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NYC Toy Fair 2012 Recap: Xia-Xia Hermit Crabs, Zhu Zhu Puppies & DaGeDar

NYC Toy Fair 2012 Recap: Xia-Xia Hermit Crabs, Zhu Zhu Puppies & DaGeDar
Tweet One way to judge the popularity of a toy is to hand it, as a complete surprise, to a child who’s age and gender are smack dab in the middle of the product’s target demographic. If you’ll allow me to extrapolate the reaction...
February 28th, 2012 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

Squinkies Zinkies: The Small Get Smaller

Squinkies Zinkies: The Small Get Smaller
Tweet It can’t be helped. Whether it’s spoons, baby socks, or Squinkies, we all love tiny things in this house. The spoons are for yogurt. The socks re-purposed as baby doll clothes. And the Squinkies, well, they’ve proved extremely...
February 17th, 2012 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

Exclusive Sneak Peek of American Girl Crafts 2012 Product Line

Exclusive Sneak Peek of American Girl Crafts 2012 Product Line
Tweet 2011 was quite a year in the hobby world as crafts overtook golf as America’s #1 hobby-related pastime (in total sales). For reals. Seems knitting is way more relaxing than shanking yet another 4-iron into the deep rough.  Personally,...
February 14th, 2012 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

Kid’s Toy Review: Squiggles Ocean and Squiggle Style (RandomLine)

Kid’s Toy Review: Squiggles Ocean and Squiggle Style (RandomLine)
Tweet I briefly meet the folks at RandomLine in February during the hectic NYC Toy Fair ’11. I had only a few moments with them, but that was enough to confidently state that the maker of the hit drawing product Squiggles is upping the ante...
May 17th, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

DaGeDar – Badass Balls

Tweet Prototype DaGeDar track set up from NYC Toy Fair 2011 I came away from NYC Toy Fair 2011 impressed with many brands and toys and I wrote about a good number of the products I saw there, including DaGeDar from the makers of Zhu Zhu Pets.  The...
May 6th, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

WAPPY DOG (from Activision for NDS) @ NYC Toy Fair 2011

WAPPY DOG (from Activision for NDS) @ NYC Toy Fair 2011
Tweet OWTK got a private sneak peek at Wappy Dog, a new Nintendo DS game from Activision that merges the handheld video game world with the interactive toy market. This cute dog, Wappy (of course your child is free to change that name), interacts...
March 4th, 2011 | OWTK TECH REVIEWS, OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

MY STUFFIE @ NYC Toy Fair 2011

Tweet As I remarked 2 years ago, NYC Toy Fair is filled with many, many suits but also with many innovators, inventors, and passionate moms and dads pouring themselves into their product trying hard to live the entrepreneurial dream.  No matter...
March 3rd, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

LEGO @ NYC Toy Fair 2011

LEGO @ NYC Toy Fair 2011
Tweet In 2011 LEGO will look to improve upon the tremendous market share gained in ’10 in the board game category.  That’s right, board games.  If you spent last year inside a dark, dark cave you may not know that the famous construction...
March 2nd, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

PATCH PRODUCTS @ NYC Toy Fair 2011

Tweet The Wisconsin toy & game company Patch Products (the folks behind the famous magnetic bearded fellow Wooly Willy and the dice game Farkle) have numerous impressive new products hitting toy store shelves in 2011. Here’s a look at...
March 1st, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

COLORFORMS @ NYC Toy Fair 2011

COLORFORMS @ NYC Toy Fair 2011
Tweet 60 years. 60 freakin’ years! That’s a long time for a single product to stick around yet that’s exactly the anniversary the classic toy Colorforms is celebrating this year. A limited edition Colorforms 60th anniversary edition...
February 25th, 2011 | OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More
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