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TDmonthly Videos of Products by EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS INC.
Below are the products and videos TDmonthly has filmed for EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS INC.
Design and DrillMSRP: $39.95Age: 3 and upCategory: Educational Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 28943Kids can fire up this "power drill," grab some bolts and create a mosaic masterpiece. Designed to build coordination, the kit includes a power drill, screwdriver, wrench, three interchangeable drill bits, 20 bolts, an 11.5" pegboard and 20 idea cards. 6/16/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] Blurt!ŪAge: 10 and upCategory: General Games Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 23789Think fast! What word means “a partially dried grape”? Be the first to say “raisin,” and you’re on your way to winning this riotous game of rapid word recall. Players take turns reading clues aloud, competing to blurt out the correct answer first and move ahead on the board. The first person or team to circle the board wins. Sounds simple, right? But as the race for the right word heats up, and the blurting gets boisterous, it’s easy to get tongue-tied! Blurt is a great vocabulary builder for kids, a hilarious addition to adult parties, and a must for family game night. Includes junior version for ages 7 to 9. For 3 to 12 players. 5/20/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] KanoodleMSRP: $10.99Age: 7 and upCategory: General Games Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 20962The Kanoodle case holds two solitaire games that challenge the player to build colorful 2D puzzles and 3D pyramids. Once a child picks a design from the included puzzle book, he or she puts some of the pieces into place as shown, then fills the empty spots with the remaining pieces. Only one of hundreds of possible combinations actually completes the puzzle. — Three of 68 specialty retailers named Kanoodle when asked about their top-selling toy or game in October 2008. — Dean Smith, co-owner of JaZams in Pennington, N.J., told TDmonthly in October 2008 his store sells about 24 units of Kanoodle each month. 10/17/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] Color SchemeMSRP: $29.99Age: 6 and upCategory: General Games Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 12183This tactical, two-player, color-mixing game brings the color palette to life. Players choose a secondary “target” color (orange, green or purple), and then use primary colored tiles to blend colors and get three target-colored tiles in a row. Players calculate and strategize as they rotate the swiveling tower to block their opponents while trying to win. The game includes a game tower, 30 dual-colored tiles and a guide. “It is incredibly challenging, yet easy for younger children to learn. ... A player must think several steps ahead of his or her competitor,” Kati Elliot of KEH Communications told TDmonthly. Launch date: May 2007. 4/3/2007 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] Mr. ScramblesMSRP: $39.99Age: 3 and upCategory: General Games Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 11501Mr. Scrambles is the talking, singing egg that will have kids cracking up. Mr. Scrambles leads kids in seven egg-citing activities — energetic eggs-ercise games, a hilarious hide-and-seek egg hunt, and spirited sing-alongs featuring familiar favorites like the Alphabet Song and even a cool rap! While playing with Mr. Scramble, kids stay active, develop important gross motor skills, and learn to follow directions. The game requires 3 AA batteries (not included). 2/19/2007 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] Blokus TrigonMSRP: $29.99Age: 5 and upCategory: General Games Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 7199The next in the series of the international best-seller Blokus. Designed for two to four players, it was launched in 2006. THIS PRODUCT IS NO LONGER DISTRIBUTED BY EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS. 12/4/08. 3/10/2006 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
PlayFoamMSRP: $9.99Age: 5 and upCategory: Arts & Crafts Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 5962PlayFoam provides hours of creative fun with its lightweight, colorful foam-sculpting material that won't crumble, stick to skin or surfaces or dry out. According to an Educational Insights press release, PlayFoam was being “pre-ordered by the hundreds” at Toy Fair 2006.
— Sally Lesser, owner of Henry Bear’s Park in Massachusetts, told TDmonthly in spring 2007 that PlayFoam is a product her stores try to keep “in stock all the time, as I’m sure anyone would.” In fall 2007, Owner Idanna Smith of Juggles in Wakefield, R.I., named it as a best seller.
— Jim Whitney, president of Educational Insights, shared this insight with TDmonthly: "From the moment you touch PlayFoam it intrigues and fascinates ... It combines all the fun of sculpting with the soft, dry, squishy tactile feeling of a stress ball. It ... will last for years and is addictively fun."
— PlayFoam, a winner of a TDmonthly Top Toy 2007 award, is one of those creative alternatives to clay that many specialty retailers have made a staple in their stores. The reusable product comprises tiny foam balls that draw textural interest for the sculptor and offer visual appeal in a finished creation. Playfoam easily encourages open-ended play. Where to Buy: Berkira; EQuick Xpress 12/14/2005 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
Letīs Pretend BlenderMSRP: $19.99Age: 3 and upCategory: Preschool Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 4330Kids can whip up their own fake smoothies in this child-sized pretend blender. It has two settings, a clear measuring cut that holds real liquids, and a sturdy weighted base. A "pulse" button adds extra authenticity. The base is bright yellow, the dial is red, and the base is blue. It needs 3AA batteries, which are not included. 8/26/2005 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] HeximaniaMSRP: $24.99Age: 6 and upCategory: Board Games Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 4298Building words has never been so fun, or wild. This Hexagonal board game teaches spelling, letter identification, visual discrimination and vocabulary. Spinning the board as they go, the players take turns placing letter tiles, earning points for each word built. As long as letters are adjoining and in the proper sequence, words may be read in any direction-up, down, backwards and forwards. The person with the highest score when the board is full, wins! 8/24/2005 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] Space FacesMSRP: $29.99Age: 4 and upCategory: Board Games Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 4297Space Faces is an outer space search-and-rescue mission. It´s a race to identify stranded galactic travelers by the colors of their "space faces." Comes with a game board with 120 unique space faces, an alien identification device, 20 purple aliens, four rescue craft and a guide. 8/24/2005 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] TeddyMSRP: $19.99Age: 3 and upCategory: Preschool Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 2112Even non-readers can learn basic skills from Teddy, the teaching bear. Teddy comes with 24 two-sided game cards that fit onto a sturdy Play Pad. Children learn colors, shapes, visual discrimination, alike and different, go-together, and counting. With infinite patience, Teddy lets children know if they answered their questions correctly. 12/29/2004 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?] ChameleonAge: 7 and upCategory: Puzzles & Skill Watch Video NowToyDirectory Product ID#: 2065It´s the 3-D building game with a colorful twist! Chameleon is an exciting and challenging memory game that requires concentration, strategy and a double dose of luck. Players compete to construct colorful towers using special blocks with hidden color strips revealed only when one block is stacked on the next. Surprise! The block instantly transforms into a new color. If you make a color match, you take another turn and keep building. If the colors are different, you must dismantle the tower and take all the stacked blocks as yours, except the top. Get rid of all your blocks first, and you´re the Chameleon champ! So sharpen your memory as you track the blocks to match how they interact with each color. And look for that special extra lucky block, the WILD BAR! You´ll need skill, luck and "stacktactics" to stay on top! - Aire Norell 12/27/2004 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]
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