January 2014 New Specialty Toys — All

Known as the "King of Terriers" the new Airedale Terrier puppet is ranked with high marks for realism. Hard to distinguish from the genuine thing, this puppet features the signature markings of the breed: wiry looking yet soft fur with black saddle and tan head, ears and legs as well as a black nose and dark, soulful eyes. Cradle this cuddly canine in your arms to work his mouth while your other hand wiggles his playful tail. Clearly the best of show, this puppet pooch will soon become a lovable family member! 20” long

Entertain your friends and LOL with the Grunting Pig puppet.  Delightful silky soft plush of pale pink with grey patches and a curly tail come to life with a workable snout, mouth and front trotters.  Squeeze his pot belly to make him grunt and witness the hilarity that ensues! This little piggy wants to come home with you. 14” long
Awards: 2014 TDmonthly Top Toy Debut Award
— In a June 2014 survey, four out of 10 retailers told TDmonthly that Folkmanis was their best-selling puppet brand.

Face to Face™ conversation games strengthen the critical life skill of effective "Face to Face" communication. The games help kids, teens, and adults start great conversations on real-life issues, in real time, with friends and family. The games also reinforce the importance of building character through principle-based decision making.  Three versions:  Face to Face™ Kids Edition (ages 7 and up), Face to Face™ Teen Edition (ages 13 and up), and Face to Face™ Dinner Party Edition (ages 18 and up)

White Mountain Puzzles is the exclusive licensee of the Terry Redlin Collection. America's most widely collected painter of Nature and Americana.

A 1,000 piece collage of vintage candy wrappers. Our #1 selling jigsaw puzzle in the U.S.
Awards: 2014 TDmonthly Magazine Top Toy Award

Perfectly portable and tons of fun – it’s Yoga Spinner! Players spin the spinner, collect cards and attempt to perform yoga poses -without falling down laughing. The first player to collect one card of each color first wins. Yoga Spinner enhances coordination & balance, increases physical strength and develops greater flexibility. Includes spinner, 54 yoga pose cards, 12 group cards, card storage and instructions.
Awards: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio’s Platinum Award 2013, Parents’ Choice Silver Award 2013, Dr. Toy’s Best Picks 2013, Creative Child Magazine’s 2013 Preferred Choice Award, Rated for children with special needs by AblePlay™

Get both mentally and physically fit while having fun with this creative game. Players roll the die, pick a card and perform a basic yoga pose or answer questions about nutrition and the environment. The first player to reach "OM" wins. The Magic Path of Yoga helps to strengthen & tone muscles, improve posture and inspire teamwork & cooperation. Includes 85-page booklet, game board, die, 2 game tokens, 54 yoga pose cards, 12 group pose cards, 64 quiz cards and instructions.
Awards: Parents’ Choice Gold Award 2013, Creative Child Magazine’s 2013 Game of the Year Award, NAPPA Gold Award 2013, Dr. Toy’s Best Picks 2013

Our new deluxe Gemstone Necklace Excavate & Explore kits are an amazing way to make learning fun. Each kit contains a fully dimensional, colored dig block, digging tool, dusting brush, magnifier, and coil style necklace to hold gemstones, keepsake bag and educational booklet. Each booklet has interesting information about the subject and fun activities.
Awards: 2015 TDmonthly Magazine Top Toy Award

Rock Clay provides hours of creative and educational play.  Each kit has 3 different dinosaur molds, 3 bags of Rock Clay, sculpting tools and play sheet. The play sheet not only provides a clean area for crafting, but also is printed with instructions and educational information about each dinosaur.

