Bullyland

The Bullyland GmbH in Spraitbach, Baden- Württemberg is a manufacturer of hand-painted games and collectible figures.

The company was founded on 1 June 1973 as Bullyland Volkmar Klaus GmbH & Co. Company founder Klaus Volkmar, son of the former mayor of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Dr. Julius Klaus, the company started with three employees. Volkmar Klaus was son and designated successor Friedrich Schleich, the company founder of the hard rubber manufacturer Schleich figure. However, Klaus difference in the strife of the Company Schleich and Bully founded. In range of the founding year 1973, among other things, Tip & Tap, the mascot of the FIFA World Cup 1974 Other successful licensed properties quickly followed -. Sesame street, Asterix, Pink Panther, Alf and others. Since 1977 Bullyland Disney 's licensees. Until 1980, presented Bullyland also The Smurfs ago.

Opened in 1978 Bullyland a production plant in Ronsberg and left at the same time protect the brand. The offices opened in New York (1985 /86) and Hong Kong (1987 ), followed by subsidiaries in Romania, Slovakia and Tunisia.

Current licenses Bullyland range are Walt Disney, Warner Bros. and others, such as Batman, Spiderman, Superman, Cars, the Teletubbies and Die Wilden Kerle, Maya the Bee, Tabaluga, The Little Prince, Janosch and much more.

Bullyland makes animal figures of all kinds. The range includes, for example, wild animals, farm animals and marine life. Also in the range are characters look like knights, cowboys and Indians, fantasy figures, dinosaurs and others.

2001, the company was converted into the Bullyland Volkmar Klaus AG, sold in 2005 Volkmar and Jane Klaus the company to Thomas Fischer, which was converted in June 2010 Bullyland GmbH.

In 1998, Bully World was opened in Spraitbach - a museum with exhibition of all Bullyland products since foundation with attached garden experience. Bully World was closed due to the low number of visitors in July 2009.

BULLYLAND omitted in the figure, not only the preparation of phthalate plasticizer, but also on the use of PVC. In addition, Bullyland 2006 joined the Code of Conduct of the toy industry. The scheme developed by the International Council of Toy Industries Code defines labor and social standards and can be independent checks on Chinese suppliers. Bullyland receives 20 percent of its production from China.

Company founder Klaus created the name Bullyland after he bred French Bulldog, which is also called Bully.