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Big Monster Toys

American Toy Company

Big Monster Toys, LLC (BMT), established in May 1988, was a United States-based toy and game inventing and licensing company.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1988Founded1
  • Industrygame industry1
  • HeadquartersChicago1

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Big Monster Toys, LLC (BMT), established in May 1988, was a United States-based toy and game inventing and licensing company.2

The story

Big Monster Toys was founded in 1988 by Jeff Breslow, Howard Morrison, and Rouben Terzian, three former partners of Marvin Glass & Associates. MGA was one of the pioneers of the post-World War II American toy industry. Breslow, Morrison, and Terzian teamed with two principal designers from MGA, Don Rosenwinkel and John Zaruba. Together, they formed Breslow Morrison Terzian & Associates" (the initial basis of the "BMT" acronym).

From Wikipedia’s article on Big Monster Toys, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

  • toy

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1988Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$548.7K 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $548.7K in all. PPP loans $548.7K.$0$200K$400K$600K2020 · PPP loans: $548.7K2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$548.7K$548.7K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 6, 2020$548.7K PPP loan (first draw) from Cornerstone National Bank & Trust Company4To BIG MONSTER TOYS LLC, Chicago IL; $552.0K forgiven Nov 23, 2020

Sources

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