@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I think I saw the most dice in one place possible, Koplow has over 1,200 types of standard and polyhedral dice. They have an educational line with math, fraction, decimal, +/-, blank numbered and more. Novelty dice, mini dice, wood dice, dice bones, dice made from wood. Alphabet dice, cat […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 the DADO cubes are one of the few USA designed, developed and manufactured building products. These “cubes” explore architectural principles… proportion, balance, structure, composition, and color. While I think these blocks are good for kids, I suspect artists will start tinkering with them soon. Their clear version “Ice” is just […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 the National Toy Hall of Fame brought out part of their massive collection of old (and what I think are timeless) toys. They also had a full time Etch-a-sketch artist, Tim George – cranking, er, twisting out tons of of art on site. To date, the following 38 toys have […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Insect Lore showed off their live butterfly, ladybug, silkworm and other insect kits for education / home use. You don’t need to catch the Butterflies, they actually ship live caterpillars. They also have an earthworm nursery, for some reason I really like the idea of kids raising worms… and of […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 there are a few sculpting / clay / plaster companies, one of them is Activa – they have the usual collection of sculpting and clay products, but what I think is really interesting for crafters is their air dry doll clay, the works created with these clays were really amazing […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Erector was there, perhaps best known for Erector sets – but these folks had a mind blowing product line that I didn’t expect. They have a series of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth robots that work with iPhones and iPods and controllable from anywhere in the world. They had their “classic” Erector […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I saw the first 360 panoramic camera for kids, but I suspect this will be popular with adults too. They set up the camera so it had an Eye-Fi wireless SD camera, so you’d take a photo and in seconds, literally – there was a 360 pano on the screen. […]
