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Video Games

LEGO® Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

LEGO® Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

The LEGO franchise of video games never fails to take beloved properties and make them entirely their own. Remarkably detailed and chock full of jokes, LEGO Star Wars provides anything a fan of the saga could ask for. A nearly endless cast of characters from the original, prequel, and sequel trilogies as well every offshoot …

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MySims Skyheroes

MySims Skyheroes

MySims Skyheroes will make you a hero the moment you bring it home. Entertaining and fun, the whole family will get in on the action. There are so many experiences here, from adventures to racing and battles. Kids loved being able to customize their characters and planes, especially because the results popped off the screen …

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PlayStation Move Controller

PlayStation Move Controller

When it comes to video gaming systems there really are three that dominate the market and if you are reading this, chances are you opted for a PS3 over the Xbox and the Wii. Everyone has their reasons and each system is special in its own right. For many years only the Wii could be …

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Lovely Lisa & Friends

Lovely Lisa & Friends

A video game for the Nintendo DS that is strictly for girls. No, really! And it isn’t all make-up and hairdos, although they are there. We would be remiss if we didn’t mention the tester favorite the nail polishing. But it isn’t all glamor and primping. Testers loved the fact that there was a career …

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Roman Town

Roman Town

What a great find Roman Town is. This new software title features a marvelous interface that draws players in. The graphics are engaging, the historical representation is as accurate as anything any of our testers had ever seen. No mater if you are still in school or just curious about the subject, you will learn …

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Hasbro Family Game Night 2

Hasbro Family Game Night 2

From the moment our testers took the wrapping off of this video game we knew we had a hit on our hands. The fun and excitement our testers had from very young to well, let’s just say more senior, was palpable. Each and every person who took a Wii remote in their hand and played …

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Nerf "N-Strike" Elite

Nerf “N-Strike” Elite

A great video game and perhaps an even greater toy, the Nerf “N-Strike” Elite is both and handles the duel roles brilliantly. Whether you are playing Nerf war with friends or siblings in the house or fixing your Wii controller in the gun and shooting at the screen in a fun and relatively non-violent shooter …

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Mini Ninjas

Mini Ninjas

The video game universe is filled with so many creative entries but this one surely has carved out its own little niche. Created with great humor and a wonderfully quirky visual style it was as if the designers took every traditional design element and burned it so that every member of the team would have …

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Digging for Dinosaurs

The Leapster 2 has a great new title that really appealed to young testers. Featuring great graphics of the always fascinating dinosaur family, this game not only engages kids with its subject matter but also reinforces what many 1st and 2nd grade children will be learning in school. Parents reported that after playing with this …

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Disney Pixar UP

Disney Pixar UP

Leapster’s association with Disney certainly carries with it some serious appeal based on the reactions of our young testers who were eager to play. The anticipation of being able to interactively experience the hit movie for themselves was rewarded but not without some of LeapFrog’s educational elements thrown in for good measure. A nice feature …

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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 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

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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