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TDMONTHLY NEW TOYS |
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Pencils and cameras ready, TDmonthly Magazine trolled the aisles of Toy Fair for special toys for specialty shops. Lucky for us, other toys came straight to our office, too.... 
TDmonthly Magazine spoke with specialty retailers during and after Toy Fair TDmonthly Magazine spoke with specialty retailers during and after Toy Fair to find out which toys they liked the most.... |
TDMONTHLY TOY FAIR 2007 WRAP-UP |
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Don't have time to watch dozens of videos? Then click on the category you most need to fill... 
Toy Fair's over ... so now what?... |
WOODEN TOYS |
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Fifty-one retailers nationwide said specialty toy stores are keeping up with the grand tradition of wooden toys, selling blocks, trains, puzzles and games from companies HABA, Learning Curve and others... |
GAMES |
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Games designed for families and other groups are the most popular... 
The modern idea of a game can include anything from traditional board games to cutting-edge video games to interactive DVD games... |
TDMONTHLY TOY REVIEWS |
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TDmonthly Magazine’s Multimedia Expert has devoted her career to watching and listening to imaginative creations in a variety of media... 
Christina Liu uses toys to help kids with or at risk for developmental delay reach their full potential. This month, her kids make up new animals, break secret codes, learn story structure and more.... 
"We're a bunch of videots," I explain calmly to the film students sitting in my office... 
This month, TDmonthly Magazine's Psychologist Mom takes her kids to the races, prepares them for retirement and more... |
TDMONTHLY TOY ROUNDTABLES |
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From the heart of Georgia, grandmas, moms, daughters, collectors and a retailer turned their critical eyes to soft, poseable 9” fashion dolls known as the Only Hearts Club... 
The wooden Curvino Push Toy by Selecta became a favorite with moms and babes alike because of its craftsmanship and flexibility... 
While investigating blocks, games and frames for little kids, TDmonthly’s Preschool/Early School Roundtable participants favored products... |
TDMONTHLY SHOP TALK |
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Michelle Deutschmann had to overcome well-meaning naysayers when she first contemplated opening a toy store... 
In a Toy Fair Session sponsored by the Toy Industry Association, Nick Morolda ... offered nine tips on how to build and support a successful toy store... 
Fifteen minutes before the show floor opens at the American International Toy Fair, Manager Matt Hannifin of Science Toy Magic in Santa Fe, N.M., waits in the Javits Center, adequately hydrated and armed with a black suitcase on wheels, a laminated, Sharpie-marked map of the exhibition halls secured to the handle... |
TDMONTHLY COOL COMPANY |
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A love of nature and children gave Wild Republic its beginning after founder G.B. Pillai noticed that gift stores at zoos, aquariums and museums could do better at offering merchandise that reflected the visitor experience... |
TDMONTHLY BRASS RING |
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TDMONTHLY TOY BUZZ |
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What looks like a piece of scrap metal but sails through the air like a deranged Frisbee? It's called Toobee, The Amazing Flying Can... 
The introduction of first-generation motion-sensing toys more than 10 years ago created market demand for more intelligent, less expensive and easier-to-operate animated products... |
TDMONTHLY POPULAR STORIES |
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Hollywood’s not dying, despite the rumors, and 2007 is going to be a biggie at the box office ... if competing release dates don't short-circuit the whole thing... 
For the past two years, a committee of concerned members of the toy and game industry has been studying and discussing a proposed Code of Ethics. The Proposed document has been accepted for review by the Toy Industry Association.... 
New York is out and Texas is in. After months of controversy, the Toy Industry Association announced after a meeting of its Executive Committee on Tuesday that this year’s Fall Toy Show will be in Dallas, October 8 to 11.... |
TDMONTHLY TOP-10 MOST-WANTED LISTS |
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TDmonthly was at Toy Fair, too, and here are some of the toys we think kids of all ages, backgrounds and sensibilities would have a hard time resisting:... |
TDMONTHLY UPCOMING ISSUES |
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Ernie Wong, president of Playmaker Toys, believes that toys should speak for themselves. So his scream.... 
