In This Issue In TDmonthly Magazine's top-10 most-wanted articles this month, find out which products are selling best for the infamous tween set (boys and girls)...
11/1/2009
Top-10 Most-Wanted Novelties If your specialty toy or gift store doesn’t carry Iwako erasers from BC Industries, you should take a second look at the sales of these tiny, collectible, puzzle erasers...
11/1/2009
TDmonthly Goes Inside … Can You Imagine If you’re looking for boys’ toys, tween items, novelties and things that are just plain fun and imaginative, you might want to step into the Can You Imagine showroom...
11/1/2009
Top-10 Most-Wanted Collectibles Based on a TDmonthly Magazine survey of 49 specialty retailers regarding sales of collectibles, the wide range of products catching customers’ acquisitive fancy goes from cute Japanese erasers from BC Industries to familiar collectors’ items including Steiff plush and Breyer horses...
9/1/2009
Holiday Preview - Novelties Kids are sure to find lots of fun and zany little gifts in their stockings this year. Perhaps they’ll receive 3-D glasses for all those new movies coming out, or maybe whimsical fabric friends, or even a new wind-up fart toy (watch out, parents)! See what else is in store...
6/1/2009
Kids' Gifts for the Holidays Last month in TDmonthly Magazine’s Holiday Preview, you got a glimpse of some eco-friendly art projects, exciting books and costumes fit for a princess. See this month’s featured categories...
Eight Toys Honored With 2009 TDmonthly Award TDmonthly Magazine is proud to recognize its newest award winners, a collection of eight exciting products that stood out among the 29 products selected for TDmonthly's 2009 Specialty Toys Report...
2/1/2009
Stuff Those Stockings! Wondering how to fill customers' stockings this year? Take some advice from a few dozen specialty toy-store owners who recently gave their recommendations...
11/1/2008
TDmonthly Classic Awards TDmonthly Magazine is proud to announce the select winners of its TDmonthly Classic 2008 Award...
8/1/2008
ToyDirectory.com® and TDmonthly™ MagazineContact: Alison Marek, Managing Editor12340 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 226Los Angeles, CA 90025 Phone: (310) 979-4330Fax: (310) 979-4350E-mail: alison@toydirectory.comwww.tdmonthly.comwww.toydirectory.comAugust 22, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Industry Leader Names Most Positive Toys of the YearTDmonthly Magazine Honors 44 Winners in Second...
8/1/2008
Watch Novelty Toys What do you say to a toucan and a toilet paper roll that talk back? Watch TDmonthly's toy videos and find out...
7/1/2008
Retailer Spotlight: The Lollipop Shop Some people, like Jeff Gurley, are able to turn life’s misfortunes into blessings. He took the loss of his job with a dot-com company in 2000 and turned it into a fun (and tasty) adventure, TDmonthly Magazine learned...
7/1/2008
My Best Sellers: The Lollipop Shop At the Lollipop Shop in Jonesborough, Tenn., and Kiawah Island, S.C., Owners Jeff and Candy Gurley believe that candy and toys appeal to all demographics...
Higgins Brothers Makes Life a Circus Don Higgins was on a world tour in 1991 when he arrived in London. He didn’t have enough money for a ticket home to Canada, but he did have time on his hands, so he learned to juggle — in less than five minutes!...
3/1/2008
How to Create a Licensed Character It’s tough to create a character that connects with fans and successfully draws them to theaters, bookstores and Sunday comics...
10/1/2007
Pitch Your Product to the Biz Quality, not quantity, is the golden rule when pitching products. Equally important are research and preparation...
9/1/2007
Nano Novelties Puff Up Sales Sometimes a novelty item at the register is just enough to get a whiny kid out of the store...
7/1/2007
NuOp Design Thrives on Originality In 2005, Frank Frisari and John McCoy pooled their talents to create geometric magnets and the flexible plastic Q-Man. Two years later, they have a line of colorful novelties...
7/1/2007
TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Novelty Toys Play Visions keeps stretching the limits of wackiness with the Flower Inside-Out Ball and Flex Net additions to its Hyperflex line...
7/1/2007
Fast, Cheap and Under Control Harried holiday shoppers who want a unique present that won't break their budgets or take much time can pick up these fun toys...
7/1/2007
Toy Sleuth — Inner Eye to Outer Limits June’s Toy Sleuth takes you from the smallest particle/wave of light to the biggest thing there is: the cosmos...
6/1/2007
Playmaker: Not Your Typical Monkey Business A screaming monkey flying across the room sort of speaks for itself. And it should, according to President Ernie Wong of Playmaker Toys...
When Does Humor Drive Customers Away? Novelty retailers in particular need to know which controversial products mean high sales and which could draw protest signs...
5/1/2006
Do Offensive Products Mean Big Sales? Novelty retailers in particular need to know which controversial products could mean high sales and which could draw protest signs...
