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TDmonthly Magazine

June 2008 | Vol. VII - No. 6


First Nominees for TDmonthly Report and Awards

More Nominees to Come; Finalists Named in July

By Alison Marek & Julie L. Jones
June 2008

TDmonthly Magazine has gone through hundreds of toys to come up with this first list of nominees for our 2008/2009 Specialty Toys Report. We've made our choices based on quality, innovation, reports from retailers and consumer reviews.

If you've been nominated, please be sure to fill out the online submission form we sent you via email so your product can be included in TDmonthly's 2008/2009 Specialty Toys Report. Nominees are automatically entered into the running for a TDmonthly Top Toy 2008 award. There is NO FEE to submit for the Specialty Toys Report or for the TDmonthly Top Toys awards. (See last year's nominees and winners.)

Did you miss the submission deadline of June 13? We may have nominated you anyway, so please check your email and read the list below.

Or, if you have something new coming for 2009, please fill out your online submission form and mail us a sample by June 30 so we can consider you for our TDmonthly Top Toy 2009 earlybird awards.

And the nominees are:

Product Company
360 Degree Virtual Reality Camera 360° GIZMOS
Chaotic Cards 4Kids Entertainment
Curiosity Kits Be a Brain Scientist ACTION PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL
Eloise ALEXANDER DOLL CO. INC
Knot-A-Scarf ALEX-PANLINE USA, INC
Sixteen ALPINE GAMES
Spotty Pull-Along APPLEPIE TOY DISTRIBUTION
FELT TALES Babalu, Inc.
Madballs Sick Series 2 BASIC FUN INC.
Beyond Chess Set BEYOND CHESS
Big Eye Dummies - Disco BIG EYE DUMMIES
Silly Putty BINNEY & SMITH INC.
Amazing Places: National Parks Birdcage Press
Double Shutter Vintage BLUE ORANGE GAMES
My Cat Scrapbook BOWWOWMEOW
Puppy themed kit Brain Noodles
Animal Soup Briarbatch
Wood Model Train Kit BROOKLYN PEDDLER
Garbage Truck - Green BRUDER TOYS AMERICA, INC.
The T-Shirt Game BUFFALO GAMES INC
Soft-Play Dragon BULLYLAND TOYS INC.
Dazzling Dough Modeling Dough CLAYTRONICS
Twilight Sea Turtle CLOUD B
Xylophone Dots Colori USA
CKidZ Medallion Set – Egypt COMPASS KIDZ
Discombobulation™ CONTINUUM GAMES, INC.
Puzzler's Box Of Frustration COPERNICUS
H2Go CORGI USA
Calin Cheerful Bright COROLLE DOLLS
Stomp Rocket D&L
The Origin of Expressions™ Discovery Bay Games LLC
Trash and Recycling "Paper Making" Kid Kit EDC PUBLISHING
Camp Education outdoors
Blokus Trigon EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS INC
Make a Pie! A Simple Game of Fractions eeBoo corp.
SC-300 Snap Circuits ELENCO
Forest Fairy Lodge ENCHANTMINTS
TwigJig® Starter Kit EPSILON INDUSTRIES INC.
Pumpkin ESTIA HOLZSPIELWAREN
HANDTRUX® EVERGREENRIVER MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC
Manga Drawing Kit FABER-CASTELL
Inversé™ FAMILY GAMES INC.
Eco Angels "I Re-Made It" Fashion Accessories Kit FASHION ANGELS
Brain Food Thinking Putty FAT BRAIN TOYS
Chatter Phone Fisher Price
flattenme Gift Pack flattenme
Webwilds Baby Orangutan FOLKMANIS INC.
Abalone Classic FOXMIND GAMES (CANADA)
Friends Forever Girl - Marlee FRIENDS FOREVER GIRLS
Room Makeover Kit Fun to See Limited
Mumbo Jumbo FUNDEX GAMES
Boochie™ GAMEWRIGHT
Rat-a-Tat Cat 10th Anniversary Edition GAMEWRIGHT INC
There's a Moose in the House GAMEWRIGHT INC
LCR® Left Center Right™ Dice Game GEORGE & COMPANY LLC
Tri-Cross™ GFC GEORGIA LLC
GIANTmicrobes Petri Dish – Stomach Ache GIANTMICROBES
Piratack™ - The Board Game GIDDY GOOSE 'N GANDER GAMES, LLC.
DareDevil GOODREAU DOLL LLC
Goosie Cards® GOOSIE CARDS
T-Rex Rules! GREAT AMERICAN PUZZLE FACTORY
Griddly Headz Baseball Game GRIDDLY GAMES, INC.
Pinkaboo – 12” GUND INC
Baby Vegetables Set HABERMAASS CORP
Crutch Critters - Skippy Heidi's Home Design
