DR. TOY'S BEST PRODUCTS BY TYPE
2002
Selected by Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D. (Dr. Toy
)


Also of interest: 100 Best Toys of 2002


Key to Type:

 
ac=Arts & Crafts as=Accessories ap=Active Product at=Audio Tape
bg=Board Game bo=Book cd=CD-ROM co=Construction Toy
cp=Creative Product cr=Computer-related dh=Dollhouse do=Doll
el=Electronic es=Educational Skills Product eq=Equipment fp=Fantasy Play
ho=Hobby ml=Musical mm=Multimedia no=Novelty
op=Outdoor Play pu=Puppet pz=Puzzle sr=Social Responsibility
sw=Software pl=Plush Toy tr=Travel ts=Transportation
ty=Toy vt=Video Tape    


ACTIVE TOYS
COMPANY NAME ITEM Price Ages Phone
Active People Bilibo ae cp eq op $20.00 2-7 416-481-5407
All By Myself All By Myself "Getting Dressed" cp es sr vt $14.95 2-5 866-408-5437
Battat Mega Tube Traxx co ty $22.50 5-10 800-822-8828
Design Your Own Design Your Own Kit ac ae cp op ty $19.99 8-12 800-584-6848
International Playthings Honey Bee Tree ae $14.99 3-5 800-631-1272
My Baby and Me Exercise My Grandbaby and Me vt $17.95 1-12 mos 888-741-2229
PAKA Preschool Products Cubee Tunnels ae co cp es ho $30.00 0-3 800-387-2587
Parent's Magazine/Battat Busy Park Playground es ty $49.99 1-2 800-822-8828
Plastwood Corporation Geomag co cp es ho tr $19.95 3-10 800-647-9989
Playmobil 3186 - Airport cp fp sr ts ty $89.99 4-8 800-752-9662
AUDIO / VIDEO
COMPANY NAME ITEM Price Ages Phone
Advanced Brain Technologies Music for Babies cd es ml $15.95 0-3 888-228-1798
Anchor Bay Entertainment Thomas & Friends Salty's Secret
& Other Thomas Adventures
vt
$12.98 2-6 800-233-3738
Atori Publishing Finny Finds Friends in the Forest bo cd es ml $18.95 3-5 570-383-2579
Baby Einstein Company Baby Beethoven Symphony of Fun vt $14.99 0-4 800-793-1454
Baby Gourmet Spring-Summer Harvest cd es ml sr vt $14.98 1-48 mos 800-380-1213
FunZone Company Record-Your-Voice Book bo cp es no sr $29.99 3-10 888-386-9673
Just Enough Learning Co. Just Enough Vocals Kit bo cd es sr vt $29.95 11-12 800-260-5119
Kids Collection Kids Collection of Greatest Classics, Vol. 3 cd cp ml tr $14.98 0-12 978-369-0766
Kimbo Educational Jump Start Action Songs ae at cd fp ml $14.95 4-8 800-631-2187
New Hope Records I Need You and You Need Me at cd es sr $14.98 2-8 516-466-6040
CREATIVE PRODUCTS
COMPANY NAME ITEM Price Ages Phone
Accord Publishing Barnyard Boogie--Puppet Book bo cp es ml $15.95 3-8 888-333-1676
Atollo Systems Atollo a120 Building Kit ac co cp ho ty $12.99 5-10 866-428-6556
EDC Publishing First North Americans Kid Kit ac bo cp es $14.95 6-10 800-475-4522
Folkmanis Puppet Theater cp es fp ty $80.00 3-12 800-654-8922
P&M Products USA Color Workshop Blopens
Magic Color Change Kit
ac cp
$14.99 4-8 888-661-9421
Pamela Drake Woodkins Design Studio ac cp do fp sr $18.00 7-12 800-966-3762
Playstages Incorporated Playstages Theater Set cp es pu ty $159.99 6-12 866-646-4546
Quincrafts Corporation Makit & Bakit Charm Jewelry ac cp ho no $5.99 8-12 800-342-8458
Rising Stars Toys Squeeze Me Music Soft Piano es ml pl ty $29.95 2-5 317-566-8778
S&S Worldwide Gee-Perz! Great Projects to Share ac cp ho ty $19.99 5-10 866-386-7799
EDUCATIONAL SKILLS
COMPANY NAME ITEM Price Ages Phone
Elenco Electronics Electronic Snap Circuits eg es ho sc $59.95 8-12 800-533-2441
Klutz Wraps es tr $7.95 5-10 800-737-4123
LeapFrog Quantum Pad Learning System bo eg es sr $49.99 5-12 800-701-5327
Learning Horizons Learn Every Day Preschool bo es $14.95 3-5 800-532-8876
PicturePages Partnership Bill Cosby's Picture Pages--
Early Learning Readiness Series
cd es sr sw
$29.95 3-5 877-877-2887
Rock 'N Learn Beginning Fractions & Decimals Video es ml vt $14.99 7-10 800-348-8445
Sing 2 School Multiplication Hip-Hop cd cp es ml $13.99 6-12 718-978-6790
