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Article Archive: Outdoor Fun
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Polaris Rush RC Snowmobile: Is It Worth the Hype?
The Polaris Rush RC Snowmobile is an exciting concept for RC enthusiasts and kids alike—a radio-controlled snowmobile designed to bring the thrill of snow racing to your backyard. However, while it looks cool and sounds like fun, the actual performance of the Polaris Rush RC Snowmobile has led to mixed...
11/1/2024
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Toys in the News 12/10/2021
Tons of toys are on sale right now at Target during this buy two, get one free sale USA TODAY bookmark_border share more_vert Teaching a Sunnyvale spaniel to share her toys with her little brother The Mercury...
12/1/2021
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How to Fight A Bear!
Hailey Morinico, a bear with two cubs, a home in Bradbury, California, off the wall!!...
6/1/2021
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Spin Master and Feld Entertainment Inc. Expand Partnership With New Five-Year Licensing Agreement fo
Spin Master Corp. (TSX: TOY) (www.spinmaster.com), announced a licensing partnership with Feld Entertainment Inc. (www.feldentertainment.com) as the new global master toy partner for Supercross, the off-road motorcycle racing series, attracting professional riders chasing their dreams in the well-known stadiums to become the Supercross Champion. The five-year licensing agreement begins in...
8/1/2020
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Top-10 Most-Wanted Ride-On Toys
With additional reporting by Chris Lundy and Brenda RuggieroWarm weather is finally here, and it's time for kids to get outside and get moving!We asked specialty retailers to share with us their best-selling ride-on toys. Check out the most popular below and see which would be a good fit for...
4/1/2015
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Outdoor Toys
Spring has technically sprung, and though snow and chilly temperatures may be lingering in some parts of the country, it's time to start thinking about outdoor toys...
4/1/2014
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 Retailers Share Anticipated Summer Hits
There's still time to stock up on hot new summer toys, so TDmonthly asked retailers to share which products they think will be best-sellers this season...
5/1/2013
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Ride-On Toys
The Plasmacar from PLASMART was still driving big sales when TDmonthly Magazine interviewed retailers about their best selling ride-on toys in a March 2013 survey...
4/1/2013
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 April Staff Picks
This month's "Staff Picks" focuses on outdoor toys, now that warmer weather is making its way across the country. But, for those rainy Spring days, we've also included a couple of unique toys that will entertain indoors...
4/1/2013
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 Retailing Tips for Boosting Springtime Sales
Now that the holidays are over, what's the best way to keep customers coming in your doors? We asked a few seasoned retailers to share their top tips for boosting springtime sales...
3/1/2013
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 NoodleBlox Builds Brighter Future for Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation
When searching for a metaphor that would elucidate the groundbreaking research being conducted by the Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation, filmmaker and TDmonthly Director of Videography Alison Marek remembered a unique building system she'd shot at the 2011 Western Toy & Hobby Retailers Association meeting: Noodle Blox...
11/1/2012
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 Regulatory Compliance of Aquatic Toys and Aquatic Equipment
Aquatic toys, life preservers and aquatic equipment are all designed for use in or on the water. To ensure regulatory compliance and thereby consumer safety, manufacturers need to make sure to define their products accordingly...
8/1/2012
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 14 Summer Toys for Sunny Days
The sun is shining, children are home from school, and your frazzled customers are looking for things to do outside with kids — anything to keep them entertained and occupied...
6/1/2012
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Aircraft and Flying Toys
When TDmonthly interviewed retailers in November of 2011 about their top selling flying toys and aircraft, the answers varied from simple balsa wood gliders to the explosive Stomp Rocket...
12/1/2011
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 Let's Get Physical
Some speculated that the number of toys encouraging movement and outdoor fun were a result of Michelle Obama's “Let's Move” campaign...
4/1/2011
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Outdoor Toys
When TDmonthly Magazine quizzed 15 specialty retailers about their best-selling outdoor toys, the results were clear...
4/1/2011
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Flying Toys
The Wright Brothers pinned their hopes for flight on a wooden biplane. Kids, though, will launch anything from a rocket to a monkey...
12/1/2010
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 Watch Toy Videos of the Day (8/1/2010 - 8/6/2010)
Week 1's Videos of the Day feature a variety of outdoor sports toys for two-player fun, including the Uberdart from A&J Suppliers, Zing Air Zartz from Zing, and the OgoSport Super Sports disc set...
8/1/2010
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 My Best Sellers: Dancing Bear Toys Ltd.
At Dancing Bear Toys Ltd. in North Carolina’s Asheville and Hendersonville, the Evers family imagines that customers are guests in their living room...
7/1/2010
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Toys: July 2010
According to a June 2010 TDmonthly Magazine survey of 40 specialty retailers, outdoor and water toys have seen massive sales increases with the onset of summer...
