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Fire Station

Fire Station

Get ready for some good old fashioned imagination play, where the good guys come to the rescue of others in distress. The LEGO Fire Station is a complete action center where your child can respond to any emergency. There are so many vehicles, people and even accessories like walkie-talkies, axes, fire extinguishers and ladders that […]

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

Minotaurus

Minotaurus

Lego makes games? You may not have known it before but watch out because these guys mean business and if Minotaurus is any indication of what they are capable of creating well…. This superb game wowed testers who raved at the combination of building and strategy gaming incorporated in the box. Before you play you

FlipOver!

FlipOver!

This great new ThinkFun game challenges players to match animal halves by flipping them over with the ingenious “Barnyard Flipper” With very easy to understand directions (that even included pictures) parents found that their children quickly were playing on their own, making matches and trying to be the first player to match all of their

Whats GNU?

Whats GNU?

What’s GNU is a marvelous game for beginning readers. Children are encouraged to complete small three letter words be recognizing letters as they magically appear in ThinkFun’s awesome tile feeding gizmo. As children play they are finding missing letters and trying to complete words as they appear in the feeder. There was a great sense

Zingo! 1-2-3

Zingo! 1-2-3

Once your child learns numbers it really opens up the world of games which are such a marvelous part of childhood and beyond. The social and interactive joys of playing games with friends and family give kids a marvelous foundation for the future. Which brings us to Zingo 1-2-3. So much fun and so perfectly

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

Protective Carrier Cover

Protective Carrier Cover

Not only is this new protective cover for strollers cute and fashionable, it is also extremely effective at protecting baby from the elements. Elements can be anything from weather (rain, snow, wind, etc.) to bugs to sick children. The cocoon-like environment provides a warm and comfy environment and gives parents a good feeling. Those same

Simplexity

Simplexity

Simplexity is exactly what the name implies, a simple game that has layers of complexity built into the rules. Playing Simplexity requires you to keep focused, not only on your moves but the moves and thought process of your opponent. It would be a mistake to call this a tic-tac-toe or four across game because

Guesstimation

Guesstimation

This very clever and inventive party game impressed testers with its ability to entertain and keep your brain humming at top speed. With Guesstimation you don’t have to know the exact answer, just guess closer than any other player. What makes that easy to deal with is the fact that the questions in this game

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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