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Article Archive: Play Sets
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Fisher-Price Delivering Toot-ally Life Lessons with Adventure in All-New Animated Television Series
Research on the show’s two to four-year-old viewers, we recommended that “Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go'' content incorporate 26 Life Lessons. Why 26? Well, this is an homage to the original Railway Series, a set of 26 books by the Rev. W. Awdry, which first introduced children to Thomas and his friends in 1945. The 26 Life Lessons include a range of skills addressing the three pillars of early childhood development: social-emotional, cognitive and physical skills...
10/1/2021
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Play Sets
When it comes to play sets, it seems that Playmobil and Calico Critters are at the top every kid's wish list...
1/1/2015
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Activity Kits and Playsets
When TDmonthly Magazine surveyed retailers in May 2012 about their best selling activity kits and play sets, six of the 13 named arts & crafts items as their top sellers...
6/1/2012
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 Play Sets
See these recently added specialty and mass-market Play Sets...
8/1/2011
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 My Best Sellers: Totally Thomas' Toy Depot
At Totally Thomas Toy Depot in San Diego, Thomas rules! Fans enjoy the mecca of train products and can, at the same time, enjoy shopping for a variety of other products...
8/1/2010
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 In This Issue
Upselling is about helping customers, training staff, and believing in products...
6/1/2010
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 ASTRA’s Top-30 Toys from Toy Fair 2010
During the American Specialty Toy Retailers Association’s Share the Fair event at Toy Fair 2010, more than 80 representatives from specialty toy stores gathered to discuss the toys and games they’d been most impressed with...
3/1/2010
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 Top-26 Most-Wanted Holiday Toys
If you’re wondering what your fellow specialty retailers are selling out of this Christmas, just take a look at the 26 products and brands detailed below ... For a post-Christmas report on sales, see "Did You Order the Right Toys for Christmas?" — https://www.toydirectory.com/monthly/article.asp?id=4009 — in our January 2010 issue...
12/1/2009
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Action Figures
In July 2009, TDmonthly Magazine interviewed 49 specialty retailers around the country concerning their sales of play and action figures...
9/1/2009
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Construction Toys
In April 2009, TDmonthly Magazine surveyed 49 specialty retailers about their sales of construction toys for children. This foundational category continues to provide strong sales in independent stores...
6/1/2009
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 TDmonthly's June Staff Picks
From baby shoes with crazy attitude to cute comics for little kids, there are plenty of exciting new releases to keep your eye on as you sail through the summer and prepare for autumn...
6/1/2009
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 PlayTown Mats™ Map the Way to Fun
When Sam R. Harkreader was told his line of PlayTown Mats™ couldn’t be made in the United States, he saw a challenge. As he works to keep his cost margins down, he told TDmonthly Magazine, he’s “almost ready to jump up and down and claim victory.”...
4/1/2009
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 TDmonthly’s Top-10 Most-Wanted Toys – December 2008
A November survey of 52 retailers showed that specialty favorites Playmobil and Bananagrams aren’t going anywhere. And Elf on the Shelf, by CCA & B, and Build-a-Road by International Playthings are making their debut...
12/1/2008
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 My Best Sellers: Pun’s Toy Store
Pun’s Toy Store is a family business that offers unusual products and exceptional customer service to the surrounding community of Bryn Mawr, Pa...
12/1/2008
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 Top-10 Most-Anticipated Holiday Sellers
Affected by slow sales and a frightening economy, some of the 32 specialty toy-store owners TDmonthly Magazine interviewed in late October didn't feel they could positively name which products will be their strongest sellers for Christmas...
11/1/2008
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 Retailer Spotlight: The Gifted Child
For the first 17 years of her business, Owner Randy Austin of The Gifted Child in Lenox, Mass., lived in New York City and was only at her store — three hours away — on the weekends...
10/1/2008
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 My Best Sellers: The Gifted Child
Playsets, figurines, outdoor toys and select plush are customer favorites at The Gifted Child in Lenox, Mass., where toys, clothing and baby gear are all organized by category...
