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Walk-A-Long Puppy by HAPE
Walk-A-Long Puppy
MSRP: $24.99
Age: 1 to 3
Category: Infant & Toddler
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 34007

Sit. Stand. Roll! Teach this silly dog some new tricks. Walk-A-Long Puppy is from the Early Explorers range of the Hape Collection.  Measuring 8.66”L x 3.54“W x 6.38”H, Walk-A-Long Puppy is age graded for children 12 Months +. The toy is beautifully crafted of FSC certified wood from sustainable forests and colored with safe water based paint. Launch date: July 2012. 3/26/2012 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Quadrilla Twist and Rail Set by HAPE
Quadrilla Twist and Rail Set
MSRP: $150.00
Age: 3 to 8
Category: Construction
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 34006

The possibilities are endless with the 147-piece Quadrilla Twist and Rail Set. A combination of straight and curved rails and even funnels plus color-coordinated blocks offers a new level of fascination to a build and play toy. Launch date: January 2012.
Awards: 2006 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award; 2007 TDmonthly Top Seller Award; 2007 Creative Child Preferred Choice Award. 3/26/2012 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

At the Farm by HAPE
At the Farm
Age: 1 and up
Category: Books
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 34005

Sturdy wooden pages and simple pictures encourage babies to read along with you. (8 pages). Made of Wood, Water based paint, String. 10 mos and up. 3/26/2012 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Gingerbread Baking Set by HAPE
Gingerbread Baking Set
Age: 3 and up
Category: Pretend Play
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 34004

A rolling pin, cookie cutters, and felt "dough" make baking seem real. Flip the shapes over and they're already decorated. Made of Wood, Water based paint, Felt, Aluminium alloy. 3/26/2012 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Pancakes by HAPE
Pancakes
MSRP: $24.99
Age: 3 to 7
Category: Pretend Play
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 33896

What could be better than a stack of pancakes for breakfast? Sliced strawberries and maple syrup add the finishing touches. "Combination of felt and wood with silk screen printed details on the strawberries. Nutrition facts on the back of the pancake box suggest playing with this Hape toy boosts the imagination," Robin Lehnert, Marketing Manager for Hape North America, told TDmonthly. Launch date: January 2012.
Awards: 2012 Finalist for ASTRA Best Toys for Kids 3/13/2012 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Pound and Tap Bench by HAPE
Pound and Tap Bench
MSRP: $29.99
Age: 1 to 5
Category: Musical Toys
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 33433

Pounding sends the balls tinkling over the xylophone. Pull out the keyboard and the xylophone can be played solo. All Hape products comply with EN71 and ASTM quality standards - wood used comes from FSC managed forests.
Awards: May 2012 TDmonthly Top Toy Award. Why it won: This item was named a Top-10 Musical toy in February and a Top-10 Wooden toy in March by specialty retailers interviewed by TDmonthly. Its innovative design combines the elements of the popular shape sorting/tapping toy and the xylophone, giving it great play value.
— As of 1/6/2012 this product had 4.2 out of 5 stars from 13 reviews on Amazon.com. Pros: Durable; lots of ways to play. Cons: The keyboard is not properly tuned.
— In a 2012 survey about Musical Products, three out of 13 retailers said this item was their best seller. Kelly Boone, manager of The Elephant's Trunk in Greenville, S.C., told TDmonthly that they sold at least 36 during the holidays.
— In a February 2012 survey about wooden toys, two out of 14 retailers said that this was their bestseller in the category. Kristin Dolle, manager of Playthings Toy Shoppe in Louisville, Ky. told TDmonthly that they sell between 8 and 12 units of this item each month. 1/9/2012 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Creative Cookery Club by HAPE
Creative Cookery Club
MSRP: $119.00
Age: 3 and up
Category: Play Houses
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 33238

This wooden kitchen designed in Switzerland features a sink, stovetop, cupboard, oven with see-through plexiglass door, and backsplash with three pegs, and includes 23 wooden pieces of play cookware, food and utensils. Made of Baltic birch. 12/1/2011 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Healthy Basics by HAPE
Healthy Basics
MSRP: $29.99
Age: 3 and up
Category: Novelties
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 29230

This non-toxic wooden child-sized Healthy Basics food set lets kids create their own mealtime treats. The food is undersized, making it perfect for small hands, and simply designed so that it is identifiable but durable. The set includes three eggs, a bottle of apple juice, a bottle of orange juice, an orange juicebox, a jar of blueberry jam, strawberry yogurt, a carton of milk, and a wheel of cheese. 6/29/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Rainbow Xylophone by HAPE
Rainbow Xylophone
MSRP: $19.99
Age: 1 to 4
Category: Infant & Toddler
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27999