7/1/2010
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Holiday Preview: Sporting Goods & Outdoor Toys
Saturnian 1 Sport and Monkey Business Sports will give kids workouts large and small with soccer this holiday season, while Can You Imagine makes a big boom with its new rocket. See more of TDmonthly’s Holiday Preview of Sporting Goods and Outdoor Toys in the list below.For products that interest...
6/1/2010
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Toys: June 2010
Kids (and their parents) continue flocking to perennial favorites like kites, puzzles and LEGO, but a more recent and fad-crazy release, Silly Bandz from BCP Imports, tops this month’s list of best-selling toys...
6/1/2010
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 Summary of Online Toy Reviews
TDmonthly Magazine’s Review Scout scours the Web weekly for reviews of new and hot products so you don’t have to spend your time searching. Check this space for briefs on reviews and ratings from across the nation and even the globe...
5/1/2010
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 Videos: Outdoor Toys Fire, Fly, Scoot and Bounce
Beware of shooting marshmallows, streams of water and freshly filled water balloons! TDmonthly Magazine's videos of outdoor toys from early 2010 exhibitions show creatively engineered flying toys...
5/1/2010
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Sports & Outdoor Toys
With spring around the corner all over the country, TDmonthly Magazine set out to find what specialty retailers are selling most as families prepare to go outside and play...
4/1/2010
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 Summary of Online Toy Reviews
TDmonthly Magazine’s Review Scout scours the Web weekly for reviews of new and hot products so you don’t have to spend your time searching...
3/1/2010
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 Summary of Online Toy Reviews
TDmonthly Magazine’s Review Scout scours the Web weekly for reviews of new and hot products so you don’t have to spend your time searching...
3/1/2010
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 TDmonthly's Top-10 Toys from Toy Fair 2010
Toy Fair unfailingly has an overwhelming selection of new toys and games every year, which is one reason TDmonthly Magazine brought you daily updates on our favorite toys and specialty retailers' recommended items...
3/1/2010
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 Video Interview: Toy Fair Trends Get All "A's"
The main trends to watch for this year ... are Active Toys that stimulate both body and mind, Affordable playthings that feature low cost and multiple uses, Accessible items that let kids access their favorite brands via a variety of media and products, and Aspirational products...
3/1/2010
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 Toy Videos of the Day: 2-25-10
We want you to see the toys we see, so you can determine if they're right for your store! Check this space every weekday to see brief video clips of new specialty products...
2/1/2010
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 Reviewers Stitch, Snap and Shovel for Fun
TDmonthly Magazine reviewers have given their opinions on everything from fish-hunting penguins to recycled bracelets with a customizable message. What do these six products have in common?...
12/1/2009
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 Top-10 Most-Wanted Toys for Tween Boys
Notoriously difficult to select products for, boys in their pre and early teens may not be so fixated on electronics and video games after all...
11/1/2009
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 My Best Sellers: Golden Apple Learning Store
Originally founded as a teacher supply store, the Golden Apple Learning Store in Pleasanton, Calif., has developed over three decades into a toy store that also caters strongly to educators...
10/1/2009
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Holiday Preview - Science & Nature
Science doesn’t have to be boring, especially this year when kids can pick up a solar-powered robot dog, adopt some frogs, hug a plush tummy, and play archaeologists as they search pyramids for mummies. See these and other science toys and kits below...
5/1/2009
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 Fairies and Classic Water Toys Hit the Back Yard
A day at the beach is wonderful, but not always practical or affordable, which is why toy manufacturers this year are especially focused on bringing the amenities of a warm vacation to people’s own back yards...
5/1/2009
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 Unscooter Yields Great Workout, Incites Envy
I was very excited to try out the new and bigger Slider since I'd had the pleasure of trying out the smaller version earlier. My coworkers and I were meeting for Happy Hour after work and since my car was out of the way to drop off the unit, so I decided to Unscoot myself to the bar...
4/1/2009
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 My Best Sellers: Kazoo & Company
At Kazoo & Company in Denver, a well-built team and outstanding customer service are the store’s key elements of success...
3/1/2009
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 Retailer Spotlight: Kazoo & Company
With a background in Fortune 500 companies, Diana Nelson had a lot going for her when it came time for a fresh start. In 1998, she was facing a divorce and needed to support her sons, a 2-year-old and a 10-month-old...
3/1/2009
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 Retailer Spotlight: The Gifted Child
For the first 17 years of her business, Owner Randy Austin of The Gifted Child in Lenox, Mass., lived in New York City and was only at her store — three hours away — on the weekends...
10/1/2008
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 Sand-Goh! Offers Better Way to Build
Watching his children build sand castles with buckets and shovels during a 2006 vacation in Anguilla, real estate attorney Jerry Taufield figured there had to be a better way.....
