Beyond Chess comes with everything you need to play. The board is made of 64 high-quality, solid, plastic squares that measure 1.5"x1.5"x.25" and accommodate most chess pieces, plus two extra squares. This set includes standard Staunton-design chess pieces, a 12-page instruction booklet and a sturdy nylon backpack-style carrying bag. 11/21/2007 (Price: $34.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
This puzzle challenges you to put 3 identical flat pieces together into a beautiful 3-D star like object called a Voxal. It comes in one of the assorted 4 shapes and 8 colors, and its patented interlocking design also allows us to mix pieces of different shapes and colors to create unique Voxals that are true forms of art. An assembled Voxal Solo measures 3½" x 3½" x 3½". For ages 9 to 99. SRP $8.90. Voxal Solo has been awarded the 2008 Preferred Choice Award in the Puzzles for Kids category of the Creative Child Magazine. This Voxal Solo is the Holly model, one of four available models and eight available colors. 7/25/2007 (Price: $8.90; Age: 9 to 99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
This dinosaur is a 32”-long, full-body glove puppet. Ceratasaur is a stealth, forest-dwelling meat eater with three boney horns and razor-like soft foam teeth. As with all Prehistoric Puppets, he is fully flexible down to his swishing tail! He comes with his own stand for play or display and is a great learning and role-playing puppet for ages 4 to extinct. The product is made of a super-soft, molded polyurethane foam, and is realistically painted. 12/21/2007 (Age: 4 and Up) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
The Eco Dome is distinctively designed to mimic real world land-systems, living systems and to show atmospheric effects. Explore the science of global warming and weather patterns (thermals and storms) and create micro climates and link environments with other wild science nature systems. The system has been specifically designed to help children understand planet management and how to explore the fragile world in which we live. This product is a 2008 iParenting Media Award winner. Launch date: January 10, 2008. — "One quality that sets this product apart from all others: There is no science kit like this in the world – except the world itself," Dennis Callaghan of Toyops Inc. told TDmonthly. Additionally, the product “is eco-friendly and part of a connectable world.” 7/27/2007 (Price: $49.95; Age: 6 and Up) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
This classic wooden train set has a circular track layout that can be easily assembled into different shapes. Designed for the child new to trains, this set is simple enough to assemble right out of the box. It can easily be used with other interlocking wooden train tracks, so children can pair it with existing sets they own. The 15-piece set includes eight durable interlocking curved tracks, two trees, an engine and two loading cars. The cars are brightly painted and utilize magnets to help children assemble the set easily. The set is 18" in diameter while cars are 2" long, 1" wide and 1½" high. 1/30/2008 (Price: $17.99; Age: 2 and Up) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
Equipped with a solar panel on top, this wooden vehicle reinforces eco-friendly ideas through play. It features wide doors for easy placement of furniture and dolls inside, and includes space that can function as a kitchen, bedroom and living room. Launch date: Early 2008. 2/26/2008 (Age: 3 and Up) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
Part of an eco-friendly collection for babies, this product is made from plastic derived from natural materials, including corn. It has a soft-color palette and plenty of texture to stimulate babies’ tactile senses and help with teething. The rattle can also help little ones with hand-eye coordination. Launch date: July 2008. 2/26/2008 (Price: $7.99; Age: 0 and Up) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
Kids can assemble the pieces in this rubber-wood kit and then, thanks to the toy’s mechanical capabilities, watch the piano player perform. 2/26/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
This light-blue oven features spinning knobs and a see-through door and comes with the following: a saucepan, kitchen utensils, a frying pan that holds an egg and bacon, a six-slice pizza with toppings and a tray for baking. Launch date: Early 2008. 2/26/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
Remember those “finger things” that girls around the world made and played with growing up? Cahootie Truth or Dare is a colorful, modern version with a twist. It’s rip-resistant and comes with 40 reusable stickers and a keepsake display case. This high-quality, social-interaction game with repositionable fortunes allows girls to be surprised with what’s revealed at the end of each round of play. Truth or Dare challenges include “Try to order pizza in Pig Latin” and “What’s the nicest thing you’ve ever done for someone?” There’s also a kid-friendly, interactive Cahootie website. Cahootie is “100-percent made in the U.S. and sold only at specialty retailers,” Owner Jeffrey Jurgensen of Green Rock Entertainment told TDmonthly. Launch date: October 2007. 11/14/2007 (Price: $5.95; Age: 7 to 12) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
Writer's Bio: Julie L. Jones has written articles for both newspapers and magazines. Before joining the staff of TDmonthly Magazine, she worked as a communications writer and provided editorial support for a market research company. Read more articles by this author
Writer's Bio: Julie L. Jones has written articles for both newspapers and magazines. Before joining the staff of TDmonthly Magazine, she worked as a communications writer and provided editorial support for a market research company. Read more articles by this author
