November 2010 New Specialty Toys — All

Each book includes a variety of write-on/wipe-off and magnetic activities designed to reward curiosity and spark an excitement for learning. Contains an 8” x 12” portrait, 24 pages of self-ends, 35 magnetic play pieces, and 1 write and wipe marker. Jump Into Numbers focuses on early number skills. The book is filled with activities that build a child’s understanding of the relationship between real objects and abstract
numbers, and how numbers are used to represent math facts.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

Many parents are concered that their children will not maintain their academic proficiency during time away from school. But these new Stay-on-Track Packs offer a great way to learn while on vacation or at anytime. The review packs keep student skills strong by providing six books to maintain reading fluency, suggested creative
writing activities, and a math computation workbook that focuses on problem solving.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

Add excitement to story time with this new Interactive Story Buddy and book –cuddle up with your child and watch the fun begin as Jingle comes to life when you read his story aloud. Press the left ear on Jingle and begin reading—Jingle barks, whimpers, and even sings when certain corresponding lines are read.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

Electra Doodle allows a child to create with light hundreds of designs. By using the stylus pen your child can doodle, draw, make kaleidoscope effects, animate, connect dots, play match games, and solve mazes. They can also make personalized signs and messages.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

The co-creators of WonderChess™ and Cranium® Cadoo® bring you a game of Sets & Match with Math, Colors, and Animals. WonderElla comes in a 12” cotton bag in the shape of WonderElla the elephant. It contains 18 jumbo-sized, game pieces depicting mini-Ella and features nine of her animal friends. The unique WonderElla game pieces can be filled with surprise hidden treats.
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Create your own personalized building set with this new Superstructs™ Custom Kit system. Once on the custom kit website, simply drag and drop the models you would like to include in your custom kit. Choose from 8 different models that include a Motorcycle, Race Car, Jet, Dune Buggy, Forklift, Dragster, Boom Truck with Crane, and Funny Car.  Each model comes with its own illustrated, step-by-step construction guide. There are 8 models and 12 templates that can create over 4,000 possible toy designs.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products -2010; Parents’ Choice Recommended Award, Fall 2010 Toys.

Introducing the motorized Light-Up Ferris Wheel building set. Inside the wheel, multi-colored lights spin freely to create a dazzling light show. This set includes 525+ colorful K'NEX pieces, including a motor and an exclusive LED light bar with 6
pre-programmed light routines. Light-Up Ferris Wheel is appropriate for builders and thrill ride enthusiasts. Requires 2 AA and 3 AAA batteries.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

This new product gives boys and girls the chance to race the Ford Crown Victoria “Police Interceptor” with flashing red and blue lights and a Ford Mustang ’67 “Custom” through roads that are straight and curved.  The set comes with 2 cars, straight and curved track, 4 way junction, transformer, mechanical lap counter, 2 hand controllers, guardrails, and replacement guide keels and brushes. The race set includes a track length of 11.81 feet with a footprint of 4.66 x 2.30 feet.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010
— In a November 2011 survey, Joe Berardoni, owner of Pun's Toys in Bryn Mawr, Pa., told TDmonthly that they don't sell many hobby items. However, they do sell Kid Galaxy products year round, while "Carrera radio controlled cars and trucks" sell well during the Holidays.

Designed for pre-schoolers, this clever and colorful stackable Block Crayon is perfect for little hands as it combinies two of a child’s favorite activities – building and coloring – into one. This product is safe and user friendly for all children. Children can draw, associate images, and improve dexterity, making it an excellent developmental choice for parents of preschoolers. With multiple playtime activities to offer, this is a perfect new choice to expand a child’s dexterity and creativity at a young age.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

The new and clever Strength Ball will give your child’s muscles a revolutionary workout.  Spin the gyroscope that’s inside the ball and watch it rotate. Spinning the ball in your hands increases the rotation. A digital counter measures the speed of
the gyroscope and displays its rotations per minute. Challenge yourself and your friends.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

Make a tropical fish mobile, make dinosaur tracks, create a storybook about where you live, play games, make greeting cards, do word-finds, make a door hanger for your bedroom, create dinosaur scenes and ocean scenes. Wikki Stix adhere to virtually all smooth surfaces with just fingertip pressure, so there is no glue, no preparation and no cleanup.  Great for home or school.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

A colorful clever collection of Spanish songs for children performed by award-winning singer and songwriter Jorge Anaya, Whistlefritz’s latest release is a mix of lively Latin rhythms.  Samba to Las Vocales (The Vowels), cha cha to Los Números (The Numbers), and polka to Que Llueva (Let it Rain). Cha, Cha, Cha makes learning Spanish exhilirating, educational, and fun.  A translation guide is included, providing an easy reference for parents and teachers. It's a great way to expand vocabulary and become bilingual.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

