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About Time- USA Edition

About Time- USA Edition

With an inventive twist About Time turns traditional trivia games on their ear by incorporating timelines, what else was happening during the time of that answer, into the game play. From literature to politics, movies and more this game is a celebration of almost everything American. Terrific for use in classes studying American history, for […]

Golden Gate

Golden Gate

Hands down the best travel game of the summer, Golden Gate was a hit. Packaged inside a beautifully crafted tin box lies a game that is fast paced, entertaining and will quickly become a family favorite. Game play is deceptively simple and even has an educational angle as you are doing simple math calculations on

PigzUp!

PigzUp!

PigzUp!, from the wonderfully creative game makers at Blue Orange, proved to be yet another opportunity for everyone to appreciate the care, effort and quality that they put into every game they introduce. The beautiful wooden and felt, hand painted pigs, each of whom have their own cutouts inside the box gave testers the impression

Sumoku

Sumoku

This is a wonderfully inventive little game that will engage and challenge the whole family. Think of Scrabble with number tiles which serves makes this game easier for more ages to play. Adults always have the advantage in Scrabble simply because they have a bigger vocabulary. That is not the case here. In Sumoku your

5 Second Rule

5 Second Rule

Here is a game that is so deceptively challenging that we guarantee that even with this warning you will open it up and expect to be a master at it. And then we will have the last laugh as your brain goes into lock-down mode trying to blurt out answers to easy questions as the

Yamodo Party Time

Yamodo Party Time

A follow-up to the award winning Yamodo, Idea Storm has built and expanded the experience of what our testers saw as a first rate Family Game Night game. Loads of fun for all ages it taps into the imagination and creativity centers of your brain and pulls you along for a wonderful ride. What makes

Number Ninjas

Number Ninjas

This very entertaining and often exciting board game will capture your children’s interest and have them doing mental calisthenics at the same time. Using word and number problems, players move around the board gathering quest items to prepare themselves for the final challenge which is to get the gold dragon. Parents found the game to

Triplica

Triplica

Easy to learn, easy to play, fast paced and tremendously entertaining was the verdict handed down on Triplica by our parent and child testers. A straightforward game with clear instructions that took virtually no time to master. The game features a nice level of strategy that will challenge kids as young as seven without overwhelming

Words of the Wise

Words of the Wise

Ingeniously simple and simply ingenious. Here are the directions: blurt out as many answers to the topic in question, these topics might be Athletes, Cars, Movies, Fruits & Veggies, etc. Easy right? Oh wait, one more thing, you have to answer in alphabetical order! This great twist made this game just challenging enough to entertain

DUPLO Play with Numbers

DUPLO Play with Numbers

The addition of a number element to a set in the superb Duplo line really connected with our testers. This early childhood building block favorite features all the quality and design aspects that we have come to expect from Lego with the added benefit of introducing numbered blocks. These new blocks allow children to begin

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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