subsidiary industry computer and video games interactive entertainment founded april 16 1989 ; 27 years ago april 16 1989 founder paul reiche iii fred ford headquarters novato california united states key people paul reiche iii ceo and creative director fred ford cto and technical director terry falls art director alex ness chief of staff amber long art manager paul yan animation director dan neil audio director i wei huang toy director toby schadt design director jeff poffenbarger executive producer products skylanders series 2011 present number of employees 120 parent activision website www.toysforbob.com toys for bob is an american video game developer founded in 1989 by paul reiche iii and fred ford . they created star control and its sequel star control ii the ur quan masters in the early 1990s . however they were not involved in the development of star control 3 . after this they went on to create a number of games for crystal dynamics . 1 this relationship with crystal dynamics ended in 2002 . the company was bought by activision on may 3 2005 and is now a wholly owned subsidiary . the management team and employees have all signed long term contracts with activision and toys for bob remains in place in novato california . 1 under activision the developer mainly focused on licensed video games ; however the market for these types of games began to dry up circa 2008 and they were forced to find a new niche . 2 on february 12 2011 it was revealed that toys for bob had been working on the latest spyro game in the series for activision known as skylanders spyro s adventure . 3 the name toys for bob was invented by laurie lessen reiche ; it was chosen to stimulate curiosity and allude to paul and fred s appreciation of real toys . 4 games edit title release platform star control 5 6 1990 dos sega genesis star control ii 5 7 1992 3do dos the horde 5 8 1994 3do ms dos pandemonium 5 9 1996 pc playstation sega saturn the unholy war 5 10 1998 playstation majokko daisakusen little witching mischiefs 5 11 1999 playstation 102 dalmatians puppies to the rescue 5 12 2000 playstation disney s extreme skate adventure 5 13 2003 gamecube playstation 2 xbox madagascar 2005 gamecube playstation 2 xbox tony hawk s downhill jam 2006 wii madagascar escape 2 africa 2008 playstation 2 playstation 3 wii xbox 360 skylanders spyro s adventure 2011 pc playstation 3 wii wii u japan xbox 360 skylanders giants 2012 3ds playstation 3 wii wii u xbox 360 skylanders trap team 2014 3ds android ios playstation 3 playstation 4 wii wii u xbox 360 xbox one skylanders imaginators 2016 playstation 3 playstation 4 wii u xbox 360 xbox one notes and references edit a b activision purchases toys for bob . locker gnome . april 3 2005 . retrieved december 29 2007 . campbell colin . toys for bob and the story behind skylanders . polygon . retrieved march 7 2016 . tanner nicole . can toys breathe fire back into spyro . ign . see this log of fred ford s mails to fans . a b c d e f g h the armchair empire interviews paul reiche iii toys for bob q and a . retrieved june 20 2015 . toys for bob star control . archived from the original on june 29 2007 . retrieved june 20 2015 . toys for bob star control ii . archived from the original on july 2 2007 . retrieved june 20 2015 . toys for bob the horde . archived from the original on june 29 2007 . retrieved june 20 2015 . toys for bob pandemonium . archived from the original on june 29 2007 . retrieved june 20 2015 . toys for bob the unholy war . archived from the original on june 30 2007 . retrieved june 20 2015 . toys for bob little witching mischiefs . archived from the original on june 30 2007 . retrieved june 20 2015 . toys for bob 102 dalmatians puppies to the rescue . archived from the original on july 2 2007 . retrieved june 20 2015 . toys for bob disney s extreme skate adventure . archived from the original on june 29 2007 . retrieved june 20 2015 . external links edit official website toys for bob company overview from mobygames v t e activision list of video games main franchises call of duty crash bandicoot destiny guitar hero skylanders tony hawk s subsidiaries current beenox demonware freestylegames fun labs high moon studios infinity ward king digital entertainment major league gaming radical entertainment raven software sierra entertainment sledgehammer games toys for bob treyarch vicarious visions former bizarre creations budcat creations gray matter interactive infocom luxoflux massive entertainment neversoft redoctane shaba games swordfish studios underground development behaviour santiago related activision blizzard blizzard entertainment vivendi games robert kotick timothy p. riley this activision related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this united states video game corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title toys for bob & oldid 738074967 categories activisioncompanies based in marin county californiacompanies established in 1989video game companies of the united statesvideo game development companiesnovato californiaactivision stubsunited states video game company stubshidden categories use mdy dates from march 2016all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisnederlands suomi edit links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 19 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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