May 13th, 2013 
With Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and graduations on the horizon, Vandor has gifts for the most discriminating pop culture fans. From superheroes to timeless fashion icon Marilyn Monroe, Vandor has something for every kind of fan. “We are excited to provide products in DC Comics, Marvel, Dr. Seuss, Star Wars, Hello Kitty and many other [...]
May 13th, 2013 Valerie Morgan 
VTech® (www.vtechkids.com), a world leader in age-appropriate and developmental stage-based electronic learning products for children, today announced that its InnoTab 2S Wi-Fi Learning App Tablet, one of the first children’s learning based tablets with Wi-Fi, has been selected as one of the hottest travel toys for the spring and summer season by the Toy Insider. [...]
May 13th, 2013 Teresa Clark 
Name of product: Children’s Wooden Puzzles Hazard: Small pegs on the puzzle boards can loosen and separate from the boards, posing a choking hazard to children. Consumer Contact: Small World Toys at (800) 421-4153 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, e-mail recall@smallworldtoys.com, or online at www.smallworldtoys.com, then click on “Recall” for [...]
May 10th, 2013 Susan Morris 
Whether you’re buying new toys for the holidays or you have a birthday coming up, one way to keep on top of toy clutter is to get rid of the old, unused toys at the same time. You could just throw them about, but it makes a lot more sense to donate toys that are [...]
May 10th, 2013 Robert Hodges 
Most parents have experienced the sight of a beach ball carried off in a sandy gust of wind, or arriving home after a long, exhausting day at the beach only to discover that one or more of the kids’ plastic beach toys were accidentally left in the sand. The real problem with left-behind beach toys [...]
May 10th, 2013 Jeremy Wilson VTech® (www.vtechkids.com), a world leader in age-appropriate and developmental stage-based electronic learning products for children, continues to assert its commitment to innovation and making learning fun with its current display of products at the Time to Play Spring Showcase (http://www.timetoplaymag.com/). From the top-rated Alphabet Activity Cube, VTech’s #1 new infant electronic learning toy released in [...]
May 9th, 2013 Carolyn Connors 
Strider Sports International, the world’s premier manufacturer and marketer of children’s no-pedal balance bikes, will host five STRIDER Adventure Zones as part of the celebration leading up to the 97th Running of the Indianapolis 500 race. Admission to the STRIDER® Adventure Zone is free with paid admission to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Held in the [...]
May 9th, 2013 Valerie Morgan 
TOMY, the maker of the innovative Chuggington StackTrackTM Railway System, announces a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title attempt scheduled for Saturday, May 11, 2013. Chuggington StackTrack is a durable die-cast railway system that enables kids to achieve elevation in toy train play. The Company will be constructing a larger-than-life toy train layout in an attempt to [...]
May 9th, 2013 Teresa Clark 
Name of product: Dollies Hazard: The hands on the plush dolls can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. Recall Details Units: About 2,500 Description This recall includes plush handmade baby dolls in five styles and colors. The all fabric dolls measure about 12 inches tall and 10 inches wide. The dolls are dressed [...]
May 8th, 2013 Susan Morris 
The best educational toys aren’t necessarily those that teach your child math or science. A toy is educational as long as it aids your child’s development in some sense. For babies, it could be as simple as helping them learn how to grasp objects. For older children, it could be something that encourages their creativity [...]