3/1/2008
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 Million-Dollar Contracts
Future Derek Jeters and Maria Sharapovas will appreciate the chance to flex their muscles...
6/1/2007
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 TDmonthly's Psychologist Mom
Dr. Wright doesn't just look at toys; she analyzes them. This month, TDmonthly Magazine’s Psychologist Mom Tangoes to go, improves her Volangulary, and more...
5/1/2007
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 How to Move Outdoor Toys Out
With just a few months to sell outdoor toys, they’ve got to move quickly, 18 specialty toy-store owners told TDmonthly Magazine...
4/1/2007
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 Outdoor Toys Soar in Off-Season
Launchable rockets are soaring this winter, with more than 25 percent of retailers hailing airborne toys as the No. 1 item to watch...
12/1/2006
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 A Great Ride for All Ages
When John Simpson headed out for sushi in 2000, he had no idea that a chance meeting would change the course of his life .....
9/1/2006
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 Get Up and Go!
With the Christmas buying season in swing, how does a manufacturer of outdoor toys deal with the fourth quarter shelf-space melee?...
7/1/2006
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 TDmonthly’s Top 10 Most Wanted Water Toys
Traditional water toys, such as sprinklers, diving toys and water guns, have been given a boost by new technologies, transforming the mundane into mondo cool...
7/1/2006
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 Water on the Runway
The most difficult hurdle water toy (i.e., beach, pool and snow) producers face is the short selling season...
4/1/2006
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Outdooors Products
The following products are from manufacturers you won't find at the 2006 Toy Fair...
1/1/2006
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 Xtra Fielder: A Safe Way to Learn Baseball
For parents and educators tired of seeing kids injured by baseballs while squabbling over a referee's calls, the Xtra Fielder Backyard Net System from Xtra Fielder LLC brings fun back to outdoor play...
11/1/2005
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 Outdoor Toys For All Seasons
This season, kids will have more reason than ever before to venture outdoors. Whether they head to the backyard, local pool or distant mountains, they’ll have good reason to run and play. Even adults can get in on the fun...
4/1/2005
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 TDmonthly’s Top 10 Most Wanted Sand Toys
Sand play helps to develop physical, social, and mental skills. While any beachgoer will admit that the sand itself can attract a child’s attention for many hours, adding accessories will only increase the “fun-factor” and learning opportunities...
4/1/2005
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Outdoor Fun Leads Kids On Adventure
This year, outdoor toys are going to lure children into their own backyards and beyond. Showing kids that getting decent exercise is as important as learning about mother nature, these toys will excite young adventurers. Check out the following wild products...
1/1/2005
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Outdoor Fun--Sales of $2.4 Billion
With sales of $2.4 billion last year reported by NPD group and this year’s launch of the first annual American International Outdoor Fun Showcase (formerly the American International Outdoor Toy Show), outdoor toys show promise of continued growth...
12/1/2004
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 Playground Kids Forever
In 1999, three toy professionals who had worked together previously in developing and selling toys targeted at mass-market accounts, decided they were disillusioned with the direction of the toy industry, so they decided to alter it. Jeff Alward, Susan McDonnell and Jim Fink are the creators of Playground Enterprises...
10/1/2004
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Bubble and Set
Strombecker Corp. Never get your hands sticky again by blowing bubbles when you use Endless Bubbles by Strombecker Corp. Forget about dipping the bubble wand or wasting your breath blowing bubbles. This spill-proof bubble toy blows out streams of perfect bubbles for your children to enjoy! It comes in assorted...
9/1/2004
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OUTDOOR TOYS
Extex The Razor Airgo pogo stick is for fun-loving active kids and adults! It will support 60 to 220 pounds without springs, but adjustable air compression. It features aircraft-grade aluminum construction and TIG welding for extreme durability. It is lightweight and folds to 8” x 22” for easy storage...
8/1/2004
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OUTDOOR TOYS
Basic Fun Basic Fun has a Spider-man Squirtz™ that fits perfectly in the palm of your hand. Spider-man Squirtz™ can shoot dozens of shots to 20 feet with only one fill-up. The conveniently small size is perfect for pouncing on and surprising your enemies! Ages 6 and up. ($4.99)...
7/1/2004
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Toys To Bark For
If Andy Warhol would have designed a line of dog toys...
4/1/2004
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OUTDOOR TOYS
A Corvette for Little Speedsters Dorel Juvenile Group is going to be making wee car lovers very happy with their new line of battery powered Ride Ons, including the Corvette C5-R ($279.99, ages 3 and up). Among the C5-R´s features are a working FM radio; a two-speed transmission; reverse capability;...
3/1/2004
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