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13%

13% -- year over year sales growth for Building sets toy category (2009)

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Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-28

2009 · Needham & Company

Building sets saw a 13% year-over-year sales growth in 2009.

Described in context as 'old-fashioned building sets'
Noted as the only toy category seeing double-digit YoY growth in 2009

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13%

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Percentage

Data Vintage

2009

Entity

Building sets toy category

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Strong, reliable evidence

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61/100 confidence

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Needham & Company Primary Tier B

http://www.ypulse.com/post/view/guest-post-technology-toys-and-reaching-kids-insights-from-the-2010-… ↗

Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2009 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Guest Post: Technology, Toys, And Reaching Kids

Original Research

Needham & Company · Original study ↗

Methodology

Cited by Needham & Company senior analyst at 2010 Engage! Expo

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Building sets toy category: 13% year over year sales growth. Source: Needham & Company (2009). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/building-sets-growth-2009

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