Mary Ellroy

newspaper advertising firm, and various advertising and media positions. Her creative accomplishments in consumer marketing inspired her to turn that creativity to toys and games. Her games have won multiple awards. Although a prolific speculative inventor, her marketing background places her high on the list as a “games-on-demand” contract inventor for various licenses and theme-specific concepts. As well, she has a commercial understanding of markets and products which takes her beyond the “fun” of toys to the “business” of toys. She served on the Board of the Yankee Invention Expo, an international forum for inventors. She is President Emeritus of the Inventors Association of Connecticut, one of the oldest and largest inventor organizations in the country, and she has served on the board of Women in Toys. Ellroy is the inventor of more than 30 toys and games including products based on licensed characters. She has been based out of Norwalk, Connecticut. Ellroy is a successful toy and game inventor and toy and game agent who will show your stuff to Mattel and Hasbro if it meets their criteria.