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Here’s why the toy industry will shake off the global pandemic

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Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi discuss the outlook for Mattel, Hasbro and Funko in addition to the overall toy industry with James Zahn of Toy Insider. Zahn even unveils a new offering set to come out this year.

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