Win this Zhu Zhu Pet from OWTK! The Zhu Zhu Pets craze, which peaked pre-Christmas, has calmed down quite a bit but may be on the upswing again after the furry lil’ critters took home the 2010 Most Innovative Toy of the Year (TOTY) Award. Want a Zhu Zhu Pet for yourself your kid? In celebration...

Unfortunately, I won’t be at the NYC Toy Fair this year. But, a couple of fine folks I discovered during the 2009 NYC Toy Fair will be back, this time with way more than just prototypes of their inventions. Allow my dispatches here, here and here from the 2009 Toy Fair serve as a primer for your...

My 1st interaction with Evolvems was nearly a year ago, at the 2009 NYC Toy Fair.  There, in that cavernous space, creator Avram Kaufman had a small booth filled with just a couple prototypes of his visionary scientastic toys and some brochures.  Like many inventors/entrepreneurs downstairs at the...

Did you miss Part 1 and the OWTK Essence of Toy Fair? Get caught up now! HEXBUGS (Scroll to the bottom for a HEXBUG Giveaway!)Hexbugs had a gorgeous booth upstairs at Toy Fair ‘09. Inside, the bugs were spastic, crawling all over their display platforms. ‘Twas a very active scene, into...

During my 2 days at Toy Fair 2009 I saw a TON of kid’s stuff – doll babies, puzzles, stuffed animals and action figures, among other trinkets and accessories. I decided to feature about a dozen products that I thought were unique or just plain cool. Here’s the first installment of...

I attended the first two days of Toy Fair 2009 in New York City. Officially speaking, I was not there as a member of the “press”. The line between personal blogger and actual, real-life press outlet is a blurry one and while OWTK definitively comes closer to the latter side of the ledger,...