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Travelmania by GEOTOYS LLC
Travelmania
MSRP: $39.99
Age: 10 and up
Category: General Games
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 24900

In TravelMania, players travel the globe answering questions about world geography, culture, and history while collecting passports and visa stamps. Players must collect five visas and passport stamps –– one from each of five continent groups –– to win the game. The passport stamps are earned by landing on spaces labeled with different country names, while the visas are given when answering trivia questions correctly. The game contains more than 2,000 questions. President Jimmy Carter calls this game "a great way to learn about the world." 8/6/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Postcards From America by GEOTOYS LLC
Postcards From America
MSRP: $29.99
Age: 6 and up
Category: General Games
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 24899

Inventor Bill Rolette used 64 postcards from his continental travels to create this game, which is fun for both kids and adults. Each player gets 5 postcards and must visit those cities on the map by rolling colored die and following the paths. Players can also roll airplanes, which allow them to fly to any city in America. Once a player lands on a destination, she turns over the card and draws another. The first player to turn over 10 postcards wins the game. A Dr. Toy and Creative Child Magazine award winner. 8/6/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Animals! GeoPuzzle by GEOTOYS LLC
Animals! GeoPuzzle
MSRP: $14.99
Age: 4 and up
Category: Puzzles & Skill

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 21272

Ideal for learning geography, this 57-piece puzzle features more than 30 animals from around the globe and is illustrated by award-winning children's book author Dennis Rockhill. When completed, it measures 22" x 14.5". Launch date: Fall 2008. 11/11/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Tipp-Kick Junior Cup by GEOTOYS LLC
Tipp-Kick Junior Cup
MSRP: $44.99
Age: 5 and up
Category: Puzzles & Skill

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 16788

The table or floor soccer game consists of a felt field, two die-cast “kickers,” two “goalies” and a ball. Players tap the kickers’ heads to shoot the ball, while defending with their diving goalies. The entry-level game is similar to the Tipp-Kick Classic, but includes a stadium wall for increased stability and ease of play. Launch date: January 15, 2008. 12/28/2007 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Tipp-Kick Classic by GEOTOYS LLC
Tipp-Kick Classic
MSRP: $29.99
Age: 5 and up
Category: Puzzles & Skill

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 16787

The entry-level table or floor soccer game consists of a felt field, two die-cast “kickers,” two “goalies” and a ball. Players tap the kickers’ heads to shoot the ball, while defending with their diving goalies. Launch date: January 15, 2008.
— This game “captures the excitement of soccer, the number one sport of American kids!” GeoToys LLC President Bob Galinsky told TDmonthly. 12/28/2007 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

GeoPuzzle Dinosaurs! by GEOTOYS LLC
GeoPuzzle Dinosaurs!
MSRP: $14.99
Age: 4 and up
Category: Puzzles & Skill

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 16786

GeoPuzzle Dinosaurs combines geography with paleontology. The set features 24 popular dinosaurs organized on a world map according to where they were discovered. Launch date: February 2008.
— “A bonus fact sheet, as well as stunning original artwork by children’s book artist Dennis Rockhill, make this item truly unique,” GeoToys LLC President Bob Galinsky told TDmonthly. 12/28/2007 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Red State/Blue State GeoPuzzle by GEOTOYS LLC
Red State/Blue State GeoPuzzle
MSRP: $14.99
Age: 4 and up
Category: Puzzles & Skill

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 15209

This puzzle teaches geography, history and elections. Each state comes in two pieces — one red, one blue — so that the puzzle can be put together according to the election results of 1960, 1992 or 2008. A partnership with historycentral.com provides red/blue maps for every U.S. election. Each puzzle contains 118 pieces. Launch date: October 2007. 9/18/2007 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

GeoPuzzle Europe by GEOTOYS LLC
GeoPuzzle Europe
MSRP: $14.99
Age: 4 and up
Category: Puzzles & Skill

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 8599

The pieces of this puzzle are shaped like the individual countries of Europe so children learn geography as they put the puzzle together. GeoPuzzles help to build fine motor, cognitive, language, and problem-solving skills and are a great introduction to world geography for children ages four and up. Designed by an art professor, jumbo-sized and brightly colored GeoPuzzles will soon be available for all five major continents. GeoPuzzle Europe has 58 pieces and is 19" by 16". GeoPuzzles have been recognized by Dr. Toy and NAPPA as outstanding educational toys.
— "Joe (8) will remember the shapes of the countries much better now, and also he will be able to relate their physical sizes and location to each other," said Susan Ledford, a mom reviewer in TDmonthly's Homeschool Roundtable. 7/18/2006 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Africa GeoPuzzle by GEOTOYS LLC
Africa GeoPuzzle
MSRP: $14.99
Age: 4 and up
Category: Puzzles & Skill

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 8283

This is a jigsaw puzzle map of Africa and the Middle East, with individual pieces shaped like countries. As children assemble the puzzles, they learn about each country from Algeria to Zimbabwe while building cognitive, problem-solving, fine-motor and language skills. According to a recent poll by National Geographic, most Americans ages 18 to 24 do not know that Sudan and Rwanda are in Africa, and 63 percent cannot find Iraq or Saudi Arabia on a map of the Middle East. 6/15/2006 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Asia: Geopuzzle by GEOTOYS LLC
Asia: Geopuzzle
MSRP: $14.99
Age: 4 and up
Category: Puzzles & Skill
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 7778

This 19" by 16" puzzle is shaped like the continent of Asia and comes from the GeoPuzzle line, which has received a Dr. Toy Smart Play/Smart Toys Award from the Institute for Childhood Resources. It includes 50 pieces that are shaped like the different countries of Asia. As children assemble the puzzles, they learn each country's name, shape and capital while they build cognitive, problem-solving, fine motor and language skills. 5/4/2006 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

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