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TDMONTHLY MUST READS |
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Chances are you’re busy placing orders from Toy Fair or getting in more new products for ‘08!... 
GameStop Corp. has announced plans to acquire 49 Free Record Shop locations in Norway... |
TDMONTHLY TOY VIDEOS |
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TDMONTHLY TOY FAIR COVERAGE |
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Kleenex packs, not galoshes, were the accessories of choice at Toy Fair 2008.... 
In my January article, “Six Predictions for the Toy Industry in 2008,” I stated the following: “A number of small- to medium-sized toy manufacturers will be bought out or shut down in 2008 because of disappointing 2007 results... |
TDMONTHLY SHOP TALK |
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Co-owner Mary Sisson of specialty toy store Kazoodles in Vancouver, Wash., was so excited about ordering toys when her store first opened that the stock nearly overtook her home!... 
Deciding on insurance to ensure your business doesn’t go down the tube after theft or fire — or even an accident that results in a lawsuit — isn’t a job for the faint of heart.... |
TDMONTHLY TOP-10 MOST-WANTED LISTS |
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Wooden toys are staging quite a comeback, accounting for up to 50 percent of the stock in some retail stores.... |
TDMONTHLY TRENDS |
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Games may be the most reliable category in specialty toy stores right now... 
Many of the games that were popular around this time last year are still ringing up the most sales in specialty stores, 63 retailers reported to TDmonthly Magazine.... |
TDMONTHLY TOY REVIEWS |
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Once she took a break from keeping a beat, learning Spanish and brushing-up on her ABC’s, Dr. Wright, TDmonthly Magazine’s Psychologist Mom, rated five products with 1 to 5 TD stars (for TDmonthly!)... 
TDmonthly Magazine’s Homeschool Roundtable families enjoyed Buffalo Games’ interactive T-Shirt Game, in which they matched slogans to graphic designs to generate the best T-shirt.... 
Goosie Cards impressed TDmonthly Magazine’s Toddler Roundtable with their sharp design and eye-catching logo, as well as the fact that the cards are made in the USA and were invented by a mom.... 
TDmonthly Magazine's Expert Mom, Sibylla Nash, is reminded of a mother’s love for a newborn baby, gets out to explore nature with Hello Kitty, and questions the utility of a simple craft kit.... |
TDMONTHLY TOY BUZZ |
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Don Higgins was on a world tour in 1991 when he arrived in London. He didn’t have enough money for a ticket home to Canada, but he did have time on his hands, so he learned to juggle — in less than five minutes!... |
TDMONTHLY POPULAR STORIES |
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In the middle of the writers’ strike, we’re eating old scripts, barricading ourselves in against the zombie hordes outside.... |
TDMONTHLY NEW TOYS |
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TDMONTHLY UPCOMING ISSUES |
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Perhaps you’ve already seen some of the product demo videos from Toy Fair 2008 in the March issue of TDmonthly Magazine.... 
How does Northland Printing’s story of a little girl who loses her crayon privileges stack up against one of Barron’s Educational Series’ Graphic Classics adventures?... 
