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