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Pawparazzi Pets Take Center Stage
A series of trend-conscious plush pals hooks kids with an interactive website and packaging. » A closer look at Noodle Head
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Top-5 Most-Wanted Die-Cast
TD’s top five September specialty best sellers include Hot Wheels, Matchbox and school buses. » See the top five
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Which Movie-Themed Toys Will Rock 4Q?
Industry analyst explains why hit movies don't always translate to hit toys. » See why not
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Summary of Hundreds of Online CD Reviews
Soothing sounds, world beats and robotic rock intrigue children and parents. » Music to the ears
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Did you miss last month's announcement about our 2008 award winners and Promising Toys for a Promising Future(tm): TDmonthly Magazine's 2008 Specialty Toys Report?... 
TDmonthly Magazine surveys toy-store owners throughout the country to find out which steady sellers are still doing well
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RC2 Corporation has announced its withdrawal from an agreement to purchase Publications International's Children's Publishing Division... |
TDMONTHLY TOY VIDEOS |
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TDMONTHLY - GET READY TO ORDER! |
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TDMONTHLY SHOP TALK |
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When a retailer owns a store at the North Pole, the choice of a focus is simple: Santa Claus!... 
For the Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska, the focus is simple: Christmas-related items, Alaskan-themed items, and custom toys. Here is a list of the store’s best-selling items... 
Only interested in what’s going on in your market? Take a peek by region to see what to stock and when to think twice:... 
What’s hot one year may not be the next, and even some of the market’s most popular items — Learning Curve’s Thomas & Friends and HaPe’s Quadrilla — can end up destined for a last-chance markdown in some stores, TDmonthly Magazine learned... |
TDMONTHLY TOP-10 MOST-WANTED LISTS |
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TDmonthly Magazine recently surveyed more than 60 specialty retailers around the country about their strongest-selling educational toys and school supplies.... 
The season for giving is just around the corner, and 66 specialty toy retailers have shared with TDmonthly Magazine which gifts customers most prefer for boys, girls and even babies... |
TDMONTHLY SPECIALTY TOYS REPORT |
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TDMONTHLY TOY REVIEWS |
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TDmonthly Magazine’s Teens and Tweens Roundtable appreciated the realism and educational emphasis of The Farming Game by The Weekend Farmer Co., finding it somewhat complicated, but enjoyably engaging.... 
TDmonthly Magazine’s Homeschool Roundtable participants reviewed their own manners as they played Blunders, a board game designed to make learning etiquette and social skills fun.... 
If you want to know which books to sell in your toy store, find out what kids have to say about them.... 
In her latest round of reviews, TDmonthly Magazine’s Psychologist Mom applauds lessons on virtue in classic tales, gives a kid a “boost” with a well-designed product for toddlers, and gets sporty with some hip-hop and indoor bocce.... |
TDMONTHLY TOY BUZZ |
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After a bumpy start, Alyson Probst and Starr Products LLC dba Star Kids Products of Denver is paving the road to success, one pothole at a time... 
Discovering a holiday tradition that draws its heritage from love and family is uncommon these days. But thousands have done just that with Imaginatives’ delightful elf, Christopher Pop-In-Kins... |
TDMONTHLY POPULAR STORIES |
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Despite an onslaught of scientific reports, enacted legislation and consumer calls-to-action since the 2007 toy recalls for lead hazards and defective designs, hard statistical data on the effect and risks of phthalates is still being gathered and assessed... 
When TDmonthly Magazine spoke with Connie Talbot, the 7-year-old singing phenomenon whose “Over the Rainbow” album will debut this month on the AAO Music/Reality label, she said she was hoping to get a bicycle for her birthday on November 20... 
Senators Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) are entering the home stretch of a grueling election year.... 
After an incredibly strong seven months, and with August looking equally good, video game producers and retailers are looking forward to the next four months with trepidation.... |
TDMONTHLY MANUFACTURER'S CORNER |
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TDMONTHLY NEW TOYS |
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TDMONTHLY UPCOMING ISSUES |
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In TDmonthly Magazine's November issue, check out the latest innovations from mass-market (and some specialty) manufacturers, see which big trends may be coming your way... 
Hundreds of companies and thousands of buyers will attend the ABC Kids Expo in Las Vegas this month, and TDmonthly Magazine will be there to capture it... 