The First Years Animal Sounds Pals pl ty $5.99 1-12 mos 800-225-0382
Trend Enterprises Monopoly Activity Books bo es tr $3.99 4-12 800-860-6762
Walter Foster Publishing Code Busters ac bo cp $14.95 8-12 800-426-0099
GAMES
COMPANY NAME ITEM Price Ages Phone
Blue Orange Game Gobblet bg $29.95 7-12 415-572-3885
Briarpatch I Spy Rhyme-A-Thon Game bg cp es $24.99 8-12 800-232-7427
Cranium Cariboo bg es ty $16.95 3-6 312-297-7575
Family Pastimes There's A Growly in the Garden! bg $15.00 5-9 888-267-4414
Innovative Kids My First Amazing Game Board Book bg bo $19.99 3-6 203-838-6400
Lolo Company RohSzamBo bg $14.95 5-10 800-760-9930
Proverbial Wisdom Proverbial Wisdom Jr. bg es $19.95 7-12 877-462-7579
R & R Games Time's Up ae bg cg $19.99 10-12 888-874-3353
University Games Fun-in-a-Box, The Dr. Seuss Matching Game bg es $15.99 4-7 800-471-0641
Warren Industries LEGO Creator Deluxe Game bg $24.99 4-12 800-447-2151
SOFTWARE/CD/HITECH
COMPANY NAME ITEM Price Ages Phone
Educational Insights GeoSafari USA Search el es $99.95 8-12 800-995-4436
Fisher-Price Kasey the Kinderbot ae eg es sr sw $64.99 3-7 800-432-5437
Hasbro Games Electronic Hand Held Boggle eg $10.99 8-12 888-836-7025
Knowledge Adv JumpStart Advanced Preschool cm es sw $29.99 2-4 800-545-7677
Neurosmith Musini ae eg es ml $59.99 3-8 800-220-3669
Oregon Scientific Hot Wheels Accelerator eg es $59.99 5-10 800-853-8883
OWI Jungle Robot co es ho ty $19.95 10-12 800-638-1694
Uncle Milton Star Theater 2 es op ty $29.99 8-12 800-869-7555
VTech Knights of Knowledge es ty $49.99 5-8 800-521-2010
Zapf Creation Baby Annabell do $49.99 3-12 877-629-9273
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
COMPANY NAME ITEM Price Ages Phone
Action Products International Kidz Workshop EZ Build Projects ac ho $9.99 8-10 800-772-2846
Anthony Innovations The Touch Game bg es $39.99 5-12 800-828-7002
Endurance Publications Marcel The Mountain Biker ae bo fp op sr $24.95 3-7 818-706-9812
Free Spirit Publishing Hands Are Not For Hitting Board Book bo es sr $7.95 1.5-3 800-735-7323
Gamewright Scrambled States of America ae cg es $11.99 8-12 800-638-7568
Kid Galaxy Bendos Camper fp op ty $24.99 6-10 800-816-1135
Maple Landmark Woodcraft Name Train cp es sr ts ty $4.75 3-5 800-421-4223
Master Communications Families of Russia es sr vt $29.95 3-12 800-765-5885
Odyssey Toys World Stars cp fp sr ty $7.95 6-8 866-869-7639
Redfly Seven Horses of the Redfly Sacred Circle bg sr tr $7.00 5-12 406-254-7316
TOYS
COMPANY NAME ITEM Price Ages Phone
Binney & Smith Crayola Crayon Maker ac cp $29.99 8-12 800-272-9652
Chicco Chiccoland Tree House ae cp es tr ty $39.99 1-4 877-424-4226
Global Toys Lena Mercedes Fire Engine ae fp no op ts $50.00 3-6 877-902-8697
Hasbro/Playskool Playskool Air-Tivity Table ty $29.99 0.75-3 800-844-3733
LEGO Systems Theatre Stories co cp es fp ml $29.99 4-8 800-233-8756
Lionel Trains Ballyhoo Brothers Circus Train ho $299.95 8-12 586-949-4100
MGA Entertainment Land-Sea R/C ae cp op ty $69.99 5-10 800-222-4685
Scholastic Entertainment Clifford The Big Red Dog Wooden Shape Sorter es tr ts ty $24.99 3-5 800-724-6527
Tiny Love Gymini Super Deluxe Lights & Music ae es ml ty $59.95 0-10 mos 888-846-9568
Zometool Zome DNA Kit co cp es sr ty $11.95 10-12 888-966-3386

Key to Type:

 
ac=Arts & Crafts as=Accessories ap=Active Product at=Audio Tape
bg=Board Game bo=Book cd=CD-ROM co=Construction Toy
cp=Creative Product cr=Computer-related dh=Dollhouse do=Doll
el=Electronic es=Educational Skills Product eq=Equipment fp=Fantasy Play
ho=Hobby ml=Musical mm=Multimedia no=Novelty
op=Outdoor Play pu=Puppet pz=Puzzle sr=Social Responsibility
sw=Software pl=Plush Toy tr=Travel ts=Transportation
ty=Toy vt=Video Tape    


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