Want to know what more than 800 retailers have told TDmonthly about their best-selling products? Here's what toy-store owners in Iowa.htm had to say:

"We have a band call Oink Henderson and the Squealers. They do a pig toss halfway through their show and sometime it's worse than Mardi Gras. Oink buys [Safari's Good Luck] Pigs by the hundreds."—Mark Gauger, owner, Fun Zone, Iowa City, Iowa, September 2006

"Klutz Magic Painting."—Barbara Wulkow, manager, Pumpkin Patch, Ames, Iowa, September 2006

"Schleich everything!"—Bonnie Dodds, owner, Bonnie's Toys and More, Iowa City, Iowa, January 2006

"I carry a bit of construction — not a large area."—Sue Heitmann, toy buyer, Little Red Wagon Kids Stuff, Amana, Iowa, July 2006

"I'm doing fairly well on the Only Hearts Club, and a lot of the you-make-it type products."—Linda Wangsness, manager, Imaginit, Decorah, Iowa, December 2005

"Soccer Girls playsets sell well in my store."—Katie Frederick, owner, The Wooden Rainbow, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 2006