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Hatchimals

Hatchimals

Hatchimals are the big new release from Spin Master for the 2016 holiday season and for all intents and purposes, according to our testers, they have a major hit on their hands. When your child first gets a Hatchimal it is inside a big egg. If your child is patient and takes good care of […]

Hedbanz Electronic

Hedbanz Electronic

A massive hit with testers of all ages this is a runaway Seal of Approval winner…again. If you know and love the first iteration of Headbanz, we’re pretty confident in saying that you will love this one even more! Everything that testers loved about the original is here: its easy to explain to others plus

Meccano Micronoid

Meccano Micronoid

Micronoid blue basher by Meccano is a combination product that gives your child the tools to build, program, and play with a small sized robot. This is designed for a younger age group than Spin Master’s Meccanoid line and as such some things, like the robot’s head are prebuilt. There are 139 pieces that parents

PowerPuff Girls Deluxe Flip To Action Playset

When it comes to spy toys, most of the one’s you’ll find on toy shelves skew towards boys. Spin Master decided to throw out that old playbook and let the girls take over. We learned that lots of little girls love the idea having a secret life as a double agent where they can do

Spy Gear Video Walkie Talkies

Spy Gear Spy Video Walkie talkies are just as cool as they sound: walkie talkies with video for under 75 dollars. The walkie talkies are well constructed and loaded with some truly remarkable features. For starters, the audio works well and the video (although not HD) was much better than any of our testers expected.

Zoomer Hedgies

Zoomer Hedgies

Testers told us they weren’t sure what to make of Zoomer Hedgies when they first saw it. At first glance it struck them like another loud, moving, tumbling toy. That was before they watched their children play with it. Zoomer is more like bringing a virtual pet into your home. Children control its movements by

Brightlings

Brightlings

Brightlings is an interactive, singing, and talking doll. Its cute design with its big lit face and cute stuffed body worked like a magnet with our young testers. Brightlings love to talk and sing, they can say over 100 phrases including “I love you” and “How are you feeling”? Depending on how your child holds

Build A Bear Stuffing Station

The Build A Bear Stuffing Station is a wonderful easy-to-use toy that provided our testers with hours of fun. For any child who loves stuffed animals, this is a great way to personalize the experience of owning a stuffed toy. Children will often take their creativity to an extra level for things they create, and

AtmosFlare

AtmosFlare

RedwoodVentures has introduced a dazzling new technology into the arts and crafts arena. In an age where 3D printing is becoming more mainstream, this unique “pen” takes the technology out of the box and puts it in your hand for limitless freeform creativity. The “ink” in the AtmosFlare is actually a gel that hardens when

Fin Fun Mermaidens

Maybe it is thanks to the popularity of The Little Mermaid, but we’re pretty confident saying that most girls at some point in their childhood fantasize about being a mermaid. The Fin Fun Mermaidens makes that fantasy come true. The Fin Fun comes with the tail, the mono fin and a protector kit. It is

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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