November 2010 Notable Toys — All

Feeling Sweet Bingo is a unique twist on the game of Bingo. Sweet-themed characters express a broad range of vividly illustrated feelings and emotions. The game includes 50 tiles, eight Bingo cards, and 100 Bingo chips.

The Feeling Sweet Matching Game brings to life a whole sweet shop of feelings. Each yummy treat shows an expressive feeling to be matched. 50 matching pairs of sweet tiles are included.

The Feelings in Bloom Matching Game brings a whole garden of feelings to life. Each expressive flower wears a different feeling on its face to be matched.

This game features a whole garden full of vividly illustrated flower characters that express a wide range of feelings and emotions, and is designed to be a unique twist on the game of Bingo.

Feelings in the Wild Bingo is a colorful Bright Spots game for the animal lover. The animated characters express a wide variety of emotions that can add new dimensions to playing the game.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

The Feelings in the Wild Matching Game brings to life a vividly illustrated cast of animal characters, each with a different feeling to match. The game is designed to let kids have fun with feelings while they bring together matching animal pairs from all over the world. It includes 50 matching pairs of tiles.

As the television character Dexter, players travel through the streets of Miami trying to hunt down a suspect that has slipped through the cracks of the justice system and make them their next victim. Players try to keep their day job by completing blood spatter reports to avoid any suspicion and reap the rewards of a job well done. In the meantime, they try to avoid their opponents, who will expose them, the first chance that they get. Once they have found the suspect and have collected the tools needed, players must head over to the Marina to get rid of the evidence and win the game. The game is for two to four players and contains a board, playing pawns, a six-sided die, on the job cards, on the prowl cards, calling Dexter cards, suspect tokens, tool tokens and mini garbage bags.

Neatnik Saucer is a patented, three-in-one invention designed to keep babies tidy and happy while eating in restaurants. It is an integrated high chair liner, placemat and germ barrier that covers everything within baby's reach. The sturdy rim and toy fasteners keep food and playthings off the ground. High chair straps fit through openings in the seat liner. "With Neatnik Saucer, dining out with baby no longer needs to be a messy, stressful experience," Coulson's Crib PR Consultant Tami Kelly told TDmonthly. Awards: 2009 PTPA Media Award

This portable art set features a plain brown paper exterior that allows users to personalize all sides. The set includes 18 colored pencils, 16 fine-point markers, 18 crayons, 14 pastels, eight watercolor cakes, two paintbrushes, two drawing pencils, a sharpener and an eraser. It measures 14.5" x 10.5" x 2.25" and has a rope handle and closure. "This art set allows ANYONE to personalize their own set!" Xonex Art Director Emily Meluch told TDmonthly.

Monster Jam-opoly is the official licensed property trading game with a huge twist for Monster Jam® collectors and fans. Players build their own Monster Jam® fleet of monster trucks. Each monster truck title has fun facts about popular drivers and their monster trucks. Players buy toolboxes to upgrade their trucks, trade them in to build their dream garage and maximize their fleet’s value. This game is "a must have for motor sport collectors," Late for the Sky's Carla Miller told TDmonthly.

With Funshine creating a sunny day is a group effort. In this earth-friendly matching card game/puzzle, players each flip over a card that shows one piece of art taken from pictures on the board. Each player has one minute to match their piece to the correct picture on the board as they each add a piece to the sun shape. The game is printed on recycled paper with soy-based inks.

Christa is dressed to impress and sparkles everywhere she goes. She looks radiant in her green shoes with poofs on the toes, snowflake stockings, a shimmery off-the-shoulder red dress and a green scarf, topped off with a red bonnet.

Holiday Hannah is ready for any holiday party. Super fashionable, Hannah wears red pompoms in her highlighted golden hair, a cozy winter Santa sweater, a shiny gold light bulb-embroidered skirt, candy cane striped stockings and fuzzy white boots.

Girls can explore, play and help make the world a little better while looking just like their favorite Groovy Girl superhero! In Starletta fashion, the Starletta Dress Up comes with a matching cape and dress.

This set gives girls wings of their own that match Groovy Girl Becca Butterfly. The dress-up includes Becca's dainty pink and yellow dress and shimmery wings.

Girls can take Baby Stella or any of her friends with them wherever they go in the Cute Comfort Car Seat. Any of the Stella dolls will sit comfortably and safe on the go with this seat. The Cute Comfort Car Seat features pastel colored fabric and extensive detail. It can even be buckled into a car with the seat belt attachment loop.

Girls can keep their Lilydoll snuggly, warm and stylish all winter long with the Warmly Wooly Winter Wear outfit. The outfit comes with a super soft red knit hat and a yellow winter coat with white fleece trim on the neckline.

This game set includes a wooden cribbage board, a deck of cards, five wooden dice and instructions for 12 different games. Twelve games are featured, but numerous other games can be played with the set.

A true family affair, "Sunny Day" features performances with Elizabeth Mitchell’s husband and musical partner, Daniel Littleton, their nine-year-old daughter Storey and Storey's cousins and friends. The album features two original songs written by Storey, and guest performers include Levon Helm, Dan Zanes, Jon Langford (Mekons), and the Children of Agape Choir of South Africa. There is something here for every musical taste, from traditional American folk songs, to Japanese and Korean nursery songs, to fresh new arrangements of popular songs. "Elizabeth Mitchell and her group offer "handmade music" without glitsiness. It's honest and entertaining," Sugar Mountain PR's Beth Blenz-Clucas told TDmonthly.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010

Four colorful construction vehicles scrape, dig, roll, lift and haul, preparing the site for construction. Designed for boys, this mural measures 168" wide × 90" tall.

This children's paint-by-number wall mural features a cute little elephant reading a story to his jungle pals, including a couple of monkeys, a giraffe, a hippopotamus, a leopard, a lion and a snake. This mural measures 96" wide × 72" tall

This playful and colorful beach shack wall mural was designed to act as a headboard for a twin-sized bed or crib or it can simply be used on its own. Change the colors as necessary to fit either a boy or girl's room, and repeat elements in the scene to extend the mural if desired. Pictured here, this mural measures 144" wide × 84" tall.

This simple silhouette of a little boy playing in a tree is designed for a variety of trendy bedding. It can be painted in any color to match the room's decor. Pictured here, the mural measures 72" wide by 90" tall.

George the three-headed monster has a soft, yellow plush body, bright white teeth and red accents on each of his heads and tummy. This puppet is designed to make children smile, chasing away fears of "scary" monsters.