Zizzle is a company based in Bannockburn

Bannockburn, Illinois

Bannockburn is a village in West Deerfield and Vernon townships of Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,429 at the 2000 census...

, Illinois

Illinois

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, United States

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 that makes many types of electronics and toys based on original concepts as well as movies licenses.

History

The Zizzle company was founded in 2005 by Roger Shiffman, co-founder of Tiger Electronics

Tiger Electronics

Tiger Electronics is an American toy manufacturer, best known for its handheld LCD games, the Furby, and Giga Pets. When Tiger was an independent company, Tiger Electronics Inc., its headquarters were in Vernon Hills, Illinois....

, along with the marketing guru behind Furby

Furby

A Furby was a popular electronic robotic toy resembling a hamster/owl-like creature which went through a period of being a "must-have" toy following its launch in the holiday season of 1998, with continual sales until 2000...

, Marc Rosenberg. Shiffman credits his wife for the name of the company. The first toy released by the company was called "iZ", which received comparisons to the Furby. The company received licenses to produce toys for Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean is a multi-billion dollar Walt Disney franchise encompassing a series of films, a theme park ride, and spinoff novels as well as numerous video games and other publications. The franchise originates with the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, which opened at Disneyland in...

 franchise, and also Nickelodeon's

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

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 SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants

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 and Dora the Explorer

Dora the Explorer

Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. channel. It aired on CBS until...

 cartoons.

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Toys and licences

• Zizzle iZ Toy
• Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
  Pirates of the Caribbean
  Pirates of the Caribbean is a multi-billion dollar Walt Disney franchise encompassing a series of films, a theme park ride, and spinoff novels as well as numerous video games and other publications. The franchise originates with the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, which opened at Disneyland in...
  
   1:18 scale action figures and playsets.
• Marvel Comics
  Marvel Comics
  Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
  
  Zizzlingers