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Boston Manor Building Set

Boston Manor Building Set

There may be better building set for the child dreaming of designing or building structures one day, but according to our testers, this one takes the cake. Parents raved how they loved working with their children, reveling in the experience of being structural engineers. There are easy to follow blueprints, but open ended creativity is […]

Saw Blade Thrill Rides

Saw Blade Thrill Rides

If you have never built a K’Nex set before, the Saw Blade is not the place to start. This is advanced K’Nex building so be ready to bring your A game. Step One, clear your schedule, this may take a while. Step Two, open the box and get associated with the rods and connectors. Step

Lego Duplo Play with Letters

Lego Duplo Play with Letters

This big, bright box of Duplo blocks and pieces was a magnet for young children who couldn’t wait to tear into the box and get started. The set comes with a wagon base along with extras like windows, cats and a child. The blocks are colorful as always but the added twist of using letters

Police Station

Police Station

As any fan of the CBS Television network knows that police work is quite popular right now. Whether this is why this set received such resoundingly positive reviews has not been conclusively proven but we have our suspicions. The reality is that this play set is a tremendous achievement not only for Lego who designed

Spinjitzu Dojo

Spinjitzu Dojo

The appeal of karate, ninjas and hand to hand combat in a Lego set really excited our testers. This set has all the elements that our young boy testers hoped for, mini figures, weapons, stickers, working doors, exploding floorboards, moving obstacles and last but not least a snake pit! Builders thought the back “wall” was

Pirate Plank

Pirate Plank

Lego has done a great job of easing themselves into the game category while staying true to their roots as an iconic building toy company. Pirate Plank embraces classic Lego building with a game that becomes icing on the cake. Very easy to assemble and even to reset for a second game immediately afterwards. Anyone

Tegu

Tegu

Tegu amazed our testers with its fresh take on traditional wooden building blocks. A modern day wooden block set featuring the unique bonus of having magnets hidden inside the blocks. Just that feature opened up new levels of both educational and tactile experiences. Imagination and creativity takes flight as there are unlimited possibilities for 3-dimensional

LEGO Alien Conquest Alien Mothership

The alien invasion has begun and they have started with Legos! As is always the case with Lego, building is the first step and the most fun. With this set the construction was made easier due to the fact that Lego bags the various parts of the ship separately, and even provides extra parts. The

LEGO Creator: Lighthouse Island

Drawing on all the finest qualities of Lego products, this Lighthouse Island set features some truly brilliant product design that was very much appreciated by our product testers. Tester after tester reported that the building experience was top notch and that the satisfaction that came when the final piece was put in place was priceless.

DUPLO - My First Zoo

DUPLO – My First Zoo

A wonderful new DUPLO set, this features zoo animals, a zoo keeper, a car, food for the animals and a nice amount of blocks so that the building aspect remains the focus. Testers told us of the hours of entertainment it provided their children. Being durable was a big plus as was the fact that

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’24 February 15th March 13th April 19th May 8th
FALL ’24 June 1st June 24th July 31st August 15th
HOLIDAY ’24 September 1st September 24th October 31st November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners will be announced in a media release distributed to over 4,700 media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor, and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There was three testing periods each year:

Each submission was accompanied by a small product testing fee (we offered multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* The Seal’s winners was announced in a media release distributed to over many media outlets, including Facebook, Mommy bloggers, TV stations, newspapers, and parenting influencers.

* The report were forwarded to buyers retail and online stores including Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report were featured on TNPC’s website as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

HOW IT WORKS

 

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period Testing Begins Submission Deadline Testing Ends Report Issued
SPRING ’23 February 15th March 10th April 24th May 10th
FALL ’23 June 1st June 23rd July 31st August 16th
HOLIDAY ’23 September 1st September 22nd October 30th November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

To submit a product click here.

HOW IT WORKS

A Seal of Approval review involves a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period.

Parents and children, experience and review submitted products and services either already released or coming to market.

Participants fill out questionnaires for each product or service they test. They score based on 13 levels of criteria including quality, appeal, design, price, packaging, directions, desirability, stimulation, replay factor and more. Results are based on both statistical averaging and comments received by testers.

There are three testing periods each year:

Report Period

SPRING '24

FALL ‘24

HOLIDAY ‘24

Testing Begins

February 15th

June 1st

September 1st

Submission Deadline

March 13th

June 23rd

September 24th

Testing Ends

April 26th

July 31st

October 31st

Report Issued

May 14th

August 15th

November 15th

Each submission must be accompanied by a $295 product testing fee (we offer multiple submission discounts). This fee covers the cost of testing, nothing more. It is non-refundable and has no bearing on the result of the testing. Additionally, we require three samples of the product or access codes for online submissions.

FYI about the Seal of Approval

* Winners of the Seal will be announced in a media release which is distributed to over 4700 media outlets including Facebook, Mommy bloggers and TV station websites.

* The report is forwarded to buyers at over 350 major retail and on-line stores including Amazon, Walmart and Target. Amazon features Seal winners on product pages.

* Each report is featured at TNPC’s web site as well as TNPC’s Twitter & Instagram accounts and Facebook Page.

* Links to company websites and a license to utilize the trademarked Seal of Approval artwork on marketing, packaging and web design are available exclusively to Seal winners for additional fees.

* Submitting a product does not secure or guarantee being awarded a Seal of Approval

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