TDmonthly's Magazine's second annual Specialty Toys Report, "Positive Toys for a Promising Future"™ is a one-stop summary of the best toys in the specialty market for 2008, as determined by the editors of
TDmonthly Magazine and ToyDirectory® Inc. — the No. 1 online presence in the toy
industry.*

How did we pick the 200+ positive new toys in this Report? In addition to TDmonthly staff evaluation, we talked to specialty toy-store owners around the nation, kids, parents and experts about which toys excite them and are most likely to be solid sellers throughout 2008 and 2009.

To ensure that the Report answers your questions about toy safety, manufacturers who were nominated were asked to indicate which tests their toys had passed and how often the tests were performed. Many also submitted data on where their toys were produced. No manufacturer paid a fee to submit; nomination was by invitation only.

In addition to basic information, such as price and wholesale price, we have also included reviews by our Roundtable moms and kids, as well as TDmonthly experts and staff. This objective evidence of a toy's quality will make your buying decisions easier.

The 2008 TDmonthly Specialty Toys Report is an online, linked publication, which allows you to quickly search by product category, as well as by price, age, awards and made in USA.

Each toy has a Profile Page that includes a description, pricing information, awards won, key features, and safety information. In addition, many products that have been on the market for awhile feature reviews by consumers and experts. Award winners are indicated by the reproduction of the award seals they've won, including TDmonthly awards — Top Toy, Top Seller, Classic, Innovations and In the Lab.

And since it's an online publication, if you need even more information about a toy or game, in most instances you can simply click the "Watch Video" link for a product demonstration.

Once again, we limited the number of TDmonthly awards we gave to increase the value of the awards themselves. Not only did a toy have to be high quality and fun; it also had to exhibit one or more of the following qualities:***

• Encouraged social or environmental awareness and contribution
• Scored highly in TDmonthly's consumer reviews, or received favorable response from retailers or TDmonthly staff reviewers
• Was manufactured by a company that works strictly or mostly with specialty toy-store owners
• Stepped outside the usual boundaries of its category by adding an innovative feature

We hope you'll find TDmonthly's 2008 Specialty Toys Report, "Positive Toys for a Promising Future"™ highly useful in your holiday shopping and planning. Please let us know what we can improve so that next year's Report will be even more invaluable.

Managing Editor Alison Marek
Assistant Editor Julie L. Jones

* Since 1998, Yahoo! has been rating ToyDirectory.com as the most popular Business to Business Directory for the Toy Industry.
** Some manufacturers were not able to provide complete information in time for publication.
*** Top sellers did not have to meet these criteria.

About ToyDirectory.com® and TDmonthly® Magazine
For more than 12 years, ToyDirectory.com has been connecting retailers and manufacturers within the specialty toy industry. As of September 2008, Google™ has ranked ToyDirectory.com the No. 1 site in the world for wholesale trade directories. Yahoo!® has been rating ToyDirectory.com the most popular business-to-business directory for the toy industry since 1998. ToyDirectory.com and its subsidiary, online trade publication TDmonthly Magazine, accelerate business among toy-industry professionals by providing a central online meeting place where retailers can quickly locate new products and companies, and manufacturers can promote their product lines, awards and specials. ToyDirectory and TDmonthly’s community of 1,200 manufacturers and 27,800 registered retailers can download toy videos for their websites, find out what's selling nationwide, read about breaking news and trends, and get advice from experts on how to develop and maintain profitable relationships. TDmonthly includes a searchable database of more than 19,000 products, 1,400 product demonstration videos and more than 3,000 pages of articles and tips.

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