February 2010 New Specialty Toys — All

Cubebots's powerful hardwood frame can hold many poses, and his elastic-band muscles and durable wood limbs make him impervious to breakage. When it’s time for him to rest, he folds into a perfect cube. Designed by David Weeks. Made of sustainably harvested cherry wood. Watch Cubebot: Top-5 Video, Toy Fair 2010

This large drum comes with an adjustable lanyard and toddler hand size's drumsticks that are perfect for beating on the big drum.
— "We are all occasionally guilty of under rating the value of simpler toys, but you can't do better for gross motor planning, grasping, or cause and effect for your toddler than a drum like the natural wood Big Drum from Plan Toys. The drum sticks are the right size for toddlers and the drum has a really nice woody sort of sound. Another great product from Plan Toys," Jennifer Shuman, owner of 1SmartNoodle, told TDmonthly at Toy Fair 2010.
— Plan Toys is one of Owner Donna Fredericks’ best-selling wooden lines at The Play House Toy Store in Durham, N.C.
— Gary Green, owner of The Toy Box of Asheville in Asheville, N.C., told TDmonthly in a January 2012 survey about musical products that they sold 30 of this item each month during the holiday shopping season.

Animal Tracks is three traditional games in one, with a science twist - match the animals to their tracks while playing concentration, bingo, and guess the tracks games. This unique game is engaging, fun, and educational as players match cards of photographed animals to their tracks. The game comes with 80 high quality and colorful cards, a plastic storage tray, and detailed instructions for three games. Launch date: Spring 2010

This kit teaches Young Scientists about animal tracking through exciting hands-on science experiments and activities. Identify animal tracks, learn about the animals that make the tracks, cast animal tracks, play the tracking game, create animal track prints, design an animal track poster, and explore real animal tracks in nature. Includes eight realistic animal footprint molds, large colorful poster, and eighty animal game cards. Launch date: Spring 2010

On this latest Magic School Bus ride, Ms. Frizzle and her students take Young Scientists back in time with the dinosaurs through these marvelous experiments. Young Scientists create a timeline, design a diorama, build a wooden dinosaur replica, make cast and mold fossils, mold clay dinosaur teeth, simulate a dino dig, fold 3D dinosaurs, and much, much more.

In this new addition to the Magic School Bus Series, Ms. Frizzle and her students take Young Scientists on a wild ride with solar energy to the rescue.  Young Scientists explore the greenhouse effect, collect real carbon dioxide, recreate global warming in a bottle, use a solar panel to spin a fan, make a solar secret code, design solar spinners, watch solar energy inflate balloons, and much, much more. Awards: Parent's Choice Award 2010

Zoobies 3-in-1 Patch the Pinto plush toy pony, super-soft blanket & comfy pillow is ideal for road excursions or just cuddling in bed. Patch also makes a great baby shower gift.

Zoobies 3-in-1 Poco the Pup plush toy, super-soft blanket & comfy pillow is ideal for road excursions or just cuddling in bed. Poco also makes a great baby shower gift. Launch date: February 14, 2010.

Zoobies 3-in-1 Furbie the Feline plush toy, super-soft blanket & comfy pillow is ideal for road excursions or just cuddling in bed. Furbie also makes a great baby shower gift. Launch date: February 14, 2010.

Part of The Goldberger Company's Basic Training™ line, Color Me Pretty™ is a color & wash doll that can be decorated again and again. She has a soft vinyl face with expressive painted eyes and a stuffed body making her soft enough to cuddle. Color Me Pretty™ is perfect for early learners who love to color and comes with washable markers.

The Goldberger Company introduces a new subbrand in 2010 - Yum Yums™ a line of "sweet and expressive" friends led by Musical Lights Lolli, an extra expressive and colorfully dressed doll that lights up and plays a sweet song. She can sip on her bottle or suck on her thumb. Musical Lights Lolli is
phthalate-compliant and comes with the Goldberger “Love It for Life” lifetime guarantee.

Jacquard Products' Funky Groovy Tie Dye Kit, a 2010 Tillywig Top Fun Award winner, includes everything a parent needs to introduce their child to the fascinating art of tie dye and supervise the creation of up to 5 adult size T-shirts. With easy-to-follow instructions and pattern tying guidelines, the kit also includes: pre-measured Procion MX dye in red, blue and yellow; soda ash dye fixer; 3 squirt bottles; rubber gloves and rubber bands.  Launch date: February 2010.

Jacquard Products' Hoop Painting Fun Bag, a 2010 Tillywig Top Fun Award winner, includes all the professional-quality supplies needed for painting hoops using four different techniques: silk painting, watercolor, salt or sun-printing. Kids can express their artistic side by creating stunning sun catchers or one-of-a-kind wall art pieces. Launch date: February 2010.

