Most Viewed TDmonthly Magazine Stories (Past 3 Months)
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Mayfair Games Plays to Hobbyists and Families The world’s largest publisher of railroad games is building a bridge between families and hobby gamers. Mayfair Games hopes to make titles such as Hey, That's My Fish appeal to both uber-gamers and...
7/1/2010
Most Viewed TDmonthly Magazine Stories (Past 12 Months)
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SphereXYZ Engages Hands and Minds Combine two inventors with a passion for brainteasers, and what do you get? SphereXYZ, a uniquely challenging 3-D puzzle that successfully blends fun and mental skill...
8/1/2009
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Learning Resources Keeps Teaching in 25th Year In 1984, Jane Woldenberg realized a need in the educational market for hands-on elementary school math products. Her solution was creating Learning Resources...
9/1/2009
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Schleich Worlds of Play Capture the Globe Schleich produces realistic, high-quality animal, historical and fantasy toys. The fun and beautiful figurines appeal to both children and collectors...
1/1/2010
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Mayfair Games Plays to Hobbyists and Families The world’s largest publisher of railroad games is building a bridge between families and hobby gamers. Mayfair Games hopes to make titles such as Hey, That's My Fish appeal to both uber-gamers and...
7/1/2010
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Zoobies Unfold With New Themes and Licenses Ryan Treft, vice president of marketing for Zoobies, is straightforward about his learning experiences in bringing products to market: “I’ve found that nothing can take the place of a face-to-face meeting...
3/1/2010
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A Safari Into the Imagination What do dragons, dinosaurs and pirates have in common? Along with dozens of other intricately detailed plastic figures from Safari Ltd., they’re the stars of collections designed to promote education and imagination...
2/1/2010
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Pentago Goes Multi-Player, Multi-Dimensional Mindtwister USA is ratcheting up the mental pyrotechnics of its popular, award-winning Pentago game with the introduction of a multi-player, multi-dimensional version...
2/1/2010
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Schleich Worlds of Play Capture the Globe Schleich produces realistic, high-quality animal, historical and fantasy toys. The fun and beautiful figurines appeal to both children and collectors...
1/1/2010
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Learning Resources Keeps Teaching in 25th Year In 1984, Jane Woldenberg realized a need in the educational market for hands-on elementary school math products. Her solution was creating Learning Resources...
9/1/2009
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SphereXYZ Engages Hands and Minds Combine two inventors with a passion for brainteasers, and what do you get? SphereXYZ, a uniquely challenging 3-D puzzle that successfully blends fun and mental skill...
8/1/2009
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Cloud B Soothes Children to Sleep Created with the desire to help children sleep and simplify parents’ lives, Cloud B’s award-winning plush and apparel products are delivering what everybody wants: a better night’s sleep...
7/1/2009
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Binkley & Hurst Takes a Ride With Berg Toys Conceived more than 20 years ago by a Dutch boy who longed to own a go-cart, Berg Toys has grown into a worldwide market leader in the manufacture of outdoor toys...
7/1/2009
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Bigfoot & Pickle Face Creations Stamp For Fun Developing a product that encourages creativity and can grow with a child presented an exciting challenge for Cheryl Marchek, owner and founder of Bigfoot & Pickle Face Creations...
6/1/2009
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Just Jump It Offers Perfect Twist of Fun and Safety In 1992, 17 years after the founding of Cressline Rope Works, a sales rep for the bulk-rope purveyor suggested to Owner Darrel Cresswell that the company create a jump rope. Darrel and his partner at the time, Don Meeker, jumped at the opportunity to give it a try...
6/1/2009
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Corolle Dolls Enchant Every Age Since 1978, Corolle’s finely crafted, award-winning dolls have brightened countless children’s lives with their smiles and cuddly bodies...
5/1/2009
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Mashoonga! Creates New Sport for Teens and Tweens Advertising executive Jim Bogner was at a crossroads in his career in the fall of 2006 when he noticed his 13-year-old son, Luke, and friends playing the same “sword game” daily...
5/1/2009
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PlayTown Mats™ Map the Way to Fun When Sam R. Harkreader was told his line of PlayTown Mats™ couldn’t be made in the United States, he saw a challenge. As he works to keep his cost margins down, he told TDmonthly Magazine, he’s “almost ready to jump up and down and claim victory.”...
4/1/2009
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PakNaks Offer Personality That Sticks When stay-at-home moms Anne Mersereau and Marissa Crouch decided to start a business, they turned to their children, and PakNaks interchangeable stickers with personality were born...
3/1/2009
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Family Pastimes Promotes Cooperative Play In 1970, as Jim Deacove was sitting in his backyard watching neighborhood kids playing games, some “heady insights” occurred to him about the nature of traditional, confrontational game play...
