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Roll-In Blaster
From: WILD PLANET


MSRP: $14.99
Age Range: 6 and up
SKU or Item #: 0
Launch Date: September 2008
Category: Pretend Play
 
This distraction device rolls into a room, stands itself upright, and explodes into pieces. Part of the Spy Gear line, it offers a stealthy surprise when a child rolls it into any space. Launch date: September 2008.

Featured in:Watch Magical June Videos (6/1/2009)
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 20290      (added 8/27/2008)

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MSRP: $27.99
Age Range: 6 and up
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Electronics
Pretend Play
 
The Security Scanner is a hand-held metal detector that mimics those used by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials at airports. Kids can scan every "agent" from head to toe—the LED alarm system alerts them when someone is hiding metal objects. Requires 1 9V (6LR61) batteries (not Included).
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 32463      (added 6/17/2011)
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Aqua Pets
From: WILD PLANET


MSRP: $9.99
Age Range: 6 and up
Gender: Girls
Category: Interactive
Tween
General Toys
 
These Aqua Pets are updated versions of eight fan favorites from the original line. They feature redesigned aqua pods, offering new games and increased interactivity. Each Aquapet has its own look, sounds and songs. The creatures come alive when kids, or other Aquapets, interact with them. A microchip, microphone and speaker housed in the toy's base enable Aquapets to register and respond to sound. Each character replies with movement and melody. The more kids play with their Aquapets, the more songs they will perform and the livelier they'll become. Aqua Pets can also play three new interactive games: - Memory Moov (a memory-building sequence game) - Aqua Speed (a fast-paced reflex challenge) - Bubble Boogie (a fun and silly way to make your mini marionette dance) Place two or more Aquapets together for an AquaParty and the buoyant buddies will dance, chirp and converse with each other. Each energetic character has a sleep function, because even the most interactive friends need to rest.

Featured in:ASTRA Preview: Fun For Under $20 (6/1/2011)
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 32110      (added 4/13/2011)
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MSRP: $25.00
Age Range: 6 and up
Launch Date: June 2010
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Novelties
Pretend Play
 
The Spy Gear Lie Detector Kit allows kids to find out who is telling the truth and who is not by giving them a lie detector test. The indicator lights light up when the "suspect" is not telling the truth.

Featured in:Hottest High-Tech Holiday Toys (12/1/2010)
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 29317      (added 7/5/2010)
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MSRP: $219.99
Age Range: 8 to 12
Specialty: Yes (as of 2010)
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Electronics
Novelties
 
This digital camera is attached to spy sunglasses. Users can take photos with the secret handheld remote, then download them to a computer. This product is designed to encourage imaginative and abstract thinking skills.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 28955      (added 6/16/2010)
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MSRP: $4.99
Age Range: 4 and up
Launch Date: January 2010
Gender: Boys
Category: Collectibles
Action Figures
 
These collectible 1.5" figures have interchangeable heads and are sold in a wrapped tablet double their size. When placed in warm water, the tablet fizzes and eventually dissolves to reveal the character. There are 12 Squatz, in robot, pirate, ninja and alien varieties. Launch date: January 2010.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27027      (added 2/11/2010)
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Spy Video TRAKR
From: WILD PLANET


MSRP: $120
Age Range: 8 and up
Launch Date: September 2010
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Electronics
Tween
 
This app-enabled, remote-controlled vehicle has video capability and features live transmission of video and audio to a color LCD panel and speaker on the remote. It comes preloaded with applications but can also be connected to a computer through a USB so that owners can create or modify apps online. It includes an SD card slot for recording, a speaker and microphone, and a software development kit for programming usage. Launch date: Fall 2010.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27024      (added 2/11/2010)
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MSRP: $21.99
Age Range: 6 and up
Launch Date: September 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Pretend Play
Educational
 
Would-be gumshoes have new crime-fighting gear with Wild Planet’s Spy Gear Evidence Kit, a portable, all-in-one mystery solver that helps kids determine who is guilty and who has been framed. The kit provides the tools for collecting fingerprints and the ID cards to keep track of them, plus fingerprint powder, brush, ink, lifting tapes and ID card, 30X microscope, tweezers, flashlight, UV light, specimen bags and carrying case with storage compartment. Launch date: Fall 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22586      (added 2/25/2009)
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Crayon Town
From: WILD PLANET


MSRP: $9.99
Age Range: 4 and up
Launch Date: September 2009
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Arts & Crafts
Play Sets
Licensed Products
 
