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Matchbox Buried Treasure Playset

When it comes to imagination playsets you want to have lots of options to bring a heightened level of fun to the proceedings. That’s why kids loved all the levels, ramps and sound effects of the Buried Treasure Playset so much. Moving their car up and around the playset was an adventure each and everytime. […]

Huggy Smart ABCs

The ubiquitous refrigerator magnets of our youth have been relagated to attic boxes and landfills. Make way for the next generation of magnetic letters, redesigned for little hands with a chunky size and a velvety soft exterior. The magnets won’t pop-out like their choking-hazard predecessors since they are buried inside the colorful coverings. The only

My Twinn Doll

My Twinn Doll

A hundred and twenty bucks for a doll?!! That was the initial reaction of most testers to My Twinn Doll, but that quickly faded once both parents and their daughters got a look at just how impressively crafted this doll is. What also makes My Twinn Doll unique (and due to time constraints something we

Bloco - Dragons & Reptiles

Bloco – Dragons & Reptiles

Looking for a different type of building toy? Look no further. Bloco is a wholly unique building system that features high density foam that gives the builder a nice level of both flexibility and creativity. Your Bloco can be a flat two dimensional design or a full-blown 3D creature. There is a very good instruction

Knee-Rider

Knee-Rider

What a cute idea. The adorable design of Knee-Rider features a padded area to slide over your thigh allowing you to bounce your delighted little one for as long as you can. Now, instead of bouncing your child on your knee until you lose all feeling in your calf, your toddler can command Giddy-Up from

Tiny Turbos

Tiny Turbos

If you know a Lego fan and are looking for a perfect stocking stuffer, look no further than Tiny Turbos. Build your own cool car, hot rod or truck (depending on the set), race it and then store it away in its own garage. All of this for under four dollars?!! This friends, is a

Fire Station

Fire Station

If your little Lego builder has graduated from the basic block sets and longs to create realistic looking models to act out role playing scenarios, then this would be a good place to start. Our testers felt that the fun, as with most building toys, is in the building and the pride that comes immediately

Excavator

Excavator

With building sets, sometimes it is the building, and sometimes its the finished product that delivers the most play value. In this case the Lego people scored high marks on both parts as the Excavator is one very cool working toy that really does work. Well you don’t want to move earth with it, but

U GO GRL Activity Collectible Cards

Finally a trading card for girls. These cute cards feature tips and ideas that girls this age will love because the graphics feature artwork of characters doing things that girls in this age group do. The graphics are uneven, but there is enough creativity and information to entertain and make this worthwhile. More importantly the

Rocking Randolph Reindeer

While many of us only associate reindeer with a certain time of year, the fact is that when you give this adorable stuffed rocker to a child you can be assured it’ll remain a favorite no matter what the season. The fabric and design of this rocker makes it a perfect accessory for just about

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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