Best Toys for Tweens & Teen: 2021 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards
We are delighted to announce the Best Toys in the Tween & Teen Category for 2021. These toys have been awarded our top honor, the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award! Many tweens and most teens will tell you they're done with toys, so to find games and activities that pull them off their electronics—to take their eyes off those big and little screens, is no easy task. Here are our favorites of the year! Click thru to find our entire evaluation and shopping information as
Best Toys for Early School Years: 2021 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards
We are delighted to announce the Best Toys in the Early School Years Category for 2021. These toys have been awarded our top honor, the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award! Early School Years children like more complex building toys, puzzles, and games. They're also ready to use fine motor skills for crafts. they need toys for social and active play as well as quiet solo time. To read our full review of each toy click through the titles below. You'll find our entire evalu
Best Toys for Preschoolers: 2021 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards
We are delighted to announce the Best Toys in the Preschool Category for 2021. These toys have been awarded our top honor, the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award! Preschoolers need a a mix of toys for active big muscle play as well as sit down quiet time. Toys for solo time as well as social play. To read our full review of each toy click through the titles below. You'll find our entire evaluation and shopping information as well. You'll also want to check our OTP Gold A
Best Toys for Toddlers: 2021 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards
We are delighted to announce the Best Toys in the Toddler Category for 2021. These toys have been awarded our top honor, the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award! Toddlers are all about their new found mobility and curiosity. It's important to bring home a mix of playthings that play to their strengths and foster confidence in their ability to make things happen! And if you've ever played with a toddler, you know they love doing things again and again. Dolls Cuddle + Kind
Best Toys for Infants: 2021 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Awards
We are delighted to announce the Best Toys in the Infant Category for 2021. These toys have been awarded our top honor, the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award! Infants don't need a lot of playthings, but having well-chosen props for engaging your baby in play is essential. To read our full review of each toy click through the titles below. You'll find our entire evaluation and shopping information as well. We also highly recommend looking at our Oppenheim Toy Portfolio G
Hess Cargo Plane and Jet
(Hess $39.99) We've seen cargo trucks, cargo boats, cargo trains, but we’ve never seen a cargo plane quite like this one! This amazing white and green light-up cargo plane has a broad body with a rear red light—press it and abracadabra, the cargo doors swing open to reveal the jet inside! A hidden ramp slides out so the jet can exit the cargo plane. Unfold the jet’s wings, twist the tail fin into an upright position, and it’s ready for flight with button-and-motion activated
eeBoo 1-2-3 Puzzle Pairs
(eeBoo $16.99) Using a classic format, these 20 two-piece puzzles contain pairs of cards of picture and numeral from 1 to 20. WE suggest that you introduce just five pairs from 1-5, rather than the whole box full. Look at the images together and be sure your child can name the objects. Turn the picture puzzle part face down. Leave the numerals face up. Take turns drawing a picture card and count the number of items on the card. Then connect the picture with the right numeral.
LEGO The Friends Apartment
(LEGO $149.99) Not to be confused with LEGO's Friends series, this 2048 piece set is about Seinfeld and friends for nostalgia buffs and expert builders. Given the size of the build and the price, this is more of a collector's set and marked 18+. A new target audience for LEGO. Therer are even lighting sets accessories online for these big builds that are likely to be displayed more than played with by builders. Not yet available at Amazon. Ages: Teens, Adults Oppenheim Toy P
LEGO Hogwarts Icons Collector's Edition
(LEGO $249.99) For young adults who grew up with Harry Potter and LEGO -- this is going to be a dream come true kind of holiday gift. With over 3,000 pieces -- this is not for the faint of heart or beginner builder. It is a wow-wee kind of build -- a huge Hedwig, Harry's glasses, a wand, books, potion bottles and the Golden Snitch. There are also golden minifigures of Professor Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, and Rubeus Hagrid. When complete, it stands over 17" high and 19' w
VTech KidiZoom PrintCam
(VTech $74.99) It's not your old Polaroid, but it's a kid-friendly version that lets kids take a picture with a click and print it instantly. This is late in arriving so we have not had time to kid test it, but our adult tester was impressed and says it is not any more difficult to use than earlier VTech cameras. Kids can preview their photos with the 2.4" color screen and print regular or panoramic photos in black and white right away. No they do not print in color! They can