This high-quality wooden xylophone is designed with lifestyle colors, has a handle for easy toting and storage for two sticks. The baltic birch frame and maple keys and two sticks offer fun, safe early melodies. Robin Lehnert, Hape Marketing Manager, told TDmonthly, "A 10-month old begins with a rap and a tap. Who knows what could happen next on the very beginner xylophone." Launch date: February 2010.
— In a January 2014 survey, Cariad Owens Fichtner, manager of Out of the Blue, Ltd in Albuquerque, N.M., told TDmonthly that Hape Xylophones were one of the top-2 best-selling musical toys at her store.
— In a January 2015 survey, two out of 10 retailers told TDmonthly that Xylophones were their store's best-selling music toys. 4/14/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Totter Tower by Hape by HAPE
Totter Tower by Hape
MSRP: $39.95
Age: 3 to 8
Category: Eco-Friendly
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27998

The intelligent design of this product uses bamboo rings to form very unique building blocks. The distinct angles of the bamboo rings combined with textile edges that act as "grips" create endless possibilities for building exciting shapes and structures. It includes 24 angular bamboo rings and an instruction guide. Hape International Marketing Manager Robin Lehnert told TDmonthly, "The eco-friendly activity helps children develop a sense of spatial awareness, geometry and hand-eye coordination." Launch date: July 2010. 4/14/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Stormy Seas by HAPE
Stormy Seas
MSRP: $39.95
Age: 3 to 8
Category: Eco-Friendly
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27997

Stormy Seas is a stacking game where the boat is ready to be loaded with cargo and the seas are moving the boat up, down and sideways. Players must carefully load the boat while balancing the cargo. Includes one boat with flag, 25 cargo pieces and one die. All pieces, other than the flag, are made of bamboo. Launch date: 2010. 4/14/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Eco Garden Patio Set by Hape by HAPE
Eco Garden Patio Set by Hape
MSRP: $49.95
Age: 3 to 7
Category: Dolls - Accessories
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27996

Add an outdoor patio to any dollhouse with bamboo plants, decking, a patio set with a working umbrella, and a miniature grill with four shish kabobs. Hape International Marketing Manager Robin Lehnert told TDmonthly about the company's "use of bamboo to create a very unique and realistic dollhouse furniture set." Launch date: Feb. 2010. 4/14/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Little Drummer by HAPE
Little Drummer
MSRP: $19.99
Age: 1 to 4
Category: Musical Toys
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27995

Youngsters can tap on both sides of this wood drum. One side is a classic tone drum and the other has a regular drum sound. The see-through drum surface allows children to trace beads inside in a secure maze. It comes with two drum sticks. Launch date: February 2010. 4/14/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Creative Peg Puzzle by HAPE
Creative Peg Puzzle
MSRP: $19.99
Age: 2 to 7
Category: Construction
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27994

Children start by joining the puzzle bases together and then twist the shapes on the appropriate post. Children can make up their own way to play this stacking and sorting activity that triples as a puzzle, too. Designed with solid baltic birch bases, the Creative Peg Puzzle posts have elasticized bases in case a child falls onto the post. Multiple bases allow for more than one child to play at the same time. Launch date: February 2010. 4/14/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Coffee Maker by HAPE
Coffee Maker
MSRP: $24.99
Age: 3 to 7
Category: Pretend Play
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27990

Children can prepare a cup of joe for themselves or a guest with this modern coffee maker and sugar and cream. They can insert the single-serve coffee filter in the basket and push the button to pretend the coffee is brewing. This product is constructed with a combination baltic birch plywood and maple. Robin Lehnert, Marketing Manager at Hape, told TDmonthly this product features a "modern realistic design in lifestyle colors." Launch date: Feb. 2010. 4/14/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Gourmet Fridge by HAPE
Gourmet Fridge
MSRP: $119.99
Age: 3 to 7
Category: Pretend Play
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27991

The Gourmet Fridge is a modern white wood cabinet-style refrigerator with a top-mounted freezer and six ice cubes ready to provide instant refreshment. Hape Marketing Manager Robin Lehnert told TDmonthly, "High-quality Baltic Birch plywood materials combine with a modern, realistic design in lifestyle colors for this working ice-maker." Launch date: February 2010. 4/14/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Beleduc From Egg to Frog 5-Layer Puzzle by HAPE
Beleduc From Egg to Frog 5-Layer Puzzle
MSRP: $24.00
Age: 3 and up
Category: Wooden Toys
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27666

This layered wooden puzzle teaches kids the stages of a frog's life, from egg to tadpole to juvenile and adult. 3/23/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Woody Click Vehicle Transportation by HAPE
Woody Click Vehicle Transportation
MSRP: $29.99
Age: 3 and up
Category: Wooden Toys
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27663

This natural wood car transporter can tote two chunky vehicles and load and unload them for endless imaginary adventures with its driver Woody Click.  A water based paint adds bright colors to playtime that begins with building the vehicles first and then play. It won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award in 2006. 3/23/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Gourmet Grill (with food) by HAPE
Gourmet Grill (with food)
MSRP: $149.99
Category: Pretend Play
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27378