Kids love to move…and what could make movement more fun than the inspiration of sparkling LED lights powered by kids’ own movement?!  Our new WHIP’N’SKIP is a modern update on a very popular, classic toy from the 90’s.  Though the basic movement is easy to learn, it’s a challenge to keep it going, a feat of balance, endurance, and coordination.  To play, simply attach the tether to one leg and begin rolling the disc ball on the ground in a circular pattern around your body.  With each revolution, your other leg must hop or skip over the tether.  Kids get their competitive juices flowing to see who can skip the longest, and record the highest score on the ball’s built-in counter, while being mesmerized by the motion-activated LED lights (especially in the dark).  It’s a great way to build coordination, balancing skills, and burn off energy so kids don’t even realize they’re getting an invigorating workout.  Requires 3 x AG13 batteries.  Ages 8 & Up.

The immensely popular line of mystical mermaids and sea life, Sea Sparkles, is a huge hit for Aurora and expands for 2014 to include all new mermaids and sea friends characters called "Sea Sprites." Utilizing all new designs and colors, the dolls and sea friends feature colorful yarn hair and sparkling, shimmering fabrics, making Aurora’s top selling doll line a stand out at retail. (MSRP: $8-$35 depending on style)

Aurora grows its diverse collection of must-have My Little Pony plush with stylish new designs including characters in a "seated" pose (a first for My Little Pony plush in the gift market) as well as a new keychain assortment where each pony includes a clip for hanging just about anywhere. The popular ponies with personality are based on characters from the hit animated series MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC, including PINKIE PIE, RAINBOW DASH, APPLEJACK, RARITY, FLUTTERSHY and for the first time ever, PRINCESS TWILIGHT SPARKLE. (MSRP: $5 for keychain; MSRP: $20 for "seated" style)
— Gladys Griffin, owner of Main Street Toy Shop in Columbus, Ga., told TDmonthly in a January 2014 survey that My Little Pony plush from Aurora was a best-seller. "They were just out of here in no time," she said of a recent, fast-selling order.
— Gary Green, owner of Toy Box of Asheville Inc in Asheville, N.C., told TDmonthly in a May 2014 survey that Aurora's My Little Pony was their best-selling line of licensed toys.

Venture deep into the jungle on an animal-naming safari hunt in Jungle Book: A BabyLit Animals Primer. Spy a sneaky snake, a lazy bear, and a proud panther before roaring like a tiger into the night. Jennifer Adam’s carefully curated quotations provide the best of Rudyard Kipling’s descriptions of Kaa, Baloo, Bagheera, Shere Khan and more while teaching little ones the characteristics of these colorful jungle animals.
— Dan Marshall, co-owner of Peapods Natural Toys & Baby Care in St. Paul, Minn., told TDmonthly in a December 2013 survey that this is one of their best-selling books.

Indestructibles are the books built for the way babies read. They are 100 percent baby-proof, chew-proof, rip-proof, and drool-proof. Printed on a unique nontoxic, paperlike material that holds up to anything babies can throw at it—gumming, spilling, dragging across the floor— Indestructibles are the little books that could. They’re indestructible. And if they get dirty, just throw them in the washing machine or dishwasher. Baby Babble is a first vocabulary book, featuring baby at the table: spoon, banana, cheese. Baby at play: blocks, teddy bear. Inside baby’s house: lamp, socks, crib. Outside baby’s window: cloud!
— Dan Marshall, co-owner of Peapods Natural Toys & Baby Care in St. Paul, Minn., told TDmonthly in a December 2013 survey that this is one of their best-selling books.

With over 300,000 copies sold since its publication in 1985, The Very Busy Spider is well on its way to becoming a modern classic. Follow an industrious spider as she carefully spins her web. A cow, a pig, and other farm animals want her to play-but a busy spider needs to finish her work, or there'll be no dinner.
— Mary Walsh-Martel, owner of Magical Child in Greenfield, Mass., told TDmonthly in a December 2013 survey that this is one of their best-selling books.

"Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older, he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave. Since it was first published fifty years ago, Shel Silverstein's moving parable for readers of all ages has offered an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.
— Barb Stine, owner of Toys on the Square in Hershey, Pa., told TDmonthly in a December 2013 survey that this is one of their best-selling books.

