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Oggi Watch is a fun, casual, lightweight unisex wristwatch with a minimalist digital display. This award-winning modern design comes in a variety of vibrant colors, including emerald green, snow white, candy pink, spring violet and aqua blue. It is water-resistant to 10 atm. Awards: 2008 Good Design Award Winner

Oblo Puzzle Spheres is a series of 4 nesting spheres that come apart and go back together, but not without a certain amount of trial and error and creative problem solving.  As children use both of their hands to manipulate the OBLO they are developing their writing and drawing skills. The Oblo Puzzle Sphere is also a wonderful way to introduce young minds to simple geometry. This 3.25 inch diameter, multi-colored puzzle also makes a great office toy to get those brain cells firing at top speed.
— As of 08/08/2012 this product had 4 out of 5 stars from 2 reviews on Amazon.com.

OBLO Spheres is an award-winning 3-D spherical puzzle. To graduate from one layer to the next, users must find the correct position for each piece to progressively build spheres within spheres. The unraveling discovery happens when taking the puzzle apart, and the true mental challenge occurs when putting the ball puzzle back together.
Awards: GOLD Winner of the 2008 International Design Excellence Award

Inspired by the Olympic sport of the luge, the lightweight Zipfy (less than 3.7 lbs.) is compact and fast. Made of high-density polyethylene plastic, it is engineered for performance, safety and maneuverability on every type of snow. It features a feet-first design so that riders can control their speed and stop by digging their heels into the snow. It makes for a great family sport and comes in electric eel green, firefly red, and black diamond colors. “With a low center of gravity and the rail design on the underbelly of the sled, riders can carve down the slopes, simply by leaning into the turn,” Mark Cahsens of Zipfy Inc. told TDmonthly. Launch date: October 2007.
— Joe Berardoni, owner of Pun's Toys in Bryn Mawr, Pa., told TDmonthly in late fall 2009 that the Zipfy was one of his top-three best sellers.
— "I sold 12 of the Zipfy luges last week. The sleds are awesome," Jeanette Lauture, owner of Aunt Jean's Toys & Treats in Montclair, N.J., told TDmonthly in early December 2009.
—"During the Christmas season this past December, we sold over a hundred," Joe Berardoni, owner of Pun's Toys in Bryn Mawr, Pa. , told TDmonthly in early 2011.