TDmonthly's ToyFair 2006 Preview--Puzzles & Skill Product Category

European Birds by JAMES HAMILTON GROVELY PUZZLES LTD.

This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle features a group of European birds. 1/24/2006 (Price: $22.88) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Hollywood by WHITE MOUNTAIN PUZZLES

This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle features more than 150 miniature portraits of famous actors and actresses in their most famous roles. 1/24/2006 (Price: $14.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Key West, Florida by WHITE MOUNTAIN PUZZLES

This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle features a cartoon map of Key West, Fla. 1/24/2006 (Price: $14.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

American Revolution by WHITE MOUNTAIN PUZZLES

This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle features important aspects of the American Revolution. It measures 24” x 30”. 1/24/2006 (Price: $14.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Puzzle & A Book! - Rainforest Puzzle by BEAD BAZAAR/KID JOURNEYS

Bead Bazaar/Kid Journeys educational puzzles and booklets teach fun facts about the universe so that children learn as they play. Enjoy this hand crafted wooden puzzle, keepsake magnet, and exciting story into the Rainforest! Children's imagination and spirit soar as they put the pieces together so the story comes alive! This beautifully illustrated puzzle, story, and keepsake magnet is a wonderful addition to any home!

Puzzle & A Book benefits children in so many ways:
They help to develop hand/eye coordination.
They stimulate the creativity in every child.
They encourage cooperation and the sharing of ideas and projects.
They aid in learning shapes and colors. 1/10/2006 (Price: $12.99)

Puzz 3D Spitfire by WREBBIT INC.

Put together a Supermarine Spitfire that measures over 2 feet long. It comes with 735 foam-backed pieces, 25 cardboard supports, 1 decorative cardboard stand, and an instruction guide. When finished, this challenging 3D puzzle can be suspended or displayed.  It's a puzzle and a model all in one. 1/5/2006 (Price: $29.99)

Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game by VIVA MEDIA

Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers. Us the catapult, explode it, or fly it. From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle, to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light a child's imagination with creative and addictive fun. This game “provides quality education while also being entertaining and fun for kids,” Project Manager Beatrice LaBarge told TDmonthly. It received a Greatest Products of 2005 iParenting Media Award. Launch date: October 2005. 12/29/2005 (Price: $19.99)

Big Dump Truck Floor Puzzle Book by CHRONICLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

The latest in the Caterpillar series, this book contains big puzzle pieces in the pages that pop out to assemble into a picture of a big dump truck. Kids can flip the pieces over to assemble a play mat that's perfect for children to use with their own toy trucks and machines. It's two puzzles in one for twice the fun. ( Watch Video) 12/29/2005 (Price: $9.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

School Days by HAPE

School Days, a magnetic marble maze, is a two-sided puzzle with colorful, familiar street signs and school objects. It encourages pretend play and communicative skills as well as entertains with the never-ending fascination of magnets. 12/21/2005 (Price: $39.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Flash & Sound Puzzles by FUN N JUMP TOYS INC.

These award-winning puzzle boards come in three designs. The innovative designs gave these tradtitional puzzle boatds a face lift. With coordinating electronic colored light and sound, children can learn to distinguish colors, objects and sounds with ease. 12/15/2005

Tangoes Jr. by SMART TOYS AND GAMES INC

Tangoes Jr. makes the tangram puzzle concept appealing and accessible to preschoolers with developing fine motor and spatial skills. The new game features a unique "playing case" and large, double-sided puzzle cards that offer two levels of play and enable children to solve each puzzle directly on the card. The puzzle pieces are thicker and larger than the original game's and each piece has an easy-grip lip, making it simple for kids age four and up to move pieces around. Tangoes Jr. puzzle cards feature recognizable images in three categories: animals, people and objects, for plenty of variety and widespread appeal. Guaranteeing years of fun and fresh challenges, each double-sided card incorporates two levels of play. On one side, individual geometric shapes are clearly pictured. The player is challenged to match the shapes to create the tangram image shown. On the other, more advanced side, the same image appears, but only in silhouette, offering a greater challenge for more advanced players and adding a memory game element.
— “Tangoes Jr. is the first toy to make the ancient tangram puzzle accessible to preschoolers. (It) builds fine motor skills, visual discrimination, cognitive abilities and pre-math and artistic skills,” president Ellen Roth of Rex Games told TDmonthly. ( Watch Video) 12/14/2005 (Price: $25.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Planets Scramble Squares® by b. dazzle, inc.

b. dazzle’s new “Planets” Scramble Squares® brain teaser puzzle, one of four Scramble Squares® puzzle winners in Dr. Toy’s “Smart Play/Smart Toys Awards 2006, is truly a universal gift that is Easy To Play, But Hard To Solve!® for children, teenagers, adults and senior citizens of all ages. Each Scramble Squares puzzle package includes a panel of fascinating facts on the subject of the puzzle, as well as a trivia question and hidden answer, all packaged in a unique and handy resealable clear vinyl pouch which can be collected and easily stored in a standard 3-ring binder. This new Scramble Square puzzle, with bold images of planets on it, is no different. The nine squares can be put together in numerous ways, but only one way is the right one for all of the planets to line up correctly. 11/29/2005 (Price: $8.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]