This realistic-looking barbecue set features a hood that opens and a collapsible side table. It includes red knobs to pretend adjusting the heat during play, and wheels to roll it around to different locations. Primary materials are plywood, MDF and non-toxic paint. It measures 47 cm x 37.5 cm x 60 cm.
— This BBQ set was one of the top-two products mentioned by specialty retailers during ASTRA's Share the Fair event at Toy Fair 2010. 2/25/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Organeco Blocks by HAPE
Organeco Blocks
Category: Infant & Toddler
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 27095

Bright and colourful building blocks made from lightweight bamboo. The blocks are printed with various abstract designs which encourage creativity and imaginative play. Particularly suited for child hands, they can be very easily built on top of each other.
— "Fresh off winning the Toy Innovation Award at the 2010 Nuremberg Toy Fair, Hape has introduced these really big colorful hollow, bamboo construction blocks. Painted with water based paint, the blocks are big and easy for little hands to manipulate," Joe Mitchell, owner of YoYo Joe's Toys & Fun, told TDmonthly at Toy Fair 2010. 2/15/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Beleduc - Zebra Puppet by HAPE
Beleduc - Zebra Puppet
Age: 3 and up
Category: Puppets
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 24620

Playing with puppets can be a joyful experience for children as they create stories, use new words and practice fine motor skills to make puppet gestures. 7/16/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Beleduc - Pig Puppet by HAPE
Beleduc - Pig Puppet
MSRP: $7.95
Age: 3 and up
Category: Puppets
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 24619

This pig glove puppet is soft and easy to manipulate. Snort. 7/16/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Bamboo Dump Truck by HAPE
Bamboo Dump Truck
Category: Vehicles - Small Toy
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 23655

There will be no hazardous waste dumps with this mini dump trucks; it's made of sustainable bamboo. Launch date: Early 2009. 5/12/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Bamboo Sunshine Dollhouse by HAPE
Bamboo Sunshine Dollhouse
Category: Eco-Friendly
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 23125

Bamboo Sunshine Dollhouse is constructed of sustainable bamboo and includes a working solar panel in the roof.  An adjustable, fully operational solar panel absorbs light energy and transfers it to four rechargeable batteries through wiring in the walls, just like in a real house. This energy then lights five LEDs to brighten three rooms of the house with just a push of a button. A light, water-based stain is used on the bamboo and then polished with beeswax. This dollhouse comes fully furnished with nine rooms of bamboo furniture and a modern family of five. "The three-level home is the first dollhouse to offer eco-friendly materials with contemporary designs and modern technology, satisfying both a parent's interest in green products and a child's fascination with role play," Robin Lehnert, marketing manager at Hape, told TDmonthly. Launch date: 2009. 3/31/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Anamalz Rhino by HAPE
Anamalz Rhino
MSRP: $5.95
Age: 3 and up
Category: Preschool
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 16895

Amusing faces and poses make Anamalz simply irresistible. The Australian-designed animals can be moved to look left, right and run or stand on their legs and perform. Each animal is made of renewable wood and textiles and are entirely environmentally-friendly and child safe. Launch date: February 2008.
Awards: Dr. Toy 10 Best Creative Products for 2011; Dr. Toy 100 Best Children’s Products for 2011.
— “No two pieces of Anamalz are the same, as each are handcrafted from grained wood, resulting in individual toys of character and originality,” Robin Lehnert of HaPe International told TDmonthly. “In addition, every animal also bears a unique code on the bottom of one of their feet, allowing the proud new owner to register the toy online, name the animals and print out a personal certificate.”
THIS PRODUCT IS NO LONGER SOLD BY HAPE 1/3/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Bamboo E-Racer by HAPE
Bamboo E-Racer
MSRP: $17.95
Age: 2 and up
Category: Eco-Friendly
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 16893

The E-Racer is part of the "bamboo collection", a line of fun, eco-friendly toys produced by HaPe. Children will be intrigued by the colors and design of the E-Racer while parents will appreciate the natural bamboo shape, water-based colors and sustainable materials. The E-Racer is naturally fun! Launch date: February 2008.
— “It's made of eco-friendly bamboo, a highly sustainable, replenishable material,” Robin Lehnert of HaPe International told TDmonthly. 1/3/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Pandabo Balancing Panda Game by HAPE
Pandabo Balancing Panda Game
MSRP: $10
Age: 4 and up
Category: Wooden Toys
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 3959

Made of bamboo, this little two-dimensional, inch-thick panda with a rocker bottom acts as the main game piece. Players take turns placing pieces of bamboo on him, trying not to tip him over.

—"It’s flying off my shelves! It´s selling like crazy!" according to Jo Ann Barrett, owner of White Rabbit Toys in Ann Arbor, Mich., who has sold out of the product.
— "Yikes! We´ve had a huge run on Pandabo this week!" was posted on the Peapods Natural Toys & Baby Care Web site on July 13. They had sold out of the product.
—What makes it a top seller? "It´s unique, the price is good and the packaging is fantastic," according to Barrett. 7/15/2005 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

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