Indiana Jones has the treasure map but will first have to make it through the gate if he wants a chance at finding the Holy Grail. The set includes the following: Indiana Jones with accessories (hat, whip and bag), Professor Henry Jones, a guard, a motorbike with a detachable sidecar, and a gate that moves up and down. Please check with company, as not all LEGO sets are available in the specialty market.
— Nine of 66 specialty retailers named LEGO as a best-selling gift for boys in a July 2008 TDmonthly survey.
— "Any new LEGO that comes in is out the door,” said Tina Benoit, operations manager for Kidstown in South Burlington, Vt., which sells about 50 units of LEGO per month.
— LEGOs are a top-10 best seller for Randy Austin of The Gifted Child in Lenox, Mass., she told TDmonthly in summer 2008.

MagNext is the revolutionary new magnetic construction system that sets a new standard for innovative and safe magnetic play. Designed in partnership with Intertek, one of the world’s leading independent safety labs, MagNext features no small magnetic parts that can be swallowed, and will make it possible to create bigger, stronger and faster builds. Convenient and sleekly designed, the MagNext Drawer Case is cool and easy to carry around. Kids can take advantage of the ingenious build-off plate and drawer compartments to build to their heart’s delight. Launch date: August 16, 2008.

The WordWorld HOUSE comes with A to Z letter blocks and 2 buildable WordFriends. Kids can build and rebuild the House scene as they learn new words and role-play with the engaging WordFriends. Includes a WordWorld DVD and a bucket for convenient storage.

The WordWorld BARN comes with A to Z letter blocks and two buildable WordFriends. Kids can build and rebuild the farm scene as they learn new words and role-play with the engaging WordFriends. The playset includes a WordWorld DVD and a bucket for convenient storage. "WordWorld, a new innovation in the literacy landscape, brings words to life through a patent-pending methodology that embeds words into the objects they represent" said Rona Iny, marketing and outreach manager of WordWorld. "WordWorld toys help kids understand that letters form words and words have real meaning in their lives." This toy won a 2008 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award. Launch date: 2008.

The ÜBERARC™ 1200 Empire State Building is part of the architectural series, designed for students, architects, engineers and anyone else who just loves to build. Using full-scale authentic blueprints, builders create a foundation and representation of the Empire State Building. Builders apply for a building permit online that will show the seismic and wind loads for their proposed ÜberArc Empire State Building location. They can even pinpoint the location on a map and create their own unique building name displayed to other ÜberArc builders. This architectural dream set will teach basic building techniques to create load-bearing walls, curves, arches and more. The completed UberArc Empire State Building is more than 4' tall. Launch date: August 2008. This set is a JCPenney exclusive until January 2009.

When precision wooden shapes and vibrant color meet, expect nothing less than masterwork. Twig features natural wood, carved with care and colored with brilliance. Light plays its way through the windows of Twig - illuminating lines, contours, space and arrangement, opening the mind and imagination to new exercises in visual spatial development. Each Twig set consists of 72 wooden pieces; all are compatible with one another. The interactivity between components means limitless combinations in open-ended play. Launch date: February 2009.

This 49-piece set comes with a "WordWorld" DVD, featuring material from the PBS Kids program, and has pieces that teach the words barn, rake, rope, tractor, pail, corn and fence.

The collection of modular boxes increases perceptual and motor skills, stimulates language development, provokes mathematical thinking and nurtures aesthetic ideas and imaginative play.
Children recognize that these beautiful little boxes are perfect for storing their special collections, building high towers or long slinky roads, framing their pictures and photographs and much more,” Learning Materials Workshop Sales and Marketing Director Meg Walker told TDmonthly. Launch date: 2008.

The set comes with 60 rugged, plastic pieces that kids can snap together easily to form endless poseable creatures, with hinged jaws. Kids can create a dragon, Pegasus, a phoenix, Wyvern, Golden Boar, Capricorn or their own unique creatures. Several extra pieces are included, to make creatures even more poseable. All Zoomorphs sets are interchangeable.

