Time to Play Holiday Showcase overview 2010
Keriann Wilmot from ToyQueen.com, pediatric occupational therapist, shares photos and videos of some of her favorite products showcased at Time to Play Magazine’s Holiday Showcase in NYC on Tuesday Septemer 28th, 2010. Products included from companies such as Leap Frog, Mega Brands, Lego, Disney Consumer Products, Blip Toys, Mattel, Hasbro, Jazwares, Jakks Pacific, Spinmaster, PlaSmart, VTech, Pinkalicious, Learning Curve.
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Hi this is Keri Wilmot from www.ToyQueen.com. Last week, my husband Derek, from www.DadsLanding.com, and I were invited to the Time to Play Holiday Showcase in New York City, where we were able to preview a lot of the hottest holiday toys of the season.
Our first stop was the Leap Frog table, and, in my opinion, Leap Frog continues to develop some of the greatest educational toys for kids ever. They’ve built upon their Tag and Tag Jr. reading systems, to now incorporate both the United States and world maps. Hand-held devices for kids that incorporate learning to read and write through fun games, like the Leapster Explorer, the VTech VReader, the Fisher Price iXL, were very prominent at the event. There are all sorts of great pre-school toys out there that incorporate learning on the go, in the bathtub, through a variety of different games.
Little girls this year are going to love the Mix Pups, where they can rearrange different hairstyles on little dogs. There’s Squinkies by Blip Toys, which are already flying off the shelves.
Those are Zoobles by Spin Master, which are similar to Bakugan for little boys. The Disney Princess and Me dolls are absolutely stunning. There are all sorts of different accessory packages for your little girls, to be able to dress like their favorite princess.
Stinky the Garbage Truck loves to eat Matchbox cars.
There were many different creative activities. Some by Crayola, with the Sound Studio and the Presto Dots. That’s Moon Dough by Spin Master. There was a deluxe workshop called Real Construction by Jakks Pacific.
The family games market was very, very prominent. Lego has been the front runner in this environment, where not only can kids build structures that they like, they can play games once they’re finished.
And that is Loopz by Mattel that incorporates infrared technology.
So, hopefully, over the next couple of weeks, we’ll do some more in-depth reviews of some of these great products so that you can be well-informed before the holiday season.