Quercetti Fanta Color Daisy
(International Playthings $19) Platinum Award With 240 colorful pegs of varying sizes and a built-in pegboard, this is an engrossing but...
Learning Resources Take 10 Color Bug Catchers
(Learning Resources $14.95) Roll the color and number dice and pick up the number of bugs in the right color as the dice say. Players use...
eeBoo Trucks and a Bus Matching Game
(eeBoo $16) A concentration matching game with more playful pieces than usual. Turn over all the trucks and the school bus and they all...
Mattel Barbie Film Director
(Mattel $12.99) With her viewfinder around her neck and her utility belt on her waist, Barbie is ready to say, "Lights! Camera! Action!"...
Hasbro FurReal Friends My Jumpin Pug
(Hasbro $39.99) Platinum Award One of the cutest FurReals pets to come jumpin' into toyland. Motion activated, this big-eyed pug puppy...
LeapFrog LeapPad Platinum
(Leap Frog $129.00) The new LeapPad Platinum by LeapFrog is almost identical to their earlier LeapPad XDI Ultra model except for an...
Guidecraft Power Clix Solids
(Guidecraft $99) A 68-piece set of translucent magnified pieces in geometric shapes. These handsome pieces are an invitation for kids to...
Toys R Us Journey Dolls
(Toys R Us $39.99 each) Platinum Award This year's Journey dolls are off to Italy! Ciao! As always they are beautifully fitted out for...
Light Stax 36 piece Light-up Building Blocks
(Light Stax $39.99) Platinum Award All the plastic bricks are the same square size, though in many colors. They come with a base to...
Hape Ice Cream Emporium
(HaPe $149) Platinum Award Our testers live in sunny California, so this is an outdoor/indoor year round pretend prop for them. A...
