The toy factory
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The toy factory |
| Original title | Some assembly required |
 | |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2014 |
| Production company |
Thunderbird Films Gravy Boat Productions Nelvana Studio YTV |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 57 in 3 seasons |
| genre | Sitcom , youth series |
| Theme music | Here We Go by Kolton Stewart |
| idea | Dan Signer |
| production | Dan Signer Howard Nemetz Michael Shepard Tim Gamble |
| First broadcast | January 6, 2014 (Canada) on YTV |
First publication in German |
June 19, 2015 on Netflix |
| occupation | |
The Toy Factory (original title Some Assembly Required ) is a Canadian television series for teenagers, which started on January 6, 2014 in Canada on YTV . The idea for the series came from Dan Signer , who is also the creator of the sitcom Mr. Young and the Disney Channel series ANT: Achtung Natur-Talente .
action
The 14-year-old teenager Jarvis Raines is given a chemistry kit for Christmas that half destroys his parents' house. The court then decides that with immediate effect he will be the new chairman of the toy company Knicknack Toys, which manufactured the chemical construction kit. In this position, he hires a few teenagers to run the company and develop new products with them.
Production and broadcast
In May 2013 the casting call for Some Assembly Required was called. In November the series was announced with 26 episodes. In order to attract attention, a corresponding online game was published before the series start on January 6, 2014. A budget of $ 250,000 is available for the social media strategy. The series is filmed in Burnaby , British Columbia, Canada . The second season was filmed from August 11, 2014 and aired from January 5, 2015. The third season ran from March 14 to June 6, 2016.
In Germany, the first season was released in a synchronized version with the title Die Spielzeugfabrik on June 19, 2015 on the streaming portal Netflix .
characters
Leading roles
Jarvis Raines (Kolton Stewart, German voice actor: Felix Mayer) is an average teenager who runs Knickknack Toys.
Piper Gray ( Charlie Storwick , German voice actress : Shandra Schadt ) is new to the company's team. She is an expert on computers and is secretly in love with Jarvis.
Bowie Sherman (Harrison Houde, German voice actor: Tim Schwarzmaier ) is Jarvis' best friend.
Geneva Hayes ( Sydney Scotia , German voice actress : Lea Kalbhenn ) is Jarvis' attractive personal assistant who he has a crush on.
Malcolm "Knox" Knoxford (Dylan Playfair, German voice actor : Patrick Roche ) is an extreme athlete who works as a product tester.
Aster Vanderberg (Travis Turner, German voice actor: Tobias Kern ) is the best-looking boy in the school and the company's head of design. He often makes fun of Piper.
Candace Previous ( Ellie Harvie , German voice actress: Dorothea Anzinger) is the former owner of Knickknack Toys. She doesn't trust Jarvis much. She disguises herself as Mrs. Bubkes in order to spy on the Knickknack Toys company in this role as a cleaner.
Guest stars
Emily Tennant as Isabelle in "Just Like a Baby" (2.04)
Web links
- http://www.someassemblyrequired.ytv.com/ (Official Website)
- The toy factory in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Diane Wild: Some Assembly Required casting call . May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
- ↑ Nick Krewen: YTV looks to build buzz ahead of Some Assembly Required debut . In: Playback . November 26, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.acfcwest.com/productions/2014/current/someassemblyrequired2.html