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Warrant Exercisable Term

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Warrants Issued Pursuant To Acquisition

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Value, after forfeitures, of stock or other type of equity granted of any equity-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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- Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2012
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for future grant (in shares)				1,157,210
Executive officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years	3 years
Recognition Technology in Connection with Toy Products
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of stock warrants granted to third party in connection with acquisition					1,500,000
Exercise price of warrants					$ 16.28
Warrants exercisable term					5 years
Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation, non-vested restricted stock awards				$ 2,900
Unrecognized compensation, non-vested restricted stock awards expected recognized period				872 days
Restricted Stock \| Non-employee directors
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock grants				$ 100
Restricted Stock \| Executive officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years		3 years
Restricted Stock \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period				1 year
Restricted Stock \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period				2 years
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period				4 years
Unrecognized compensation, non-vested restricted stock awards				$ 1,900
Unrecognized compensation, non-vested restricted stock awards expected recognized period				1 year 9 months 26 days