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Playthings EXTRA for November 25, 2009
 

Editorial Opportunity: Toy Fair 2010 Issue Deadline

The deadline for Playthings' TOY FAIR 2010 issue will be here before you know it! See the "Editorial Invites" section of Playthings.com for instructions on how to submit your 2010 new product news to us for inclusion in our Toy Fair issue.
 
 
And
And the 2009 TOTY nominees are…
The Toy Industry Association has announced the nominees for this year's Toy of the Year awards program. Click to continue
 
Zhu Zhu Pets guru among TAGIE winners
The year’s top toy and game designers were feted at the Toy and Game Inventors Expo TAGIE Awards on Friday night. Click to continue
 
 
Holiday shopping plans changing this year
The NPD Group’s latest holiday shopping survey says that consumers plan to adjust how they shop this holiday season. Click to continue
 

TOY OF THE WEEK
Striving to mix the most compelling elements of trading card gaming, video games and virtual world play, Smith & Tinker’s Nanovor is a digital monster battling game that lets kids attempt to outwit each other online and through a handheld unit, the Nanoscope (pictured; $49.99). Click to continue
 
Alex adds more overseas stores
Arts and crafts mainstay Alex said this week that it has or will open internationally three new branded stores. Click to continue
 
 
TIA
TIA lists first TSCP-certified toys
The Toy Industry Association recently announced the first products to be certified under the newly launched Toy Safety Certification Program. Click to continue
 
Hidden City joins ASTRA
Bella Sara TCG publisher and licensor Hidden City Games has joined the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association as it looks to expand efforts in that market segment. Click to continue
 
 
Mom
Mom Market Trends Blog: How to pitch mommy bloggers
Playthings.com blogger Stephanie Azzarone writes: Any of you who are regular Mom Market Trends readers know that Child's Play Communications hosted it second annual Bloggers Brunch last week and that the event featured a panel presentation titled, "What Does a Mommy Blogger Want?" My plan was to review the video of the presentation and summarize some tips -- but one of the bloggers in attendance did such a fabulous job on her own blog that I thought I'd send you there instead. Click to continue
 

Out of the Toy Box Blog: The TAGIES: A night with the stars
Richard Gottlieb writes: I have to set this scene for you. Friday night, we are all standing in the Adler Planetarium with its enormous glass windows that afford a panoramic view of the night time Chicago skyline. Inside resides a large crowd of toy industry professionals and loved ones, drinking cocktails and eating hors d’eourves. This well-dressed crowd has come together to celebrate the TAGIES (the Toy and Game Inventor Awards)...

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PLAYTHINGS.com POLL

Sales of web-enabled toys in my store:

  • have continued to increase
  • have peaked and begun to decline
  • have been steady
  • have fallen rapidly
  • We don't carry web-enabled toys

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Have a profitable week,

Cliff Annicelli, Editor
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