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Morphology Junior

Morphology Junior

This game was a big hit that testers loved and had fun coming up with combinations for describing it. Pictionary meets Charades meets Lego meets Cluzzle meets Cranium were the most popular associations. Included are twelve colored cubes, six wooden blocks, twelve glass beads, one piece of green felt, string, rubber rings, a timer and […]

The Presidential

The Presidential

The long months of campaigning have come to a close and at last the election is behind us. No matter which side you favored this game will surely serve to keep up the interest and intrigue of our nation’s quadrennial drama. Ingeniously designed The Presidential is designed to be a fun and strategy filled experience,

Temple Run Board Game

Temple Run Board Game

The app Temple Run has established itself as a runaway hit and quickly become a guilty pleasure of just about anyone with an iPad, iPhone, tablet or Android device. Spin Master decided there was more to be mined from this cultural phenomenon if they turned it into a board game. According to our testers, they

Big Fat Tomato Game

Big Fat Tomato Game

We can safely say you have never seen a card game quite like this before. In fact when you open the brightly colored tin box and see the fuzzy red “tomatoes” and baskets to gather them in, you will not be thinking card game at all. But card game it is. You should not expect

Pet Frenzied

Pet Frenzied

Little game, little package, little price but a huge amount of fun. It’s easy to get started and once you start don’t expect your kids to want to stop. The instructions are nicely written and easy to understand. This is a very fast moving, active game and the use of the word Frenzied in the

Kaijudo Rise of the Duel Masters Competitive Deck: Rocket Storm

Game Maker Wizards of the Coast have wielded a deft hand once again with Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, creating a trading card game comprised of cards that are beautifully illustrated and feature the standard elements of powers, defenses and special skills. The game itself is really quite easy to get the hang of

Ring Bling

Ring Bling

This is a cute and educational game that both boys and girls can play together, always a plus for multi-gender families. The game itself offers thought-provoking, creative role play. Children are encouraged to tap into their imaginative well to act out instructions on cards which in turn earn rings for the fingers on their colorful

Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs

On the surface, when you first look at the tin box and try to determine what is inside, this might look like a bunch of cards with jokes on them. You wouldn’t be entirely right. There are lots of jokes here but scratch the surface and you will discover what lies beneath the humor. Super

Which One Doesnt Belong?

Which One Doesnt Belong?

Upon first glance many testers told us that they thought this game would be too simple for their children. When they dug deeper they realized that this is a game with multiple levels of difficulty and that blue bordered cards were significantly more challenging that those with red borders. This is basically a Q &

Shizzle

Shizzle

Reviews for Shizzle had all of our reviewers split, not on whether they liked the game, it’s terrific, but the gimmicky dice rolling device nearly doomed it. That should say volumes about the game considering the universal dismissal of the device. So let’s forget about that and focus on the game which is a unique

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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