Bella Sara™ Native Lights HIDDEN CITY GAMES
Diabolo Higgins Bros
Waverly, the Water Drop Idbid Kit IDBIDS LLC
Natural Dream 3D Puzzles – Dragon IMAGIPLAY
HEXBUG Micro Robotic Creature INNOVATION FIRST INC.
i-Fly Wasp INTERACTIVE TOY CONCEPTS LTD.
Kitchen Littles International Playthings
Madi Doll Itty Bitty Toy co
Creepy Crawlers Bug Maker JAKKS PACIFIC INC.
DEBO™ Superheroes KAMIBASHI
KAPLA Dual Colors with Artbook KAPLA USA
Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach KIDS CAN PRESS
Tree House Bugs Klutz
SILKE Line: Dwarf Koesen USA
Space Age Crystal Growing Kit - Citrine and Topaz KRISTAL EDUCATIONAL INC.
Kubit2me Lil' Scholars ABC's & 123's KUBIT2ME INC.
Head1Liners Board Game KVALE GOOD NATURED GAMES LLC
Language Littles Minis Language Littles
Grannimals – Lucien the Rabbit LATITUDE ENFANT
On the Go Peel & Stick Jr. LAURI TOYS
Lego Lego
GO Art Watercolor Kit MAGNETIC POETRY
Baby Stella Starter Set MANHATTAN TOY
Puzzibits™ Flexible 3D Puzzle Art™ - Ocean Depths MANHATTAN TOY
Schoolhouse Naturals Push Pulls MAPLE LANDMARK WOODCRAFT CO.
Math Maze Mastery Set MATH MAZE USA
Deluxe UNO MATTEL INC
Xeko Mission: Costa Rica MATTER GROUP LLC
Solar System 48pc Floor MELISSA & DOUG
Baby Deglingos Milkos the Cow
Pentago CE MINDTWISTER
TimberKits – The Pianist MK AND COMPANY
OOgal! MOUNTAINMEN ENTERPRISES
ZipBin® Softie™ Wheelie™ NEAT-OH! INTERNATIONAL LLC
Erector Tuning Radio Control Light and Music System Car NIKKO AMERICA INC
Pawparazzi Set NOODLE HEAD INC.
Cool Circuits Norman & Globus
OgoSport CopterDart Game OGOSPORT, LLC
Professor Noggin's Extraordinary Women OUTSET MEDIA
When I Grow Up Tent & Tunnel Combo Pacific Play Tents, Inc.
Costume Club Kids™ PADDYWHACK LANE LLC
Cynthia Jabar Woodkins - Diva PAMELA DRAKE INC.
Eiffel Tower, Golden GateBridge Kit PAPERLANDMARKS
Monster-Under-the-Bed Bomb PETUNIAPETUNIA LLC
Sock Monkey Yo-Yo PLAY VISIONS INC.
PlayMais Fun Farm Activity Box PLAYMAISUSA LLC
Press 'n Dress Dolls POCKETS OF LEARNING
Slinky Poof-Slinky
Potty Monkey Potty Monkey MD
Ceratasaur Puppet PUPPETOYS INC.
Puzzleball® - The Earth RAVENSBURGER
Wildlife Wonders - African Elephant SAFARI LTD.
Sand-Goh!™ SANDGOH LLC
Sassy Earth Brights' Cherry Tree Rattle SASSY
The Flybar 1200 SBI ENTERPRISES
Schoenhut® Piano Pals® SCHOENHUT PIANO CO. INC.
Curious George Jack in the Box SCHYLLING
Sock Monkey SCHYLLING
Elephant on Bike SCHYLLING
My First Chemistry Kit SCIENTIFIC EXPLORER
Five Crowns SET ENTERPRISES
Quiddler SET ENTERPRISES
Set Cubed SET ENTERPRISES INC.
Zen™ - A Game of Skill and Balance™ SILLY WILLY TOYS INC.
My Belly Button Baby SMALL WORLD TOYS
Tolo - Shake, Rattle and Roll SMALL WORLD TOYS INC
Grow-A-Head™ Bugs Sourcing Intl
Bakugan Spin Master Toys
Stack & Stick Grande Villa STACK & STICK
Glow-and-Throw UFO Flying Disc STAMOS ENTERPRISES
Sweet Shoppe Birthday Party Fabric Creativity Kit STORYBOOK STUDIO
4th Corner STRATEGIC SPACE INC.
Sweeters Pals SWEETERS
Microcontroller THAMES & KOSMOS
Nuchi™ 15-Piece Circle Train Set THE LITTLE LITTLE LITTLE TOY COMPANY
Sticky Mosaics Jewelry Box THE ORB FACTORY
Zingo ThinkFun
Clics TOYLINKS INC.
Creepy Worm Ball TOYSMITH
Pocket Volcano TOYSMITH
Blocks Set TREE BY KERRI LEE LLC
Sphereplay™ The Starter Kit TRYOUT TOYS ENTERTAINMENT, LLC
Night Yackle TTALF TOYS
UberArc Uberstix
Pirate Ship/UFO Scavenger Kit UBERSTIX
Bambooga Uncle Skunkle
Banana Split Card Game US GAMES SYSTEMS
Vanange Dolls VANNUZZA LLC
Peapod Pig Warm Whiskers
Wikki Stix Tons of Fun! Kit Wikki Stix
Monopoly® 1935: Deluxe Wood Edition WINNING MOVES GAMES
Rubik's Icon WINNING MOVES GAMES
Woodman Concept Catamaran Boat WOODLAND MAGIC IMPORTS
Stonees ZABAZOO CORPORATION
ZinkoTek Building System ZINKOTEK
Zoo Collection - Bobo the Baboon ZOOBIES







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