My Best Sellers: The Tutoring Toy At The Tutoring Toy in Salt Lake City, Utah, Owners Diane and Bill Sartain believe that “play is the work of children...
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My Best Sellers: Golden Apple Learning Store Originally founded as a teacher supply store, the Golden Apple Learning Store in Pleasanton, Calif., has developed over three decades into a toy store that also caters strongly to educators...
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TDmonthly's Top-10 Toy Fair Toys Among the tens of thousands of products on display at Toy Fair, there's always a select few that stand out, especially in terms of their promise for the specialty market. This year, TDmonthly Magazine was pleased to find an even broader variety of eco-friendly goods...
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Construction Toys In April 2009, TDmonthly Magazine surveyed 49 specialty retailers about their sales of construction toys for children. This foundational category continues to provide strong sales in independent stores...
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Why the Recession Is Good for Kids … and Toys “The recession could be the best thing that's ever happened to children's toys,” Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a child development expert and professor at Temple University, told TDmonthly in late January...
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Toys for Tween Boys Notoriously difficult to select products for, boys in their pre and early teens may not be so fixated on electronics and video games after all...
My Best Sellers: Golden Apple Learning Store Originally founded as a teacher supply store, the Golden Apple Learning Store in Pleasanton, Calif., has developed over three decades into a toy store that also caters strongly to educators...
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My Best Sellers: The Tutoring Toy At The Tutoring Toy in Salt Lake City, Utah, Owners Diane and Bill Sartain believe that “play is the work of children...
Why Twitter May Be Worth the Time Near the end of July, Flying Pig Games was celebrating its first order via Twitter — direct from a toy store that had recently been introduced to the new Jukem football card game during an in-store demo by the inventor...
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Construction Toys In April 2009, TDmonthly Magazine surveyed 49 specialty retailers about their sales of construction toys for children. This foundational category continues to provide strong sales in independent stores...
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Holiday Preview - Construction Toys Even a ride-on for tweens isn’t too big for the construction category. This year, creative kids can build everything from vehicles and animals to homes and gardens. Check out basic blocks, gears, marbles and more in TDmonthly’s Holiday Preview of Construction Toys...
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Kids' Gifts for the Holidays Last month in TDmonthly Magazine’s Holiday Preview, you got a glimpse of some eco-friendly art projects, exciting books and costumes fit for a princess. See this month’s featured categories...
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Regional Reports: What's Selling … And Where Magformers by Rainbow Products are hot sellers for Mike DiAndrea of Hardware Centre Inc. in Paoli, Pa. He noted that between the brick-and-mortar store and the website, they sell about 100 to 150 sets per month. “I’m reordering every three weeks,” he told TDmonthly Magazine...
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Video Review: Watch Kids Build a House The four Flamenco brothers spent a Sunday afternoon constructing a playhouse with the Zinkotek building system. Aided by their foreperson, Aunt Elba, the boys astounded themselves...
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Recession Gives Way to Retro Resurgence Quality. Simpler times. Hands-on play. According to retailers, buyers and industry experts who spoke with TDmonthly Magazine, these are some of the key reasons retro toys continue to enjoy a resurgence among consumers...
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TDmonthly's Top-10 Toy Fair Toys Among the tens of thousands of products on display at Toy Fair, there's always a select few that stand out, especially in terms of their promise for the specialty market. This year, TDmonthly Magazine was pleased to find an even broader variety of eco-friendly goods...
Why the Recession Is Good for Kids … and Toys “The recession could be the best thing that's ever happened to children's toys,” Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a child development expert and professor at Temple University, told TDmonthly in late January...
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TDmonthly's Top-10 Most-Wanted Toys: February 2009 This month, the story is much the same with best-selling specialty toys. In short, PlaSmart's PlasmaCar is still on the list (joined by the EzyRoller), Legos are still making their mark in the construction category after decades of success...
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Innovations of 2009 From plush and blankets that turn inside out to multi-use furniture inspired by animals, there are plenty of fun, new products to ring in the New Year...
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Top-10 Holiday Toys on VIDEO! Ever wonder why most top-10 hot toys lists show you the same old things over and over? Many of the biggest toy companies pay spokespeople to inundate the media with their products during the holiday season...
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TDmonthly’s Psychologist Mom TDmonthly Magazine’s Psychologist Mom focused on gaming in her most recent reviews, finding fun with frogs, watching kids become a wizard’s apprentices, and seeing how the features of Blue Orange’s Double Shutter Jr. added up...
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ZinkoTek Constructs “Instant Smiles” It’s big. It’s colorful. And it takes children’s construction toys to a whole new level, giving them the ability to build life-sized forts, characters, and anything else their imaginations want to attempt...
Innovations of 2009 In the January issue of TDmonthly Magazine, check in to see which toys will be turning heads throughout 2009...
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The Specialty Toys Report Is Here! ToyDirectory and TDmonthly Magazine are excited to announce the release of TDmonthly's 2008 Specialty Toys Report, "Positive Toys for a Promising Future."™...
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TDmonthly Top Toy 2008 Awards It's not easy deciding which toys deserve the most prestigious of TDmonthly Magazine's awards...
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Arkansas native and architect Steven W. Hurd, AIA, designed his first set of building blocks some 15 years ago at the prompting of his mother-in-law, whose father – also an architect – built models of castles and cathedrals for her when she was a child. What began as a new hobby – to relive his childhood passion for building models, then as a way to build toys for his son to enjoy – eventually became an avenue for Steven to share his passion with the... More information on WESTWORK DESIGNS products.
The ZinkoTek system combines creativity and construction to create imaginative play structures. The basic parts of the building system are made from 100% recyclable EVA soft yet sturdy foam. The set is designed so that a 3 year old can sort, connect and stack in a variety of ways, while an older child can build larger scale structures such as a playhouse, jet plane, robot, or smaller tabletop objects — ALL WITH THE SAME SET. ZinkoTek offers endless possibilities that will captivate boys and girls... More information on ZINKOTEK products.
We design, develop, manufacture, and sell original LaQ construction toys.LaQ is an innovative toy block from Japan which consist of 7 types of blocks in 10 different colors! The LaQ block pieces make fun snaps! and clicks! when piecing the parts together so a child knows that the pieces are firmly connected. The clever angles on the joint block pieces can create flat, 2 dimensional, 3 dimensional, and spherical objects.For more info contact us below or visit KumoTek (US Distributor) http://www.roboporium.com/... More information on YOSHIRITSU CO. LTD. products.
BRIK-A-BLOK® toy systems provide a fun and easy way for children to recreate the world around them on a child-size scale. Driven by their boundless imagination, and guided only by the simple instructions that come with the toy systems, children are given full artistic license to create architectural structures of their own design. Panels that can be put together in a snap deliver hours of safe quality play time all year long.BRIK-A-BLOK® toy systems are merely responding to a fundamental desire that all children have... More information on BRIK-A-BLOK TOYS INC. products.
Because CitiBlocs are manufactured in Vietnam, the pieces are not only high quality but are also affordable and so easy to use. Best of all, the precision cut blocks of wood are green, crafted from New Zealand pine. The beautifully simplistic blocks, designed for ages 3 and up, are ideal for solo play or a family fun session with grandparents and siblings. Through play with the blocks, grownups can introduce kids to architecture and design, history, mathematics and... More information on CITIBLOCS LLC products.