10/1/2008
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 TDmonthly’s Psychologist Mom
Dr. Wright put on her sports mind for this round of reviews, delving into soccer, football and racing. Read on to see how the products scored:...
7/1/2008
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 Retailer Spotlight: LB Toys
Glitches in the rise to success may sometimes serve as launching pads into unexpected careers. Such was the case for Jamie Burdette, owner of LB Toys in Media, Pa...
6/1/2008
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 My Best Sellers: LB Toys
Customer service — including a play area for kids and activities for the community to enjoy — is a key element at LB Toys in Media, Pa...
6/1/2008
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 Retailers' Top 10: Toy Fair and Pomona
What did specialty retailers think about this year’s American International Toy Fair in New York City and the Western States Toy & Hobby Show in Pomona, Calif.?...
4/1/2008
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 Preschool Roundtable: Using Felt for Fun
Inspiring and easy-to-carry Felt Tales playsets by Babalu won parents’ praises and kept the attention of most of the children participating in this month’s Preschool Roundtable, earning a favorable score overall...
10/1/2007
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 Kids Take Culture "To Go"
Straight to the moon! Or the rodeo. Kids travel the universe, using playsets that emphasize the world outside their doors...
6/1/2007
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 Awesome Kids Adds Animation
Animation targeted to children aged 5 to 8 is gradually becoming one of Awesome Kids’ biggest successes...
6/1/2007
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 Awesome Kids Believes in Awesome Kids
When Frank Phelps and Joan de Souza started Awesome Kids in 1991, they knew it would be awesome for kids, but little did they realize that by 2006 their product line of six themed toys-in-the-box products would grow to 42...
11/1/2006
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 Lions and Tigers and Arks — Oh My!
The makers of non-licensed playsets have found that the way to sell without a big name character is by promoting recognizable scenes...
6/1/2006
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 A Few of Their Favorite Things
These are a few toys that didn't make TDmonthly's 2005 Top-10 lists but which retailers picked as their favorite things in 2005...
1/1/2006
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 Playing with Playsets
Playsets come and playsets go, but the category is evergreen. In the article “Ready, Set, Playset!” TDmonthly looks at future trends, but here we look at what’s selling Right Now...
10/1/2005
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 Ready, Set, Playset!
Playsets: those ubiquitous catch-alls that provide an entire world in a box to a child. In recent years, the top-sellers have been action-figure driven. But that’s changing. What’s the playset wave of the future, and can retail stores capitalize on it?...
10/1/2005
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 TDmonthly’s Top 10 Most Wanted Building Sets
According to the NPD Group, building set sales totaled $416.3 million in 2004. Winners with kids of all ages, these sets also get a thumbs-up from parents, encouraging active involvement rather than passive observation...
2/1/2005
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 Playground Kids Forever
In 1999, three toy professionals who had worked together previously in developing and selling toys targeted at mass-market accounts, decided they were disillusioned with the direction of the toy industry, so they decided to alter it. Jeff Alward, Susan McDonnell and Jim Fink are the creators of Playground Enterprises...
10/1/2004
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 New Play Sets for 2004
These play sets keep kids entertained for hours and are full-participation activities that are so fun, even adults will want to play...
10/1/2004
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Activity Kits Worth Digging Into
Youngsters want to express themselves; parents want to keep kids entertained. The solution: A variety of new activity kits guaranteed to beat boredom...
10/1/2004
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PLAY SETS & BUILDING KITS
LizzyBee Toys The Hide & Seek Castle playset has lots of places to play and hide, such as doors, trapdoors and towers. Six royal mice characters live inside; toddlers love the castle’s brightly colored illustrations. A rainbow handle makes it easy to carry. Guidecraft Inc. Shimming Water is a...
8/1/2004
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PLAYSETS
Bandai America Inc. Bandai America Inc. offers the Hello Kitty Deluxe Furniture Set with 2.5 ™ . Each set includes detailed accessories that make a sound or project light. The piano makes music when the keyboard is pressed and the lamp post lights up. There is also a full-count Dinner...
7/1/2004
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