Toys at Play: Products Caught on Camera

Test your knowledge of one of the world´s most famous wizards with movie clips, puzzlers and questions based on the first three Harry Potter movies, including bonus content from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." How much do you really know about Quidditch, Transfiguration or the Dark Arts? You'll find out as you race your friends around the game board.

This simple game puts children in the middle of a feeding frenzy, as a roll of the dice determines which fish the players must "catch." With ten wooden fish (including one menacing pirahna), the combinations provide unpredictable excitement for 2-4 players.

SET is a board game where any table becomes the board. It is a highly addictive, original game of visual perception. The goal is to be the first to see a SET from the 12 cards laid face up on the table. A SET is three cards that are either all the same or all different in each individual feature. With no turns and no luck, SET is challenging, fast and fun!
Players 1 to 20 (or as many as can fit around a table)
Ages 6 to 99
— “It's a really great game, one that we sell day in and day out,” Sally Lesser, owner of Henry Bear’s Park in Massachusetts, told TDmonthly in spring 2007.
—  Two of 63 retailers mentioned Set when asked about their overall best-selling toy or game in September 2008. Ten of 64 retailers named Set as a best-selling card game in August 2008, and more than 25 percent of 38 retailers said the same in late summer 2009. In Feb. 2010, five of 38 retailers cited it as a top-selling game.
— “[Set is] popular mainly because all ages can play it at the same time,” pointed out Greg Bonner, owner of Heights Toy Center in Little Rock, Ark., in summer 2008.
— In a late summer 2010 TDmonthly survey, 23 percent of 43 retailers surveyed named SET a best-selling card game.
AWARDS: 2010 TDmonthly Top Seller; 2007 TDmonthly Classic

Moses is dressed in hand-sewn clothing and sandals, and carries a walking staff. Using voice chip technology, the doll recites Exodus 20:3-17, the Ten Commandments,  when he is gently pressed near the waist. The 12" doll is made from PVC with hand painted detail. Launch date: August 2007.

This 12" collectible doll depicts Buffy (as played by Sarah Michelle Gellar on the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") as she appeared in the episode "Prophecy Girl," wearing a leather jacket over her white prom gown. She is armed with a crossbow, wooden stake, and cross necklace, and she carries her trusty Vampyr book for those unexpected showdowns with the undead.

These tiny 3" vinyl dolls resemble workers you would expect to find in Santa´s workshop. The first series of Ice-Bots include 14 different characters. One secret design has yet to be released. The dolls are packaged blind, so the character’s identify is a surprise when the box is opened.

The latest entry into the fashion doll trend, Asiana challenges young girls to be "a real fashion designer" by giving them a mannequin, detachable parts, multiple outfits, and a wide assortment of accessories to use in creating a uniquely outlandish fashion style. In the Hottiez "It´s Fashion, Baby" line, Asiana pushes attitude as an accessory all its own.

The latest expansion set includes eight random miniatures with identification cards (from a total of 60 unique iconic monsters), all beautifully detailed and ready for battle right out of the box. Can be used in a stand-alone game, or as addition to already-existing campaigns, this set contains from rare, uncommon and common figures, including the Werebear and the Celestial Pegasus!

KidzMouse Keys provides an accommodating design that encourages children to type. The simplified keyboard has fewer keys than an adult keyboard, 67 rather than the standard 104, including only the essential keys. The touch typing-compatible keys also have a special shape and are color coded to encourage faster typing. Two keyboards can work on the computer at the same time, making it easy for both adults and children to use the same computer, whether at home or in the classroom. Shown here is the Disney - Mickey and Friends Keys which comes with Timon & Pumbaa typing software.

LineChaserz is a technologically amazing and creatively fun vehicle line. Though first introduced at the 2004 Toy Fair, Overbreak is continuing to make a big push on the product this holiday season. The kit allows kids to draw any line with a black marker, which, by just flipping on an easy-to-use switch on the LineChaserz vehicle, will be magically followed by the toy car.

This collectible designer figure is one of only 900 made. He is painted to resemble one of the Luchadors — masked Mexican wrestlers. The figure is asymmetrical, with one arm slightly longer than the other, one ear slightly narrower than the other, and one leg sligthly thinner than the other.