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Great Ape Wooden Toys

The Hanno the Gorilla Toy is Expertly Crafted

— February 25, 2014 — Life-Stages
Celebrate your love of gorillas with this exquisite Hanno the Gorilla toy.

Hanno the Gorilla is named after Hanno, the Greek Navigator who had the first recorded encounter with gorillas when he sailed along the western coast of Africa way back around 500 B.C. Hanno the Gorilla is made from sustainably harvested beech wood and elastic-band muscles that help make this toy flexible and durable. Designed by David Weeks for the New York-based company Areaware, this wooden toy exudes the strong grace of its real life counterpart.

At a cost of $100, Davids Weeks' wooden toy is probably something you should hold onto yourself, until your child passes that age where they feel the need to put anything and everything in their mouth.
Trend Themes
1. Sustainable Wooden Toys - The trend towards eco-friendly wooden toys made from sustainable materials provides a disruptive innovation opportunity in the toy industry.
2. Flexible and Durable Toys - Flexible and durable toy design, such as the use of elastic-band muscles, creates opportunities for disruptive innovation in the toy industry.
3. Realistic Animal Designs - The trend towards realistic animal designs in wooden toys presents disruptive opportunities in the toy industry to create educational and eco-friendly products.
Industry Implications
1. Toy Industry - The toy industry can capitalize on the trend towards sustainable, flexible, and realistic toys made from eco-friendly materials.
2. Eco-friendly Manufacturing - Manufacturing companies can tap into the trend towards using sustainably harvested wood and eco-friendly materials in toy production.
3. Educational and Science Communication Industries - Educational and science communication industries could benefit from the realistic design of wooden animal toys to teach children about nature and wildlife conservation.
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