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Miles from Tomorrowland Stellosphere

Miles from Tomorrowland Stellosphere

Our preschool testers flipped over the Miles from Tomorrowland Stellosphere. This is a hands-on interactive experience with multiple play patterns and is ready for all kinds of imagination play. Parents liked that the toy can be separated into three unique pieces and easily put back together. Kids loved the lights and sounds which really brought […]

Zoomer Kitty

Zoomer Kitty

Spin Master’s newest interactive toy pet is a robotic cat that responds to your children in a variety of ways that enchanted and delighted testers. Zoomer Kitty has loads of great features: She moves around using rollers as feet (she move quite smoothly and quickly); her eyes change color depending on the mood that she

Nesting Shopping Cart

Nesting Shopping Cart

Following two months of product testing the clear consensus is that this Nesting Shopping Cart is a great, affordable addition to any toy collection. Parents told us that they like having toys around that replicate items in the “real world” as it invariably leads to make-believe scenarios. The cart has large tires, making it sturdy

Roominate Amusement Park

The Roominate Amusement Park is all about imagination play from the construction of the Ferris wheel to playing out the scenario where they are running the park. Parents applauded that fact that the building of this toy is at a different level than other building systems. They noted how refreshing it was to find a

Disneys Frozen Sing-A-Long Elsa

Disneys Frozen Sing-A-Long Elsa

If you have a Frozen fan in your home you can pretty much bank on the fact that this toy is going to be a hit in your house. The Elsa doll is well made and looks very much like the heroine of the movie. Of course she sings the full version of “Let it

Road Rippers Dancing Car

The Road Rippers Dancing Car is interesting because it was described by testers as being both an exciting and cute little toy. Kind of an anomaly when you think about it. Parents did admit that they had their reservations at first thinking that it could be just another annoyingly loud toy with flashing lights and

Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty

Ravensburgers Statue of Liberty 3D Puzzle was an immediate hit in our testing centers. From the moment the box was opened and kids could see Lady Liberty they were excited. The colors of the durable foam pieces really impressed reviewers since they are so realistic; the only thing missing is a real flame in the

Remote Control Travel Train

This Remote Control Train is a bit of a departure from what we have seen over the years from Brio, battery operated toys are not normally part of their lineup. This remote-controlled train lets your child drive the train using a nice chunky R/C unit to go forward, reverse and stop. They can also operate

Sleepy Seas Turtle Soother

This turtle soother is an adorable, soothing and relaxing toy for baby, toddler and parent! Parents used this soother daily for car rides and attached it to strollers when out for a walk. The Sleepy Seas turtle is very soft, the battery pack is deeply embedded inside the body. The sound projects well and plays

Talk-to-Me Mikey

Talk-to-Me Mikey

Using the power of just your child’s voice (thanks to recognition software), Mikey is ready to play and interact with your child. This delighted our Ninja Turtle loving child testers. He has a variety of funny pre-recorded sounds, phrases and songs that really tickled little testers. His legs and arms move as well, which only

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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