This is an active barnyard that will keep your youngster busily engaged and learning at the same time.  Every young farmer will enjoy opening the box and spilling out the 51 detailed figures smartly stored in 5 layers of tiers.  From the bright rooster on the roof to the red tractor and white fencing, nothing has been forgotten to recreate a down-on-the-farm experience. The red and white barn overlooks horses, sheep, pigs, and cows.  This activity will build eye-hand coordination and expand communication skills.
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Moon Dough is hypoalergenic, soft, marshmallow-like, cleans up easily, and never dries out so you can use it again and again. Moon Dough is the latest and greatest new molding compound for kids to mold into fun creations they will love to create and play with.  Bale some hay, put it in the barn silo, and turn the crank to create fun 3D Moon Dough animals. Endless possibilities abound using your child’s imagination with this product.
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Easy Translator makes it easy and fun for children to learn a second language.  This is an exciting interactive learning toy that teaches children English/Spanish basic vocabulary, picture-word association, fine motor and spatial skills. Primarily designed to teach English to Spanish speaking children and Spanish to English speaking children.
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This versatile new little piano grows with your child! The main unit, decorated with a whimsical animal’s head, is perfect for toddlers because it sits safely and squarely on the floor within easy reach of little hands. Later on, the sides with the animal’s body can be attached, conveniently raising the piano to a comfortable upright height for an older child seated at the bench. Schoenhut toy pianos are noted for their excellent quality and unique chime-like tones. The width of the keys promotes proper finger placement, enabling an easy transition to a larger piano.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

Safari Ltd’s latest addition to its Fairy Fantasies® Collection is this fanciful Tea Party set, which includes a brightly colored sunflower table with a teacake and teacups, 2 colorful fairies with butterfly wings and toadstool seats. Figures not sold separately. Meticulously painted by hand, this set is phthalate and lead free and meets or exceeds all safety standards. Includes educational information in 5 languages.
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Read a story to your little one even when you can’t be there. This unique storybook plays back your voice as the child turns each page. The beautiful, all-new illustrations with a classic feel and the dedication page make this book a keepsake to be treasured for years to come.
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In this exciting vertical version of Mastermind designed for kids, players secretly stack their animals into a tower. Like the classic game, this new Animal Towers version is a game of logic, problem solving, and fun that challenges players to figure out their opponent's code in as few turns as possible. To play, children stack their animal tiles in a special tower. Players take alternate turns trying to guess the order of the animals in the other player’s tower by asking questions such as, “Is your giraffe below your pig?” Features three levels of game play, entertaining children as their matching and logical thinking skills progress.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

This Super Glow-in-the-Dark Basketball let’s your child play basketball in the day or in the dark. Patented Hyper-Glow technology makes the ball, rim and backboard glow in the dark in super-bright full color. If you see it in blue, it glows in blue. If you
see it in red, it glows in red.  Just hold it under any light and it is charged for hours. Set includes Glow Basketball, Glow Backboard with two suction cups, Glow Hoop, and instructions. Your child will also enjoy using the new giant sun catchers.
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This delightful new soft jersey knit 15” doll with long yarn hair and nice embroidered face is a daily prescription for practical dress-up play. Contemporary rag doll has a variety of wardrobe features, including stretchy hair bow, tie-up shoe lace, Velcro shoe tab, button lab coat with zipper pocket, snap on stethoscope and attached pup, to encourage motor skill development and make getting dressed for the day fun through imaginative play. Doctor role playing addresses issues of compassion, health, and caring at an early age plus it reduces fear of the doctor and curtails possible upsets during those important examinations. This is the perfect doll for home, preschool, and, of course, the pediatrician’s office.
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This is an exciting new product that helps kids with coordination. The E-Z Bat set includes a soft foam bat, 2 E-Z balls, and an adjustable E-Z Stopper. With this Bat young ball players can experience the wow factor of hitting a home run or a big hit with a simple swing.  Simply swing the Bat and the Ball goes flying.  Dads can adjust the Stopper so that the ball goes flying at the apex of their kids’ swing. As dads work with their kids on learning to swing with the Bat, they can easily move on to the Pitch & Hit by simply removing the Stopper.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

Now your child can go shopping with a colorful and sturdy Cozy Cart and put in a favorite toy. Push the cart around just like mom and dad do at the grocery store. The seat is big enough for a 12” doll or plush animal. Ample space in cart for toys and
other small items. Rugged construction lasts for many years. Easy assembly. No batteries required.
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The Little Pim Spanish Deluxe Gift Set includes DVDs 1, 2, and 3 in Spanish, Little Pim Spanish Bop music CD, Spanish Word and Phrase Cards, and an 8” plush panda packaged in a clear reusable tote. Themes include eating and drinking (Disc 1), wake up smiling (Disc 2), and playtime (Disc 3). Each DVD has a run time of 35 minutes, presented in seven short episodes to keep young minds engaged.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010