January 2010 New Specialty Toys — School Supplies

"Give your pen a flight upgrade!" Pen your next letter or memo in style with the PlanePerClip™ Pen. Sleek and aerodynamic, with a "Clip of Class", an ingenious advancement of the PlanePerClip™ line of products. This pen will boldly appear as no simple writing instrument has appeared before. It will start working for you even before it leaves your pocket or purse, and is sure to start a conversation before any writing begins. Available in various body styles and finishes. Available Colors: Tango Red, Sierra Orange, Bravo Blue, Foxtrot Green, Zulu Black, and Carbon fiber.

Snifty Valentine pens are available in two sweet scents with corresponding artwork: Boxed Chocolate and Message Candy Hearts. You can’t eat them, but the yummy smell might make you want to! Snifty Pens are created using a non-toxic scented molded plastic - this keeps their sent long-lasting. The delicious aroma of SNIFTY pens will make you feel nifty! Available to retailers in a box of 30, individually wrapped, Valentine scented pens.

Smalentine Valentine Pencils are made from 100% recycled newspaper soaked in natural gourmet liquid fragrance. Smalentine Valentine pencils are available in 5 sweet scents; Strawberry & Cream, Vanilla Cream, Chocolate Mint, Raspberry Truffle, and Love Candy. Each Smalentine is packaged in its own freshness tube made from biodegradable, corn based plastic and comes with its own removable heart shaped necklace. The perfect treat for that special someone! $2.49 per pencil.

Snifty Scented Pens are available in four delicious scents with corresponding artwork. Imagine yummy vanilla cupcakes, a sweet strawberries, juicy watermelons and sticky sweet Bubblegum at your fingertips anytime of the day. Snifty Pens are created using a non-toxic scented molded plastic — this keeps their scent long-lasting. The delicious aroma of SNIFTY pens will make you feel nifty! $1.95 per pen. Available to retailers in a box of 50.

Set of 10 Gourmet Scented Pencils in reusable zippered pouch. Smencils are made from 100% recycled newspaper soaked in natural gourmet liquid fragrance. Scents include: Bubble Gum, Orange, Cinnamon, Grape, Root Beer, Watermelon, Black Cherry, Very Berry, Tropical Blast, and Cotton Candy. Each individual Smencil is packaged in its own freshness tube made from biodegradable, corn-based plastic. Smencils will retain their scent for up to 2 years and each time you sharpen your Smencil the scent is refreshed.
— "We sell about 50 per month. We're expecting this to be a big stocking stuffer,'' Christine Osborne, co-owner of Wonder Works in Charleston, S.C., told TDmonthly.
— William Meredith, owner of Learning Express in Cary, N.C., told TDmonthly in a Fall 2012 survey that they sell 100 Smencils a month, making them one of the store's best selling tween products.

Designed for 5- to 10-year-olds, the Fleurville messenger comes in three colors. It has backpack straps and includes a removable, insulated lunch bag. The bag is PVC-free, Teflon-free and lead-free. "The Kid's Messenger bag is extremely stylish and functional, which is hard to find," Analese Belle, in marketing and PR for Fleurville and parent company JJ Cole, told TDmonthly. Launch date: December 2009.

Tomiko Japanese Erasers feature colorful and fun erasers in the shape of items such as ice cream, cakes, pizza, etc. Over 90 different styles available.

This package includes 20 elephant-shaped paper clips in assorted colors.

Winner of industry awards, this teacher's edition of the Spoils of Civilization is a math set for the classroom designed to motivate students to complete class and home work and improve class attendance and behavior through workbooks and class materials. Also includes a fun story about the Merbs™.

Crazyoleez blend various colors of crayon into a single decorative shape, for a distinctive artistic experience while coloring. Other shapes and sizes are available.

The JUMBO Grip features the same shape as The Pencil Grip to place fingers in the correct stance for gripping, for both right- and left-handed writers. It’s about 40-percent bigger than The Pencil Grip, designed to offer comfort and support up to the second knuckle.
— Joan Machlis, owner of Wind Up Here in Olympia, Wash., told TDmonthly in fall 2009 that the store sells about 50 items per month by the Pencil Grip.
— ''We sell maybe 75 per month,'' Mike DiAndrea, manager of Hardware Centre, Inc., in Paoli, Pa., told TDmonthly.

Risas y Sonrisas (which is Spanish for "Laughter and Smiles") is a Spanish Program for kids that makes teaching and learning Spanish enjoyable. The Student Book includes an interactive CD-ROM and a Skits DVD. The interactive CD-ROM is the voice of the book. It is divided into five areas: Pronunciation, Songs, Vocabulary, Q&A, and Verb Conjugations. The Skits DVD incorporates vocabulary and Q&A learned in each chapter with subtitles to read and repeat whenever necessary. Vocabulary Units are illustrated in the same order as the Songs. They have Q&A of high frequency to use in conversations, a skit and a cultural point at the end of each chapter. This audiovisual presentation helps young and older students learn at their own pace. Everything learned with the classroom program is included in the student book to practice at home. This product was named one of Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products 2009.

The Teamson Design Windsor Collection table and chair is a high-quality and safe table/chair set with ample shelf space below the tabletop that the children can use for storage. "Large shelf space below the table top makes it easy to store items. [The] large, wide table top makes it a perfect surface for the child to work on. High quality, solid wood table/chair legs are very strong and resist breakage," Jerry Su, president of Teamson Design Corp., told TDmonthly. Launch date: June 2009.

Set of 5 Holiday Smencils featuring Gingerbread, Sugar Plum, Candy Cane, Cinnamon and Sugar Cookie flavors. Holiday Smencils are seasonal. International Arrivals will begin shipping September 2010.

Scented pens available in Gingerbread or Candy Cane flavors. Holiday Snifty Scented Pens are seasonal. International Arrivals will begin shipping September 2010.
— Assorted Snifty pens have been best sellers at The Parent-Teacher Store & Toys Too in Louisville, Ky., for about four months, Owner Kimberly Kopatz told TDmonthly in November 2009.

This set of 6 printed file folders features an artful design of an owl over a color stripe background on the folder cover. Set includes folders with 3 tab locations and includes 12 Adhesive Tab Labels.

These colorful rubber bands function like traditional bands  but feature fun animal shapes when not holding something together.
— "We got 270 packages on Thursday and were sold out by Saturday morning. High school, middle school and elementary school kids are all buying them," Katie Rook, owner of Be Beep A Toy Shop in Columbia, S.C., told TDmonthly in fall 2009.
— Editors Note: This item is very similar to the Animal Rubber Bands by Eastern Accent Int'l, first reported by TDmonthly in 2005.

Designed for quick, simple cutting of small tapes, this dispenser cuts large quantities of tape to a 3.8-cm length with a single rotation of the handle. It may also be used as storage for pens, scissors or name cards. The product is available in pink, light blue and yellow. Launch date: 2008.

Designed for quick, simple cutting of Scotch-type tapes, this dispenser cuts large quantities of tape to a 3.8-cm length with a single rotation of the handle. It may also be used as storage for pens, scissors or name cards. The product is available in pink, light blue and yellow. Launch date: 2002.