter to make available for preorder, first of their kind toys made from upcycled organic material.

Luke's Toy Factory has been featured on KickStarter's newly launched, Environmental Resources Center, as an example of a product designed with durability and longevity in mind. The resources were created in partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund.

Luke's Toy Factory has been featured in the October issue of Casa Vogue Brazil as one of six chil...

From Danbury to France … or Spain, Italy and Germany, for that matter.

Luke’s Toy Factory, a Danbury-based small manufacturer of educational toys, announced its products will be distributed in Europe for the first time after the company was discovered by a Belgium-based toy distributor.

“It’s very exciting,” Luke Barber, part owner co-founder of Luke’s Toy Factory, said. “It’s a big market. It’s always been in the back of my mind to export.”

Luke and his father Jim Barber founded the company in 2014 with a Kickstarter campaign that raised $15,000. From a small manufacturing facility not far from downtown Danbury, the Barbers produce simple, eco-friendly, multipiece trucks aimed at children 3 to 5 years old. The pieces are interchangeable with the various trucks produced.

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We met Karen Covey, the founder and publisher of The Coastal Table magazine at the American Field...

Editor Joseph Caplan and Design Director Margot Stiegeler spent a few hours with us, and the resu...

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Eighty-five percent of our nation’s toys are made in China, where lax enforcement of regulation...

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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal inspects a toy part with Luke DANBURY — The owners of Luke’s Toy...

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USA Made Toys, a website that specializes in publicizing American toy companies, has recognized ...

Luke's Toy Factory was featured in the "Maker Movement" in the May issue of Playthings Magazine, ...

"You never know who is crafting a spectacular quality American Made product just around the cor...

"The founders of a local toy company were among 10 businesses nationally invited this week to a...

"It's just before Christmas in Southington, and Luke Barber and his father Jim are all business...

"Kids don’t really care how or where a toy is made—they just care if it’s fun to play with. Luc...

Inc.'s Best in Class Awards celebrate great design across product categories "Luke's EcoTruck Fi...

"There's so much to love about Luke's Toy Factory's line of toy trucks, we're not quite sure whe...

Connecticut Public Television's "Made in Connecticut" segment takes a look at how Luke and the ...

WTNH News 8 Connecticut stopped by Luke's Toy Factory to learn how we design and manufacture in...

 ..."Luke's Toy Factory is meeting a real need for families. As a mother of three, I wanted to ...