4/1/2006
TDmonthly´s Top 10 Most Wanted Natural Toys Throughout most of Toyland, plastic is king. But all-natural toys are carving out their own niche in the industry and finding plenty of consumers ready to purchase them...
10/1/2005
Everybody Needs a Laugh Instead of trying to compete with mega stores by offering the same crap as they do, Valerie Pontbriand of Four Eyes Joke Shop throws her crap on the ceilings and around her bright geometric carpets...
8/1/2005
Directing Boys’ Impulses When boys pick a toy up on the spur of the moment, it’s because it speaks to their need for energetic play. Boys have a large play space that is not limited to their rooms...
7/1/2005
What Girls Buy on Impulse Girls are motivated to pick up things that fit into their environment, specifically their rooms...
7/1/2005
“I Gotta Have It! Don’t I?” — Shopping 101 According to numerous studies on consumer shopping habits, two major influences determine the likelihood of impulse purchases: emotions and environment...
Designer Toys Go Mainstream Until recently, designer toys were relegated to specialty and hobby stores aimed at collectors of underground art. Now the products are showing up in more mainstream venues...
7/1/2005
HyperFlex Turns Sales Inside-Out After more than two decades in the toy biz, Mark Chernick, the founder and chief executive officer of Play Visions, is presiding over his company’s hottest product to date: Hyper-Flex, a material that can stretch to eight times its length, then return to its original form...
Novelties: Simply Uncommon Delights These fanciful, whimsical products take off this year in intriguing designs, shapes and styles. Whether the goal is to draw a silly reaction or merely light up someone’s day, modern novelties take on a range of ingenious forms. Take a look at the following one-of-a-kind samples of novelty inspirations...
Hayes Specialty Corporation: Hot Fun in the Summertime, Wintertime or Anytime Whether it’s a felt hat shaped like a beer mug, a set of casino chips, a Mardi Gras bracelet and matching tiara or a crucifix night light, Hayes Specialty Corporation is a novelty business mainstay and a players’ paradise, no matter what your game is...
10/1/2004
TDmonthly´s Top 10 Most Wanted Political Playthings Get out to the polls and, while you’re at it, vote with your dollars for your favorite political toys. The presidential contest has been on everyone’s mind this year and will continue to generate interest as the election draws closer...
10/1/2004
Lights Lumisource, Inc. Express yourself with the Firefly Floor Lamp by Lumisource, Inc. Use the numerous lamp arms to form an art display when you put it together. This amazing chrome-finish lamp has multi-colored sconces that use 10-watt halogen bulbs. A fabulous addition to make your room stand out...
9/1/2004
NOVELTY & IMPULSE Hog Wild Toys The Desk Top Punching Bag is a glutton for punishment. Simply lick and stick the aggressive rubber suction cup to any flat surface and you´re ready to thump, flick and pop Bop-Oh! The bounce-back spring keeps him coming back for more. ($7.99) Jumping Beans “Jumping...
Toys to Talk About "Toys to Talk About" features dozens of exciting companies and products! So, make sure you´re clued in and see what everyone´s talking about...
6/1/2004
The Top 10 Toys for May Nostalgia, fashion and entertainment characterize the toy industry´s current focus. Here is a forecast of the top ten toys for the 2004 holiday season...
4/1/2004
WITHRA Show Highlights at Pomona This year’s Western States Toy & Hobby Representatives Association (WTHRA) Show was a strong indication that manufacturers of toys have been hard at work, creating fun and innovative new products...
Aquapets: The New Goldfish Journeying from the distant AquaPlanet, Aquapets will arrive in America in the fall of 2004...
4/1/2004
Kid Inventor Wins Toy Competition Wild Planet Toys hosts an annual competition, allowing kids the opportunity to become the next Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell...
3/1/2004
Featured Products in TDmonthly Magazine: Novelties
A-Rest-A-Pest Inc. has a new line of adorable A-Rest-A-Pest Buggies. All A-Rest-A-Pest Buggies come with tags on them which includes their name and their story. With 20 to most every Buggies sizes you can think of, we also include an 8 pc. snap together plastic jail cage with a jail door that opens and closes, along with a handle for kids to carry their cage around. Our hard-bound picture book about how all the A-REST-A-PEST BUGGIES met each other serves as a good day... More information on A-REST-A-PEST INC. products.
Mary and Gregg Pembleton are the founders of Answers In Motion, LLC. and the creators of Thumball.Originally designed for speech therapy, it has become the premiere toy, game and experience for everyone.Stay up to date with Thumball news with our Thumball blog:http://thumball.blogspot.com/Special OfferBuy 6 of each of our 18 designs and receive your choice of 10% off your order or a free display rack... More information on ANSWERS IN MOTION products.
Kardandak Enterprises, LLC was created and is owned by Jeff Anderson, a freelance musician (songwriter, producer) and entrepreneur in Spring Hill (Nashville), TN... More information on KARDANDAK ENTERPRISES LLC products.
