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2012 Tillywig Award Winners

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Find It Games - Starry Night Back to top
Age
8 +
Best Family Fun

Bob Knight, creator of the brilliant 3-dimensional hidden object game, Find It, has produced a spectacular new version for everyone to enjoy. Starry Night, in a new twist, comes in a custom star-shaped container, with 40 glow-in-the-dark items nestled among the brightly colored pellets within. Planets, moons, stars, an astronaut - all things celestial, if you will - can be found if one looks carefully enough, and a few ea...Read more

FirstBIKE Balance Bike Back to top
Age
2-5 Yrs.
Top Fun

I'm going to say something here I never thought I'd say about a balance bike - this is one sweet ride! Not all balance bikes are created equal, as this premium quality award-winner proves so adeptly. High craftsmanship is evident in its every aspect, from the incredibly quick and easy assembly to its look, lightness, and feel. It's so handsome that if you produced an adult-sized version, you'd soon see a stream of grown-u...Read more

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FitzIt
Price $ 9.99
By Gamewright
Age
10 +
Laugh Out Loud

FitzIt is simple, brilliant fun that takes just a minute or so to learn, can be played by any size crowd, and takes only 20 minutes or so per game. Just pop open the pocket-sized box and play. Each card contains a brief verbal description, such as 'Has feathers,' or 'Coin operated.' On your turn, add as many cards as possible from your hand next to one on the table (forming an expanding grid) by naming an object all thos...Read more

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Flexi Puzzle
Price $ 7.99
By Brainwright
Age
8 +
Brain Child

It's amazing that 12 colored cubes connected by an elastic string can be configured in so many different ways. But of course, therein lies the challenge - how to get the little buggers to conform to the shape and color orientation of whichever puzzle you've chosen to tackle. By twisting, turning, inspecting, then twisting and turning some more, you can make the cubes do almost anything you want. But not by brute force. Yo...Read more

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Fluxx
Price $ 16.00
By Looney Labs
Age
8 +
Sterling Fun

If variety is the spice of life, then variability, one of Fluxx's prime characteristics, is its meat and potatoes. At the outset, the basic rules are incredibly simple - draw a card, play a card. But the play of even a single card can change everything - the goal of the game, the value of cards in players' hands, even the rules. Each card, playfully designed and illustrated, tells you what action to take in order to play ...Read more

Follow Me Fairies Activity Pack Back to top
Age
3 - 8 Yrs.
Sterling Fun

This beautiful, fun-filled backpack will keep your young girls' imaginations and playtime sparkling with activity and magic. This beautiful, plush child-sized activity backpack is loaded with fun stuff to take with you anywhere. The soft Fairy doll that comes with it is beautifully designed and dressed. There are three different colored backpacks and dolls to choose from - Alexandra, Madison, or Tomar, all three of which ...Read more

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Foodle
Price $ 38.00
By Simply Fun, LLC
Age
8 & Up
Sterling Fun

Much of the pleasure in playing Foodle comes from the fact that it's about something we all know - food, that essential ingredient of life. Most of us carry around a surprising amount of information about food and nutrition - some correct, some not - making it fun to put to the test. Playing Foodle will certainly enhance and hone your knowledge, and win you some bragging rights in the process. Players move forward or back...Read more

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G333 Glow Moon Explorer
Price $ 25.50
By Geomag
Age
5 +
Top Fun

Truly, it's amazing what you can build with the powerful magnetic components in this ingenious Geomag kit. By inter-connecting the glow-in-the-dark magnetic rods and metal balls, you can quickly assemble a variety of 3-dimensional shapes. But more importantly, you can build yourself a nifty Moon Explorer vehicle. Clear plastic panels (squares and triangles) snap right into magnetically generated rectangles and triangles, ...Read more

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Glo Glo Inkoos
Price $ 24.99
By The Bridge Direct
Age
4 +
Top Fun

Glo Glo Inkoos are adorable plush characters. They have that indefinable 'it' factor that causes them to shine with personality and seem lovably alive. They also offer unique artistic possibilities. They come with three washable markers, and, most impressively, a special light pen that allows you to draw on them and decorate them - in the dark! The washable markers can be used anytime, anywhere, and Glo Glo Inkoos can be ...Read more

HABA Building Blocks Habaland Train Back to top
Age
1 +
Top Fun

Fun is often in the details, and the fine level of detail is one of the first things you notice about Building Blocks Habaland Train. The vivid sharpness and contrasting colors alone make it a treat for the eyes. Factor in the decorative flourishes, the array of movable and removable parts, and you realize you've got a playtime work of art on your hands. Speaking of hands, there is much for them to do here - a smiling con...Read more

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HABA Tactile Domino
Price $ 35.00
By HABA
Age
4 +
Best Family Fun

This simple, highly enjoyable game can be played quite easily by young children. Each player starts with 4 wooden tiles, randomly pulled from the cloth bag. A starter tile is placed on the table and players take turns adding to it. The winner will be the first player to use all their tiles. The tiles have 3 different jigsaw profiles - round, pointed, and angular, so that some tiles fit together, while others don't. For ex...Read more

HABA Treetop Trouble Game Back to top
HABA Treetop Trouble Game
Price $ 12.99
By HABA
Age
6 +
Best Family Fun

HABA's products have a distinctive quality, a uniqueness that makes them incredibly appealing, dynamic, and fun. Treetop Trouble is an outstanding game in which memory, strategy, and luck come together to create a playful race to get all your animals home where they belong. Each player has 6 animal tiles randomly placed face down on the Tree House (game board) and Elevator. The object is to get each of your animals to the...Read more

HEXBUG Warriors Battling Robots BATTLE STADIUM Back to top

The makers of HEXBUG keep outdoing themselves, no small feat given that each product they've come up with has been among the most exciting playthings of the year. HEXBUGS are high-tech micro robotic creatures that use the physics of vibration to propel themselves along any horizontal surface. HEXBUG Warriors are fiercer-looking than their predecessors. And rightly so, given that their purpose is to represent one of four d...Read more

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Hue Turn
Price $ 35.00
By Simply Fun, LLC
Age
8 & Up
Brain Child

Hue Turn is a clever game in which the object is to position colored wooden pegs on a game board so they complete a pattern shown on one or more of the Pattern Cards in your hand. It's a conceptually simple game that, as it progresses, creates an array of possibilities for your mind to juggle. That's the beauty of Hue Turn - brilliant simplicity that unleashes tendrils of possibility with every move. Pegs placed on the bo...Read more

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