Bring custom creatures to life with this ball-and-socket building system composed of bone-shaped pieces and flexible joints that attach to a motorized platform. A step-by-step guide is included. “After you build your creation, you can bring it to life by hooking it up the motorized lab,” Wild Planet Media Relations Manager Kim Bratcher, told TDmonthly. “Connecting bones and flexible joints to form a dinosaur, alien or other fantastical creature is fun – but adding the mad scientist aspect of connecting the lifewire to its spine and controlling the speed and direction of the model’s movement is beyond what standard building sets offer.” Launch date: Fall 2008.

The 200-piece marble run set features a vortex chamber, a large, double-entrance funnel, two exclusive spiral tracks, real marbles, extra long bridges for building larger structures and base pieces for sturdy construction. Launch date: February 2007.
— Jennifer Dees, assistant manager of Harbour Town Toys in Hilton Head, S.C., told TDmonthly that, "If it's in the window," they sell 4-6 units of this item each month.

The 224-piece marble run set includes two exclusive double entrance funnels, three exclusive spirals, real glass marbles, base pieces for sturdy construction, extra long bridges for building larger structures and more. Launch date: April 2003.

Kids can build exciting technological structures using the 270-piece gear set’s pillars, six-way axles, connectors, extenders, interlocking plates and meshing gears. The exclusive Universal Joints allow for greater freedom during construction. The set also includes a “chain” and “elastic belt” to transmit rotary motion to distant gears. Launch date: February 2004.

The colorful toy comes with 40 pieces of tubular construction, each made of unbreakable ABS plastic. There are four different types of interlocking pieces that can be combined and recombined in a variety of ways. Launch date: July 2001.

The kit allows anyone to create a variety of spheres. The unique shape and clever angles of the block pieces opens an infinite possibility for hours of creative fun for children and adults. Children will love the fun snapping noise when piecing the parts together. Various LaQ kits with moving parts are also available. Launch date: May 1, 2008.

The set comes with a giant octopus, two pirates, a treasure chest, a paddle, a raft that flats and more. The octopus can squirt water. Launch date: August 2008.

The set includes two clowns, a monkey, a saxophone, an accordion, a drum set, a trumpet and a tambourine. The sent also includes four sound effects. Two AAA batteries are required. Launch date: September 2008.

This is a replica of the ceremonial arch standing at the top of the Champs Élysées, commemorate Napoleon's victories. The replica measures 6-1/2” x 3-1/2” x 6-1/2” when assembled.

The Parisian family weekend house is a well-known architectural presentation of the international style. The model is made on a 1:200 scale and is available with either white or dark gray windows. The replica measures 8-1/2” x 7-12” x 4” when assembled.

This is a replica of the Notre Dame du Haut, a chapel designed by world famous Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier. The model is designed on a 1:175 scale and measures 10” x 8” x 5-1/2” when assembled.

The set includes 4,000 beads, two large square pegboards, 11 bead supports, a color-printed design sheet, instructions and ironing paper. Kids can use the kit to create four cars. “Hama offers the best quality beads for ironing – [it] stands up to all safety tests!” Hama – Malte haanic Plastic A/S Export Manager Steen Fabian Jensen told TDmonthly. Launch date: April 2008.

The set includes 6,000 beads, three large square pegboards, a color-printed design sheet, instructions and ironing paper. Kids can create two large ponies, a girl and small accessories. Launch date: April 2008.

The feet, hands and heads of the figures contain larger, stronger magnets, than the original Quili, allowing young children to build up the figures with ease. Launch date: March 2008.

The kit is designed for children, allowing them to easily create a variety of unique robots. Launch date: February 2008.

Brick Me is a large scale, lightweight, plastic interlocking building block set. The large size and bright colors encourage endless creativity. Building colorful creations will develop imagination, hand-eye coordination and motor skills. Suitable for ages 2 and up.