AWARDS, AWARDS, AWARDS…………
The game What? from Outset Media has won GAMES 100 designation from Games Magazine. This is a fantastic party game in which players are asked to write responses to humorous questions and situations, and everyone must guess who wrote what. Ages 14 and up.
Haba continues to win accolades for their toys. Family Fun Magazine has selected the game Cheese Snatching as a 2008 Toy of the Year. Players take turns rolling dice to move Max Mouse and Camilla Cat around the the playing cards. If Max lands on his own square, players pocket some cheese. If he winds up sharing space with Camilla, they must surrender their Swiss! 2 to 4 playes, ages 5 to 99.
Sevilla Building Blocks from Haba was honored with two awards from Dr. Toy! It was named to the Top 10 Active Toys list plus the Best 100 Children’s Products roster.
Marrakech, a new strategy game from Fundex, received a Toy of the Year award from Family Fun Magazine. Marrakech was one of only 36 winners in the 17th annual toy test, winning honors in the 8 to 12 year old age group. Each player takes the role of a salesperson (!) who tries to outwit the others. In turn each player rolls the dice and then moves Assam, the market organizer. If Assam stops on an opponent’s rug, the player must make a payment to its owner before putting one of their own rugs on an adjacent space. When the last rug has been laid, the total number of visible rugs and the number owned by each salesperson are added up. Designed for 2 to 4 players, this one is for ages 6 and up.
Fundex also received awards fromiParenting Media for Don’t Tip the Waiter and Whoops.
Toy Wishes Magazine named Ohio Art’s Ryan 28 one of its All-Star toys in the upcoming holiday issue.
Toy of the Year is the top honor given to Green Toy’s Cookware & Dining Set by Parenting Magazine. Made in the USA of 100% recycled plastic milk containers, this product as well as Green Toy’s other toys, have proved immensely popular already this year!
And finally…….the Oppenheim Platinum (top honors!) award has been given to Sprig Toy’s entire Adventure Series. This award is highly recognized not only within our toy industry but by consumers as well. The Adventure Series will also be highlighted in the Redbook Gift Guide, which has a circulation of 2.25 million. Creative Child Magazine has also recognized the Adventure Series with a Preferred Choice Award.
TIP OF THE MONTH
Top retail salespeople:
- are able to relate to people easily
- let the customer talk most of the time by asking opn-ended questions
- talk about benefits, not features
- are self confident and generally happy people
(from www.dmsretail.com/topsalespeople)
