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Minds i & Minds i Junior

Minds i & Minds i Junior

Are you ready to do some mental calisthenics? Get ready to peer into your mind’s “i”. See what kind of answers you can conjure up as you attempt to maneuver your game piece through six multicolored pyramids. Whether deciphering a logical query, acting out a fact to other players or opening your eyes to determine […]

Pick Two Deluxe

Pick Two Deluxe

Pick Two is an ingenious game that rewards players with a strong vocabulary and the ability to “see” words from a set of letters. From the title we imagine that there was a less than Deluxe version of the game, we can’t be sure. We can report that our testers felt that this game, when

Scene It? Harry Potter Edition

Is there any end in sight for the remarkable success of the Harry Potter franchise? At this writing the answer is, no. The same can be said for the meteoric success of the Scene It series of interactive DVD games. For fans of the Potter series this game is like manna from heaven. Everything Potter

Scene It? Disney Edition

Scene It? Disney Edition

Is there any end in sight for the remarkable success of the Harry Potter franchise? At this writing the answer is, no. The same can be said for the meteoric success of the Scene It series of interactive DVD games. For fans of the Potter series this game is like manna from heaven. Everything Potter

Da Vincis Challenge

Da Vincis Challenge

It’s safe to say that just about anything “DaVinci”, after the amazing success of Dan Brown’s novel, will spark interest these days. Here’s a game that shares no similarities with the book other than a famous title. That does not keep it from presenting an intriguing pattern puzzle that challenges players to think abstractly keeping

Candy Land DVD

Candy Land DVD

Hey kids, this is NOT the Candy Land your Mom and Dad grew up playing. No matter how much they tell you about the good old days and how great things were back in the day, trust us, they never played THIS Candy Land. Way cooler, more physically engaging, and featuring a DVD to help

Uno Attack

Uno Attack

According to our testers, Uno Attack qualifies as an oldie but goodie, even though the Attack feature was not around in the early days of Uno’s launch. The game is familiar, but the attack function and the battery powered explosion of cards that sprays cards and invariably sets off a round of laughter and giggles,

Raceway 57

Raceway 57

Your kids may not believe you that there really was auto racing before NASCAR, and there were even games like this one to bring the fun and strategy of competitive racing home. Raceway ’57 is a beautifully crafted reproduction of those games, with a wooden case and cast iron cars for pieces. This game allows

Chaturanga

Chaturanga

Chaturanga is a game that emerged from India, and although our testers felt it was a variation of chess, it is in fact, said by many to be the earliest known form of chess. A strategy game with an element of chance, players roll wooden dice and play one-on-one or in teams. As with so

Madagascar Animal Trivia DVD Game

In the past few years we have watched as the trivia board/card game has evolved and moved to the TV. bEqual has made sure that they are one of the leaders of the pack when it comes to DVD based family games and Madagascar Animal Trivia is another feather in their cap. Licensing the characters

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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