Finalists for TDmonthly's Awards!

See Which Hot Toys are Still in the Running

By Alison Marek & Julie L. Jones
January 1900

It's that time! TDmonthly Magazine has narrowed down the list of more than 200 products that will be included in its 2008/2009 Specialty Toys Report, announcing the finalists in the running for a TDmonthly award. Winners of the TDmonthly Top Toy, Top Seller, Classic and Innovations awards will be announced in August.

For more information on the report and awards program, take a look at last year's nominees and winners. Here are the 2008/2009 finalists:

Product	Company
Adorable Girl Dolls	ADORABLE ORIGINALS
Baby Deglingos	ALL NEW MATERIALS
Sixteen	ALPINE GAMES
Scramble Squares	b. dazzle, inc.
Ballpark Classics Game	BALLPARK CLASSICS INC.
Beyond Chess Set	BEYOND CHESS
Big Eye Dummies - Disco	BIG EYE DUMMIES
Peeko	BLABLA
My Cat Scrapbook	BOWWOWMEOW
Puppy-Themed Kit	Brain Noodles
Garbage Truck	BRUDER TOYS AMERICA
The T-Shirt Game	BUFFALO GAMES
Soft-Play Double-Headed Dragon	BULLYLAND TOYS INC.
Speed Racer 1:43 Slot Racing System	CARRERA OF AMERICA INC.
Dazzling Dough Sculpting Fun Modeling Kit	CLAYTRONICS
CKidZ Medallion Set – Egypt	COMPASS KIDZ
Discombobulation™	CONTINUUM GAMES, INC.
Calin Cheerful Pink	COROLLE DOLLS
Ultra Stomp Rockets	D&L Company
The Origin of Expressions™	Discovery Bay Games LLC
Camp	Education Outdoors
Blokus Trigon	EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS INC
Make a Pie! A Simple Game of Fractions	eeBoo corp.
SC-300 Snap Circuits	ELENCO
WordTeasers: World Geography	ELM EDUCATION MARKETING
TwigJig® Starter Kit	EPSILON INDUSTRIES INC.
beeboo Big Bubble Kit	EXTREME BUBBLES INC.
Manga Drawing Kit	FABER-CASTELL
Inversé™	FAMILY GAMES INC.
Eco Angels "I Re-Made It" Fashion Accessories Kit	FASHION ANGELS
Twig	FAT BRAIN TOY CO.
flattenme Gift Pack	flattenme
Webwilds Baby Orangutan	FOLKMANIS INC.
Abalone Classic	FOXMIND GAMES (CANADA)
Friends Forever Girl - Marlee	FRIENDS FOREVER GIRLS
Room Makeover Kit - Undersea	FunToSee Limited
Tri-Cross™	GFC GEORGIA LLC
GIANTmicrobes Petri Dish – Stomach Ache	GIANTMICROBES
Goosie Cards®	GOOSIE CARDS
Handstand Kids Mexican Cookbook	HANDSTAND KIDS
Bella Sara Native Lights	HIDDEN CITY GAMES
Waverly, the Water Drop Idbid Kit	IDBIDS LLC
Slider the Unscooter	IDEA MILL
Natural Dream 3D Puzzles – Dragon	IMAGIPLAY
HEXBUG Micro Robotic Creature	INNOVATION FIRST INC.
i-Fly Vamp	INTERACTIVE TOY CONCEPTS LTD.
Madi Doll	Itty Bitty Toy co
KAPLA Planks	KAPLA USA
Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach	KIDS CAN PRESS
Hoppel Rabbit	KOESEN
Kubit2me Lil' Scholars ABC's & 123's	KUBIT2ME INC.
Earthopoly	LATE FOR THE SKY PRODUCTION
On the Go Peel & Stick Jr.	LAURI TOYS
Puzzibits™ Flexible 3D Puzzle Art™ - Ocean Depths	MANHATTAN TOY
Groovy Girls	MANHATTAN TOY
Xeko Mission: Indonesia	MATTER GROUP LLC
My Invisible Diary	MAZEOLOGY
Solar System 48-Piece Floor Puzzle	MELISSA & DOUG
Flibbix	MERILLIAN
ZipBin® Softie™ Wheelie™	NEAT-OH! INTERNATIONAL LLC
Pawparazzi Set	NOODLE HEAD INC.
ScienceWiz DNA	NORMAN & GLOBUS
My Own Monster Buster	NORTH AMERICAN BEAR
Zen Benders	OUT OF THE BOX GAMES
Mini Solar Kit - Valiant Viking Ship	OWI INC.
Cynthia Jabar Woodkins - Diva	PAMELA DRAKE INC.
Food Chain Friends	PINT SIZE PRODUCTIONS
Rubbabu Balls	PLASMART INC.
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	PottyMD
Ceratasaur Puppet	PUPPETOYS INC.
AQube	RENO PUZZLE COMPANY
Wildlife Wonders White Rhino	SAFARI LTD.
Sock Monkey	SCHYLLING
Quiddler	SET ENTERPRISES
Set Cubed	SET ENTERPRISES
What's a Dame to Do?	SISTERS 2 INC.
My Belly Button Baby	SMALL WORLD TOYS
Tolo - Shake, Rattle and Roll	SMALL WORLD TOYS
Teething Bling	SMART MOM LLC
ArtLab Horse Drawing Studio	SMARTLAB TOYS
Stack & Stick Grande Villa	STACK & STICK
Glow-and-Throw UFO Flying Disc	STAMOS ENTERPRISES
4th Corner	STRATEGIC SPACE INC.
The Family Dinner Box of Questions	THE BOX GIRLS
Nuchi 15-Piece Circle Train Set	THE LITTLE LITTLE LITTLE TOY COMPANY
Sticky Mosaics Jewelry Box	THE ORB FACTORY
Chocolate Fix	THINKFUN
Zingo	THINKFUN
FunFlyStick	TOYS I.E. LLC
Pocket Volcano	TOYSMITH
Wooden Blocks Set	TREE BY KERRI LEE LLC
Pirate Ship/UFO Scavenger Kit	UBERSTIX
Bambooga	Uncle Skunkle
Mini Voxal	VOXAL LLC
Peapod Pig	Warm Whiskers
Wikki Stix Tons of Fun! Kit	Wikki Stix
Spy Gear Spy Video Car	WILD PLANET
Chimalong XR	WOODSTOCK CHIMES
ZinkoTek Building System	ZINKOTEK
Zoo Collection - Bobo the Baboon	ZOOBIES