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SAT Game for Dummies

SAT Game for Dummies

If your child has the SAT or PSAT looming on the horizon, do yourself both a favor and pick up this game that will make the hours of studying seem a little more palatable. Brilliant questions with clear explanations and written out calculations on the backs of the cards really impressed our testers. Another stroke […]

Thomas Great Race Game

Thomas the Train lovers rejoice, a wonderful new game featuring your favorite engine is here and according to our testers, you and your family are in for a treat. The game expands right out of the box to form a race track that pits all the switching station pals in a race up and down

Beddy-Bye Baby Game

Beddy-Bye Baby Game

If you have children and are expecting another bundle of joy in your home soon, this is a game that our testers highly recommend you introduce to your brother or sister-to-be. The adorable graphics, and engaging game play, which centers on the care and basics of baby care really struck a chord with young testers

Animoes

Animoes

A game that your children will master quickly, especially those that have played dominoes before, Animoes features high-quality playing pieces that testers believe will withstand repeated play. The use of animals to engage children in this age group was clearly a good idea. For parents who want to offer an alternative play experience for preschool

Bee Movie Game

Bee Movie Game

Your young video game player will be buzzing about the great fun they have playing the Bee Movie Game. Sorry, puns like that just slip by some times. From stinging to collecting pollen and flying from one point to another kids just loved playing with the Jerry Seinfeld inspired characters from the movie. No matter

Story Reader

Story Reader

This interactive story book with the option to follow a narrator who magically knows and reads the page you turn to, was hugely popular with our preschool testers. There are many books that work with the system, some of the most popular movie licenses are available. Our test book featured the story from the Disney/Pixar

Steering Wheel

Steering Wheel

Adding a new level of interactivity to storybooks, Publications International has gone 3D with a pop-up steering wheel with sound effects. Parents liked how the book encouraged children to “read-along”. By following the words on the page and looking for the symbols that prompted them to press the buttons on the bottom of the book,

Digital Music Player

Digital Music Player

If your young children are feeling left out of all the latest and greatest gadgetry, you know, the electronic toys that have become so prevalent in our daily lives, this Musical Player will change all that in a jiffy. This player, not unlike iPods for adults, is a portable music player that is easy to

Sand Eliminator

Sand Eliminator

For all the fun that a day at the beach offers, there is one aspect of the day that can and does drive parents crazy, how their kids, with their tiny, adorable feet can manage to transport bucket-loads of sand from the shore to their car’s carpets. Sand Eliminator was an instant favorite among testers

Zoobies - Gogo the Gorilla

This great travel companion is a fun, tactile experience that young children in our testing centers loved. Featuring a color combination that is both bright and eye catching Gogo is extremely soft and cuddly. The instructions for unfolding Gogo into his various forms were quite clear and impressed testers who also appreciated the fact that

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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