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Karito Kids Provide Health and Homes for Children KidsGive makes dolls and books that represent girls and cultures around the world. It’s also a children’s charity and the result of a vision shared by Co-founders Laura Rangel, president, and her friend Lisa Steen Proctor, COO...
11/1/2008
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Munipals Puts Fay Graphic on Track Incentive to get the wheels in motion for a line of wooden toy trains modeled after the New York subway came from a son’s question at the dinner table...
HEXBUGs Trio Plays With Technology If a robot toy were crossed with an insect, what would you get? A HEXBUG! For Innovation First, the result has been a sellout, with demand overwhelming supply in the products’ first year...
1/1/2009
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Playmobil Offers Foundation for Kids’ Creative Play Introducing between 80 and 100 themed playsets, accessories and figures every year, Playmobil toys help to stimulate children’s imaginations and create endless adventures...
1/1/2009
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Geospace Skyrockets to Success After Magnetic Marbles launched into space aboard a U.S. Space Shuttle as part of NASA’s 1993 “Toys in Space II” program, the toy received a much-deserved name change: Geospace® Magnetic Marbles.....
4/1/2008
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Play Clay Models Success Linda Clark, founder of Play Clay, was a stay-at-home mother of four when her husband was laid off for six weeks in 1989. In need of money, she started selling her special play dough creation...
4/1/2008
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Sand-Goh! Offers Better Way to Build Watching his children build sand castles with buckets and shovels during a 2006 vacation in Anguilla, real estate attorney Jerry Taufield figured there had to be a better way.....
3/1/2008
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Playmobil Offers Foundation for Kids’ Creative Play Introducing between 80 and 100 themed playsets, accessories and figures every year, Playmobil toys help to stimulate children’s imaginations and create endless adventures...
1/1/2009
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HEXBUGs Trio Plays With Technology If a robot toy were crossed with an insect, what would you get? A HEXBUG! For Innovation First, the result has been a sellout, with demand overwhelming supply in the products’ first year...
1/1/2009
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Munipals Puts Fay Graphic on Track Incentive to get the wheels in motion for a line of wooden toy trains modeled after the New York subway came from a son’s question at the dinner table...
Karito Kids Provide Health and Homes for Children KidsGive makes dolls and books that represent girls and cultures around the world. It’s also a children’s charity and the result of a vision shared by Co-founders Laura Rangel, president, and her friend Lisa Steen Proctor, COO...
11/1/2008
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Challenges of Chess Spawn Line of Educational Cards A passion for chess was behind Jean-Pierre Grenier’s line of educational and souvenir playing-card decks. But it was his weakness in the game that sparked the idea for his first product...
10/1/2008
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ZinkoTek Constructs “Instant Smiles” It’s big. It’s colorful. And it takes children’s construction toys to a whole new level, giving them the ability to build life-sized forts, characters, and anything else their imaginations want to attempt...
10/1/2008
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Rich Frog Capitalizes on Smart Design Maarten van Ryckevorsel had been working as a national sales manager in the toy industry for about five years when a “brilliant play on words” popped into his head...
10/1/2008
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Zoobie Pets Invade 1,100 Stores in Under 2 Years Two years ago, at the age of 23, JC Smoot developed a stuffed animal that could serve as a pillow and blanket when the occasion called for it. He teamed up with his older brother Reid ... and started a company...
9/1/2008
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Safe, Fun Travel Drives Star Kids After a bumpy start, Alyson Probst and Starr Products LLC dba Star Kids Products of Denver is paving the road to success, one pothole at a time...
9/1/2008
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Imaginatives’ Elf Inspires New Holiday Traditions Discovering a holiday tradition that draws its heritage from love and family is uncommon these days. But thousands have done just that with Imaginatives’ delightful elf, Christopher Pop-In-Kins...
9/1/2008
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Uberstix Kits Construct Eco-Friendly Play Überstix building system is unique. You can build buildings as tall as your ceiling, and airplanes that fly and boats that float...
8/1/2008
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Innov-X XRF Systems Detect More Than Lead Lead is not the only thing to worry about when it comes to toys and other products for children. The August 2007 lead scare and series of toy recalls was the beginning.....
8/1/2008
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Brainy Baby Gets Smarter By the Year For parents who want their children to learn the ABCs, 123s, animals, shapes, colors, Spanish and French, Brainy Baby makes toys, games, music, books, videos and more so that babies, toddlers and preschoolers can do just that...
8/1/2008
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ThinkFun Puzzles Set Brains on Fire When husband and wife Bill Richie and Andrea Barthello co-founded Binary Arts in 1985, they started with the premise that “having fun is a great way to learn"...
7/1/2008
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Rebuilt Griddly Games Sports Strategy and Fun Named after the world grid, Griddly Games makes sports-themed games that feature diverse, hand-painted characters. Reisa Schwartzman, now owner and president, took over the bankrupt company in December 2006 and, with Penny Osborn, director of operations, revamped the business...