Each coloring and activity set features a different theme (neighborhood, airport, horse ranch, zoo or construction site) and includes Crayola crayons, a coloring mat, corrugated pop-up buildings for decoration and play, and accessories. The three-dimensional structures allow kids to play after they’ve colored and designed the set. Launch date: Fall 2009.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22371      (added 2/3/2009)
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MSRP: $21.99
Age Range: 6 and up
Launch Date: April 2008
Gender: Boys
Category: Outdoor Fun
General Toys
Pretend Play
 
The outdoor aerial alert system allows users to launch signals more than 40 feet straight up into the air. The lightweight, pump-and-release launcher includes three sculpted, whistling foam signals, each with a unique appearance and purpose.  Signals are color-coded to alert secret agents if they should proceed at full speed, continue with caution or abruptly abort their mission.  The green signal features a reflector, the yellow one stores written messages and the red one is trailed by streamers. “The Signal Launcher is the first Spy Gear product designed specifically for outdoor use,” Wild Planet Media Relations Manager Kim Bratcher told TDmonthly. “Signals soar above rooftops, more than three stories high, whistling through the air.” Launch date: Spring 2008.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 19143      (added 5/30/2008)
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MSRP: $29.99
Age Range: 7 and up
Launch Date: September 2008
Gender: Boys
Category: Construction
Robotics
Educational
 
Bring custom creatures to life with this ball-and-socket building system composed of bone-shaped pieces and flexible joints that attach to a motorized platform. A step-by-step guide is included. “After you build your creation, you can bring it to life by hooking it up the motorized lab,” Wild Planet Media Relations Manager Kim Bratcher, told TDmonthly. “Connecting bones and flexible joints to form a dinosaur, alien or other fantastical creature is fun – but adding the mad scientist aspect of connecting the lifewire to its spine and controlling the speed and direction of the model’s movement is beyond what standard building sets offer.” Launch date: Fall 2008.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 18967      (added 5/21/2008)
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MSRP: $14.99
Age Range: 3 and up
Launch Date: September 2008
Gender: Girls
Category: Dolls
 
This 9” baby doll can be filled with water to imitate the weight and warmth of a real newborn. It comes with an easy-fill funnel, features a leak-resistant valve and is available in Caucasian, African-American and Hispanic varieties.Launch date: Fall 2008.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 17988      (added 3/17/2008)
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Spy Wire
From: WILD PLANET


MSRP: $24.99
Age Range: 7 and up
Launch Date: September 2008
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: General Games
 
In this puzzle game, two players use strategy to slide tiles on the gameboard, seeking to deactivate their opponent’s fuses by making connections between their "defuser" and opposing pegs. Launch date: Fall 2008.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 17987      (added 3/17/2008)
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Hyper Jump™
From: WILD PLANET


MSRP: $26.99
Age Range: 6 and up
Launch Date: September 2008
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: General Games
Outdoor Fun
Educational
 
The high-energy game features lively music, encouraging phrases and audio alerts and is both physically and mentally challenging. The saucer-sized base unit consists of multi-colored and multi-numbered pods. The base houses a microchip and speaker that calls out commands, instructing players to jump on various pods in the fastest time possible. The game offers varying levels of difficulty, starting with simple color and number recognition and advancing to sequential, memory and basic math exercises. The game can be played solo, in pairs or in teams. Launch date: Fall 2008.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 17578      (added 2/18/2008)
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Animal Scramble
From: WILD PLANET


MSRP: $19.99
Age Range: 3 to 5
Launch Date: September 2008
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Preschool
General Games
Developmental Toys
 
The game gets kids moving, thinking, listening and learning. Designed for preschoolers, the game promotes positive social and developmental skills in addition to physical activity. The game features an electronic hand-held tagger named Gerry Giraffe and his four fist-sized friends (a monkey, parrot, tiger and elephant). The giraffe calls out which animals kids should run to and tag and tracks the amount of time taken to complete each course. In team mode, kids work cooperatively to achieve their fastest time. Launch date: Fall 2008.
— “Animal Scramble requires physical exertion through running, bending, reaching and tagging movements that aid in the development of large and small muscle groups while improving coordination and motor skills,” Kim Bratcher of Wild Planet Toys told TDmonthly. “The sharing, listening and turn-taking aspects of the game practice positive social behaviors.”

Featured in:Games to Improve Brains (1/1/2008)
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 16831      (added 12/28/2007)
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Skeleflex
From: WILD PLANET


MSRP: $12.99
Age Range: 6 and up
Launch Date: September 2008
Gender: Boys
Category: Construction
Play Sets
 
The expandable ball-and-socket building system features flexible connectors that create lifelike movement. Each set comes in its own carrying case and idea book. The Skeleflex line offers 12 assortments. Launch date: Fall 2008.
— “The creative ball-and-socket building system includes interchangeable, rigid bone-shaped pieces that rotate at the point of connection,” Kim Bratcher of Wild Planet Toys told TDmonthly. “Pieces from all sets are interchangeable, so there is no limit to what a child can create.”