The DVD contains five-minute shorts starring a lovable, animated panda named Little Pim who, along with live-action kids, teaches very young kids themed vocabulary in a foreign language. Little Pim the Panda is now joined by Lola the Elephant and Bob the Bobcat in Disc 6: I Can Count! The DVD is specially designed for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, and is available in Spanish, French and Mandarin Chinese. Launch date: early 2010

The DVD contains five-minute shorts starring a lovable, animated panda named Little Pim who, along with live-action kids, teaches very young kids themed vocabulary in a foreign language. Little Pim the Panda is now joined by Lola the Elephant and Bob the Bobcat in Disc 4: In My Home. The DVD is specially designed for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, and is available in Spanish, French and Mandarin Chinese. Launch date: early 2010

The Little Pim: Fun with Language series has added another 3-pak of DVDs to its line. Little Pim the Panda is now joined by Lola the Elephant and Bob the Bobcat in Disc 4: In My Home; Disc 5: Happy, Sad and Silly; and Disc 6: I Can Count! The Little Pim series uses a combination of live-action segments showing real children eating, playing and engaging in everyday activities, as well as animated segments of Little Pim and friends, to create an engaging and fun-to-watch language learning experience. Available in Spanish, French and Mandarin Chinese. Launch date: early 2010

This eco-friendly board game has children compete to create their very own garden. Each player travels around the board visiting different vendors to pick up vegetables, flowers, herbs, and more for their garden. The first to gather all items and head home to tend to their garden wins. Game board folds out to 18x18" and all game pieces are made without plastics.  For 2 to 4 players.

Cate & Levi stuffed animals are all handmade and eco-friendly. Especially unique, each one is made from reclaimed wool whose colors and textures are individually selected. This one-of-a-kind Monkey stands between 16"-22" tall and is customizable by gender.

Piggy Paint™ is a natural, eco-friendly nail polish designed for fancy girls. Its non-toxic, hypoallergenic, water-based formula makes it perfect for little (and big) piggies. Piggy Paint™ is a kid-friendly polish that dries to a hard, durable finish and comes in fun, vibrant colors. The Flower Power gift set is another addition to the Piggy Paint gift set line, with polish colors of Forever Fancy, Mac-n-cheese Please and Dandelion Dance.

Experience the strangest that the world of plants has to offer. In this collection, you will find plants that move, plants that grow eyeballs on top of their foliage, plants that grow flowers that look like brains, and plants that eat flies and small insects. All these plants are easy to grow and quick to show their freaky side. Safe for ages 4 and up.
— "I thought this product was great and placed an order for it at the show, " Jeanette Lauture, owner of Aunt Jean's Toys & Treats, told TDmonthly at Toy Fair 2010.

Join Captain Owen on the open seas! Our rugged boat playset is great for the bathtub, beach, and pool. A complete playset. It includes an 2 boats - Explorer Boat and Rescue Boat, a Life Preserver, two Dolphins - Mother and Baby, an Adventure Guide - Captain Owen, an Adventure Hat (interchangeable with other characters), and a Backpack Accessory. 2010 TOTY Award Winner.

Designed to be the ideal first scooter for children, My 1st Scooter features an extra-wide base for maximum stability, and comes 100-percent assembled. Two wheels in the front allow for for stable steering, and the tapered base creates a clear kick path. The scooter folds for easy storage. Awards: 2010 TOTY Award
— As of 8.03.2010, this product had 4.5 out of 5 stars from 42 reviews on Amazon.com and was No. 23 in the top 100 best-selling toys and games. PROS: Stable, lightweight, durable and appeals to 2- to 3-year-olds. CONS: Might not be versatile enough for children 4 and up.

Maxus Dragonoid is a combination of 7 Bakugan (1 Bakugan and 6 Bakugan Trap) that unite to form the ultimate monster. The 6 Bakugan Trap that make up Maxus Dragonoid are unique to the Maxus Dragonoid monster and cannot be found in any other Bakugan products. Comes with Grakas Hound, Dark Hound, Grafias, Brachium, Spitarm, SpyderFencer & Neo Dragonoid. All the Bakugan that compose Maxus Dragonoid can also be used individually in the game. 1 Bakugan and 7 Bakugan Traps unite into ONE. Awards: 2010 TOTY Award Winner
— As of 8.12.10, this product had 4 out of 5 stars from 25 reviews on ToysRUs.com and was listed No. 16 in best-selling toys and games. PROS: Detailed, easy to use and entertaining. CONS: Small parts.