June 2014 New Specialty Toys — All

Introductory DNA classroom study kit, includes buffer, protease + salt, test tubes/holders, disposable pipets, curriculum, and all materials to make DNA necklaces, for 36 students; education use only.

There are few things as appealing as a pick-up truck. They are what you take over back woods trails or what you throw your stuff into before zooming off to your next adventure. This truck will have your children imagining daring adventures over rock strewn trails and long trips to places only a beloved pick-up can take them.
Awards: 2014 TDmonthly Top Toy Debut Award
— In a February 2015 survey, David Stelzer, owner of Shananigans in Baltimore, Md., told TDmonthly that Automoblox is his store's best-selling wooden toy. They sell around 50 every month.

These model cars are not only fun to play with, they're magnetic, interchangeable and highly collectible. The patent pending magnetic design allows you to create your own custom car designs by mixing and matching the various sections. The first edition of this award winning toy is sure to be a collector's item. Buy all three designs along with the Trick 'N Trade accessory LIMO package and you will have hundreds of possible combinations to enjoy. From the sportiest coupe to the longest stretch limosine you've ever seen, MagModz offers hours of fun!

It's off to Grandma's! Our sweet La Newborn is ready to go to grandma's house! She comes with her blanket, pacifier, pacifier holder and bottle everything she'll need at Grandmas house. She's a 15.5" Soft Body Baby Doll. Perfect for children ages 2+.

These realistic newborn baby dolls have bright, sparkling eyes and subtle hand painted facial features. All Los Bebitos baby dolls have articulating arms, legs, and heads and can be placed in a seated position. Los Bebitos vinyl baby dolls are soft to the touch yet durable, feature Paola Reina’s light vanilla scent and are phthalate free. Los Bebitos dolls stand 17.5inch (45cm) in height.

Twilight Buddies™ are ultra-cuddly friends that help ease children’s fear of the dark by projecting a starry night sky onto bedroom ceilings and walls. Hidden within the soothing starry projection are the moon and 3 constellations! Little ones find instant soothing companionship with the fun and cuddly animal collection that can travel with them wherever they go.

12" SLOTH This adorable lifelike Miyoni sloth with tremendous detail would love to come home with you today!

Fiesta stuffed animals and plush toys soothe, comfort, and encourage creative play. Animals for everyday, holiday, special occasion, inspirational, amusement, novelty and custom. Quality soft fabrics, attention to detail and expressive faces make fiesta stuffed toys a gift to be treasured.
— In a June 2015 survey David Campbell, owner of Amazing Toys in Great Falls, Mont., told TDmonthly that Fiesta was their store's best-selling plush brand.

With this design-your-own jewelry program, you can create one-of-a-kind jewelry to fit your style any way you want. With charms and rings to decorate with layers of special jewelry stickers, bubble toppers to magnify and protect your designs, and necklaces, bracelets, and rings to wear in multiple ways, you can create hundreds of unique looks.
— Priscilla Moore, owner of Mr. Fub’s Party/Toys and More in Yellow Springs, Ohio, told TDmonthly in an October 2014 survey that Sugar Lulu was their store's best-selling brand of jewelry and accessories.

For a child there truly is nothing more fun than an empty cardboard box.   Our sticker kits help the imagination soar as they build their own realistic airplanes.

Loop de Loom makes weaving fast and fun.  Aiming for something a little nicer then the norm, whether it’s the project, the materials or the tools, while still keeping an affordable price point – Craft-tastic was born!

This gravity powered logic maze is sure to put your visual perception and reasoning skills to the test. The colorful, translucent towers can be arranged in a plethora of visually stimulating structures but, for each challenge, you’ll have to think carefully to build a path that will successfully carry your marble to its target. 60 challenges, ranging in difficulty, will give you plenty of creative building time while you maneuver the maze in your mind!
— Phyllis Stroud, owner of Rocking Horse Toy Store in Natchitoches, La., told TDmonthly in a January 2015 survey that Gravity Maze from Thinkfun was one of their store's best-selling STEM toys.

As a wealthy Renaissance merchant, acquire mines and transportation, hire artisans and woo the nobility. Create the most fantastic jewelry to become the best-known merchant of them all! Players will acquire precious stones to trade them for development cards. Use development cards to acquire more gem stones. Use your gems and gold to create the most fantastic jewelry, and appeal to the nobles to gain the prestige you need to win.