I Spy: A Book Of Picture Riddles
The classic debut title in the national best-selling series! Each rhyming riddle in this bright collection of photographic challenges invites children to find objects hidden throughout thematic pages. "This is a true eye-opener," raved the Los Angeles Times about this California Children's Media Award winner.
— Barb Stine, owner of Toys on the Square in Hershey, Pa., told TDmonthly in a December 2013 survey that this is one of their best-selling books.

Feel the burn with the NBA Licensed World Tech Toys Miami Heat 3.5CH RTF RC Helicopter! This is a fun way to celebrate your favorite NBA team at your next tailgate party! Officially licensed by the NBA, these awesome RC helicopters are decked out in official team colors and are a great way to show your team spirit! Good for people of all skill levels, this features a coaxial rotor a single rear rotor for precise movement and an internal gyroscope for increased stability whether flying or hovering. This RC helicopter has a metal body making it strong yet light weight, so don't worry about breaking anything if you have a rough landing. It can go forward, backward, up, down, left, right and hover. This product is ready to fly, there is no assembly required. Just put in 6 AA batteries into the transmitter, charge the helicopter and you are ready to get airborn! Show the world that you're a true fan, and get a NBA Licensed World Tech Toys Miami Heat 3.5CH RTF RC Helicopter before the season ends!   

Save Gotham City with the World Tech Toys Batman 2CH IR RC Helicopter. Now you can control the Dark Knight with this officially licensed RC helicopter from DC Comics! It features 2 channel IR control. And it is RTF (Ready To Fly) out of the box. Gotham needs you! Get the World Tech Toys Batman 2CH IR RC Helicopter today!

Tracer Racers utilize Light Trail TechnologyTM as they blaze streaks of light on Skullduggery's patented Glow-in-the-Dark track. Each Tracer RacerTM beams down purple light rays from its undercarriage onto track specially engineered to emit glow remnants long after the racer has passed. One of four new Tracer RacerTM drag racing sets, and a dimly lit room, is all that is needed to set the darkness ablaze.

KanJam SPLASH is the Ultimate water game. Play it in anywhere you can find water! Great for Backyard Pool, Beach, Ocean, Lake, Camping, Parks and Vacation! TWO WAYS TO PLAY! Team members take turns throwing and deflecting Disc to score points. One vs One is fast paced and exciting! Each KanJam SPLASH game includes: - 2 durable, highly portable official SPLASH goals - 2 custom floats - 2 official KanJam SPLASH Labels - Custom-designed official KanJam MINI flying disc - Instructions. MADE IN USA. Retail $26.99

KanJam MINI is the Ultimate indoor/outdoor game. Play it Everywhere! Great for Dorm Room, Rec Room, Patio, Basement, Hallways, Parties, Tailgating, Beach and more! TWO WAYS TO PLAY! Team members take turns throwing and deflecting MINI Disc to score points. One vs One is fast paced and exciting! Each KanJam MINI game includes: - 2 durable, highly portable official MINI goals- 2 official KanJam MINI Labels
- Custom-designed official KanJam MINI flying disc- Instructions. MADE IN USA. Retail $17.99

Get set for traintastic fun with Chuggington™! Based on the popular TV series Chuggington™, Bachmann has introduced two HO Scale Chuggington™ electric train sets. Wilson’s Freight Adventures features a Wilson locomotive with operating headlight, low-sided gondola and box car. Brewster’s Cargo Caper features a Brewster locomotive with operating headlights and two colorful hopper cars. Both ready-to-run sets include a 36-inch circle of snap-fit E-Z Track®, power pack, speed controller and illustrated instruction manual. Separate-sale locomotives and rolling stock are also available to start or expand your collection. Make tracks to Toy Fair Booth #1241 to see Bachmann Trains’ full line of Thomas & Friends™ and Chuggington™ products.

Now you can hear Thomas’ steam sounds! With an analog sound system including whistle, puffs, and steam exhaust upon stopping, this sound-equipped Thomas with moving eyes brings to life the sights and sounds of the Island of Sodor.