28.03.2024

ASTRA Announces 2017 Best Toys for Kids Award Winners

The Best Toys for Kids program was created by ASTRA to help its retailer members attract media coverage and customers to their stores during the all-important fourth quarter.

“The Best Toys for Kids awards program is one more way to differentiate the outstanding value of specialty toys and to differentiate ASTRA stores,” said Mosley.  “We encourage specialty retailers to use this program to educate their customers and sell more toys.”

The American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) has unveiled its 2017 Best Toys for Kids award winners.  The list includes eighteen winning toys in seventeen categories.

“ASTRA’s Best Toys for Kids award program is different from other top toy lists because it reflects the collective expertise of hundreds of toy retailers who know toys inside out,” said Kimberly Mosley, President of ASTRA.  “The list of winners is a well-balanced representation of the fun, top-quality, high play value products consumers can find in locally-owned neighborhood toy stores around the country.”

The 2017 Best Toys for Kids award winners are:

ACTIVE PLAY – Laser X 2-Pack – NSI – Distributed by Toysmith

BOTS – Smart Bot Robot – Play Vision Inc

CHOOSE YOUR OWN CATEGORY – Zipes™ Speed Pipes Performance Pack – Neat-Oh! International

CLASSIC PLAY: 0-7 YEARS – Topanifarm – Hotaling/Djeco

CLASSIC PLAY:  8+ YEARS – Doink It Darts – Marky Sparky

CONSTRUCTIVE PLAY – Geomatrix – California Creations

REMOTE CONTROL MACHINES: – Construction Vehicles – Thames & Kosmos

CREATIVE ARTS PLAY UNDER 7 – The Ultimate Brick Maker – Relevant Play

CREATIVE ARTS PLAY 7+ – Linkt Craft Kits Bubble Loops – Neat-Oh! International

EARLY PLAY – SmartMax My First Safari Animals – Smart Toys and Games, Inc

FAMILY GAME NIGHT – Slapzi – Carma Games

GAME PLAY:  2-5 YEARS – Cha-Cha Chihuahua – Gamewright A Div of Ceaco

GAME PLAY: 5-8 YEARS – Go Gelato! – Blue Orange Games

GAME PLAY 8+YEARS – Kingdomino – Blue Orange Games

LOGIC SKILLS – Roller Coaster Challenge  – ThinkFun

PRETEND:  DOLL PLAY – Rahel from Ethiopia – Hearts for Hearts Girls

PRETEND:  ROLE & FANTASY PLAY – My Magical Sound & Lights Unicorn – GUND

SCIENTIFIC PLAY – Snap Circuits STEM – ELENCO

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