Full color. 100% polyester shell. 100% polystyrene and scented bead fill.
— In an October 2014 survey, two out of 10 retailers told TDmonthly that scented IScream pillows were their best-selling tween item.
Awards: 2014 TDmonthly Magazine Top Toy Award

This lush and beautifully soft husky is almost life size...the details are amazing and the face is exquisite. The fur is silky smooth and soft as can be.
— Phil Wrzesinski, owner of Toy House and Baby Too in Jackson, Mich., told TDmonthly in a June 2014 survey that Douglas Plush does well in their store, especially the dogs.

Now there are three little and big pigs to complete the family farm! Beautiful details, soft fabrics, and irresistible expressions make these pigs have personality plus!

She is a dancing mouse, ready for holiday fun and frolic. A swirl of red tulle with silver sparkles, she has a Matching ear bow, red ballet slippers, and a delicate embroidered necklace.

Blast away with this super sensational FartZooka. Simply move the plunger in and out, and the most audacious farts explode out of the barrel... It’s a riot. Item # 1212 FartZooka suggested retail $8.50

Snow Time Any Time is the only product on the market that allows kids to have wintry snowy fun anytime they want, even on hot August days! These specially designed snowballs are light and fluffy and feel like a real snowball. Soft and safe, they even crunch with you squeeze them! Item# 7500 count suggested retail $30.00. Item#7501 15 count suggested retail $20.00.

Product Description: Ready to learn about how airplanes work by building awesome flying gliders? With this kit, you can build five different glider models and test them to learn how they fly. You can try all sorts of wing positions and angles. You can even design your own gliders! You’ll learn how wings generate lift and how the wing’s shape and the configuration of the wings affect the plane’s flying performance. (16-page manual, 44 building pieces). Ages 8 and up.
— In a May 2014 survey Mary Porter Green, owner of Curiosity Zone in Broadlands, Va., told TDmonthly that Thames & Kosmos makes her store's best-selling activity kits. They sell dozens of toys from the brand each month.

Build an energetic bouncing robot that uses an electric motor and a springloaded mechanism to jump forward in a continuous motion. Watch the robot crouch down, compress its coil spring, and store up energy. Then see how it instantly extends its legs and releases the stored energy all at once, launching itself upward and forward. Experiment with the metal coil spring to discover how the robot’s jumping mechanism works. See if the robot can jump over objects in an obstacle course you design for it. Learn about elasticity, potential and kinetic energy, the spring constant, cams, and linkages. Build seven other functional models using the same mechanical components — the spring, cams, and motor — to perform other tasks and demonstrate physical science principles firsthand. Construct a car that moves forward on spiral-shaped wheels. Build a crab that moves sideways, a kicking machine that uses the spring-loaded mechanism to propel an object away, a pitching machine, and a grappler claw. Assemble a fun amusement park ride that spins around using the electric motor. Learn about the physics of force, mass, and weight by making and experimenting with a spring scale. The full-color, 24-page instruction manual provides step-by-step illustrated assembly instructions.

A souped-up version of the best-selling Remote-Control Machines kit! Build your own motorized vehicles and machines and control them with a wireless remote control unit. A unique six-button infrared remote allows you to control three different motors simultaneously, moving each of them forward or in reverse, with easy-to-activate touch sensors. The three motors can be combined to make complex vehicles and machines in numerous configurations limited only by your imagination. Assemble 20 models demonstrating different ways in which the motors can be used including a three-wheeled car, bat-bot, stag beetle, robot, battle car, ball collector car, forklift, tunneling vehicle, truck, drilling machine, crane, robotic arm and more. After you have built the models in the instructions, you can design your own remote control creations! The kit comes with three motors, remote control unit, battery holder, and 155 building pieces. 128-page, full-color instruction book.
— In a September 2014 survey, Kai Rady, owner of Shenanigans Inc in Charlottesville, Va., told TDmonthly that Remote Control Machines is the store's best-selling science & nature toy.

The Geek & Co. Craft line connects science, art, and nature through fun, hands-on activity kits. With Braided Slingshot, you can learn how to weave, interlace, and ultimately transform a thin string into a strong elastic cord. Attach a sewn leather cuff to hold a soft foam ball and voila - you’ve made your own slingshot! One of 10 new kits in two different sizes.

Turn the crank and hear an old tune. The charm of a music box still lingers to this day, and now the mechanism that creates the music is available for you to compose any song you wish. Our Music Box hole punch is a music makers delight. Create your own melody by punching holes in the music paper strips provided. The Happy Birthday melody is included for you to get started. For musicians, crafters and lovers of music this is a must have item. The kit also includes a instruction booklet to help you get started.