Advertisement:
 |
TDMONTHLY MUST READS |
 |
|||
 |
|
|
|||
 |
 |
 |
Take a look at a few of this month's most important stories.... |
TDMONTHLY HOLIDAY PREVIEW - Part I |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
Former engineers and architects are trying their hand at building on a smaller scale.... 
How do educational product manufacturers keep kids interested?... 
Wooden toy makers know they can’t just reproduce the same products year in and year out and still keep customers coming back for more.... 
How do manufacturers make a kids’ DVD that looks a cut above the competition despite a tight budget?... 
With so many kids' music albums to choose from, what should retailers look for when stocking their shelves?... 
As holiday season 2006 nears, book publishers attempt to bring new products to market that will catch young readers’ eyes.... 
What makes a product artsy? Craftsy? Tastes change, as do technologies.... |
TDMONTHLY NEW TOYS |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
Toy manufacturers pull out all the stops this month as they begin gearing up for holiday season 2006.... |
LICENSED PRODUCTS |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
Life has become one big licensed product.... 
How do manufacturers and retailers predict hit licenses?... 
Whether it’s the lure of something new and different or what’s popular on television at the moment, foreign licensed products are hot commodities in the toy industry.... |
CONSTRUCTION |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
Although building blocks have been around for years, brands and sets that offer a different twist enjoy strong sales, particularly at Christmastime.... 
Watching children construct forts out of boxes and household wares has inspired a number of construction-toy manufacturers.... |
ACTIVITY KITS AND PLAYSETS |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
When it comes to pizza, tiny tots prefer theirs wooden, retailers told TDmonthly Magazine.... 
The makers of non-licensed playsets have found that the way to sell without a big name character is by promoting recognizable scenes.... |
TDMONTHLY MOMīS PERSPECTIVE |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
This month, the home-schooled tween girls got what they like best: plenty of building materials.... 
Kids and parents of all ages and genders loved the K’NEX and Uberstix building kits, but the little boys were the biggest fans of TriKing Games’ historical battle card game, Anachronisms.... |
RETAILING TIPS |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
RETAILER SPOTLIGHT |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
TDMONTHLY COOL COMPANY |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
TDMONTHLY TOY BUZZ |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
The problem with kids today may be that they have forgotten to play with their bodies as well as their minds.... |
TDMONTHLY BRASS RING |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
TDMONTHLY TOY VIDEOS |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
TDMONTHLY TOP-10 MOST-WANTED LISTS |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
TDmonthly Magazine editors and regional correspondents talked with over 30 retailers across the country to divine what the “young lions” were playing with and why.... 
Arts, crafts and collectibles are still going strong with little girls.... 
Tween girls are still heavily into crafts, agreed retailers.... |
TDMONTHLY UPCOMING ISSUES |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
Too sweet for your blood?... 
Unlicensed figures prove big fish in the small pond of specialty toy stores.... 