Featured in:Building a Better World (1/1/2008)
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 16830      (added 12/28/2007)
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MSRP: $125.00
Age Range: 8 and up
Launch Date: September 2008
Gender: Boys
Category: Remote Controlled
Vehicles - Small Toy
General Toys
 
The remote-controlled tank-track vehicle wirelessly transmits video and audio to a private headset. The remote features a full-circle, single-button spin control and an attached earbud. Launch date: Fall 2008.
— “The Spy Video ATV-360 is the first remote-controlled Spy Gear video car to offer audio transmission, a full-circle spin control and tank tracks,” Kim Bratcher of Wild Planet Toys told TDmonthly.

Featured in:Toys for Just Plain Fun (1/1/2008)
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 16829      (added 12/28/2007)
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Spy Disc Shooter
From: WILD PLANET


MSRP: $12.95
Age Range: 6 and up
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Gifts
 
Wild Planet's popular Dodge Discs now come in a Spy version. Kids shoot rapid-fire discs from the motorized hand blaster. They can test their skills on the included target or battle against opponents. The blaster fires safe, soft-foam discs and can rapid-fire as fast as any kid who thinks fast and moves faster. It comes with a built-in shield and 20 foam discs. Batteries are not included.
— "Dodge Discs from Wild Planet — shooting little disks [where kids are] trying to dodge the discs," said Peter Scott, owner of Perfect Toy in Avon, Conn., when asked about popular items for boys in his store.
— Retailers told TDmonthly they sell about 10 units a month of the shooter toys from Wild Planet.
— "The Spy Disc Shooter is the first defense tool in the Spy Gear line. The motorized spy-themed disc launcher has a rapid-fire feature for when you need to make a quick get-away. It comes with 20 soft-foam discs and the shooter also serves as a shield should your enemy spies have access to a launcher of their own," said Cori Burns, director of marketing for Wild Planet.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 14253      (added 7/23/2007)
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Trek Pak
From: WILD PLANET


MSRP: $14.99
Age Range: 5 and up
SKU or Item #: 36004
Launch Date: April 2007
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Science & Nature
 
The Trek Pak is a nature-lover's utility belt.  It comes pre-attached with six essential outdoor exploration tools: a compass, insect net, foldout wallet, tweezers, magnifying lens and storage canister.  The Trek Pak is ideal for camping trips and nature hikes: it gives kids all the tools they need to catch and examine bugs, and it comes with a compass to help kids find their way home.  Having all of the tools attached to the belt allows kids to keep their hands free for climbing and collecting. The Trek Pak encourages kids to engage in outdoor exploration.  Launch Date: April 2007.
― In spring 2007, Roberta Edwards, owner of Wishes Toys & Gifts in La Quinta, Calif., cited Wild Planet as a vendor who has “gone the extra mile.”

Featured in:What It Takes to Be "Good" (7/1/2007)
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 12948      (added 5/21/2007)
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Purse Pals
From: WILD PLANET


MSRP: $19.99
Age Range: 5 and up
SKU or Item #: 41001
Launch Date: August 2007
Gender: Girls
Category: Interactive
 
Purse Pals are 3-D pets that live in a virtual world.  Each small pet comes in a purse that opens to reveal a play environment with electronic sensors.  Icons displayed on an LCD screen on the purse measure the pet's needs and happiness.  Character Recognition technology enables the purses to recognize different pets and launch into party mode when other animals visit.  In addition to group activity, there are plenty of games intended for one-on-one time between a girl and her pet.  Launch date: August 2007.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 12858      (added 5/15/2007)
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MSRP: $9.99
Age Range: 5 and up
SKU or Item #: 36006
Launch Date: March 2007
Gender: Boys And Girls
Category: Outdoor Fun
Sporting Goods & Accessories
General Toys
 
The small, lightweight, durable binoculars offer magnification at six times the power of the naked eye. They are sized for small faces and feature rubberized grips, a wrist strap and a carrying case. Kids can watch birds in a nest, squirrels in the trees, or mom heading into the backyard to bring them another bowl of popcorn. “Specialty toy stores look for products that provide kids with fun, lasting and educational experiences. The Explorer Ops Binoculars are playful and practical — they motivate kids to go outdoors and explore nature or create their own imaginative play scenarios,” Kim Bratcher of Wild Planet told TDmonthly. The product received a 2007 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio “Best Toy Award” Gold Seal. Launch date: March 2007.
ToyDirectory Product ID#: 12306      (added 4/13/2007)
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