![]() ![]() It doesn’t matter if you’re 5 or 85 years old,” said Silver. “Puzzles appeal to an extremely wide demographic. But he’s never seen puzzle sales shoot up like this - about 300%, Silver said. He can recall the attacks on 9/11, when families stuck together in their homes. Jim Silver, a toy journalist and the editor of the toy review website TTPM with 36 years in the biz, has worked through the market crash of ’87 and ’08, when folks were pinching pennies and looking for in-house entertainment. ![]() Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner told CNBC the company's games have been in high demand since March. Puzzle maker Ravensburger’s sales were up 370% in March, Forbes also reported. The game company Hey Buddy Hey Pal’s Amazon sales were up 4,000% in the last week of March and in-store sales at Walmart were up 100%, according to Forbes. With stores, restaurants, clubs, theaters, event spaces, public parks and pretty much every gathering place closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, climbing on swing sets, clacking puzzles together and bonding over board games have become much more attractive ways to spend one's time. But now, I’m seeing even people with very young kids buying,” said Williams. “Usually families decide to buy swing sets when their children are age-appropriate. Swing Set & Toy Warehouse, which also has locations in Upper Saddle River, Freehold and Fleming, has seen about a 50 percent increase in sales of outdoor playsets, trampolines and basketball hoops. “It’s been a shocking last month and a half,” she said. Sue Williams, a sales representative for the company for the past 30 years, has never experienced anything like it. The phones are ringing incessantly at the Swing Set & Toy Warehouse in East Hanover. Watch Video: Vintage & muscle cars parade ends with a large PPE donation in Wyckoff ![]()
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