tonies Transporter, Travel Case Audio Characters, Hardshell Case for up to 20 Figurines for use with Your Toniebox Portable Speaker (Sold Separately), Ages 3+, Colour: Blue

What’s behind the brand?So the question was this: in the era of smartphones and tablets, why do children still have to fiddle around with flimsy silver discs to listen to audiobooks and music? And on boring CD players which are actually anything but suitable for children?That was when we had the idea that started it all: the term ‘audio player’ contains the word ‘play’ – but where’s the playful element in the established system? With all the recent developments in digital technology, there surely must be something we can do better. So we thought: let’s just invent it ourselves!We are Patric Faßbender and Marcus Stahl. We came up with the idea for the Tonies and the Toniebox, and we founded our company Boxine GmbH to make sure it wouldn’t just stop at being a good idea and would instead become a fantastic reality. We’re both fathers, each with two children – in fact, we got to know each other through our children, who were at the same nursery. Simply meant to be!The Brandtonies was launched in 2016 by Patric Faßbender and Marcus Stahl. Since then, the Toniebox has replaced CD players or cassette recorders in many children’s rooms. The soft cube has a digital core which is intuitive and easy to use: the audio starts as soon as the “Tonie” audio character, such as The Gruffalo or Zog, are placed to the top of the “Toniebox” magnetic pad. The Toniebox and Tonies are suitable for children as young as three. The audio system has been available in the UK and Ireland since late 2018, following launches in Germany, Austria, Switzerland awards:After just a few weeks, the Toniebox was awarded