Holidays provide good time to take stock of toys

By Toy Tips Inc | November 26, 2010

My house holds one 3-year-old boy, one 1-year-old girl and hundreds of toys. They overflow every storage box. Spread in a thin layer, they easily cover the floors of four rooms. The kids play with most of them but love very few of them – and they play just as happily with laundry baskets, cardboard…

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Green toymaker goes extra mile – keeps it local

By Toy Tips Inc | April 19, 2010

San Francisco’s Green Toys makes all its toddler tea sets, building blocks and toy trucks out of plastic recycled from milk jugs. It uses minimal packaging – just simple cardboard with no twist ties, shrink wrap or plastic bubbles. But its biggest “green” feature lies behind the scenes. Click here for article

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Business Journal names Forty under 40 winners

By Toy Tips Inc | April 14, 2010

Aaron Jagdfeld, president of Generac Power Systems in Waukesha, and Marti Wronski, vice president and general counsel of the Milwaukee Brewers, highlight the list of the winners of The Business Journal’s 2010 Forty under 40 awards. Click here for article

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Toy entrepreneur hopes to clean up with cleaner

By Toy Tips Inc | March 14, 2010

Toys have been Marianne Szymanski’s business for her entire adult life. Not making or selling them, but rather testing and talking about playthings as a nationally known expert. Now Szymanski, 42, has a new twist on toys that she hopes will revitalize her Toy Tips company: cleaning them. “I’m branding Toy Tips beyond toy testing,”…

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Hot Holiday Toys

By Toy Tips Inc | December 12, 2009

Pregnancy and Mom Magazines and ToyTips.com toy list: Cahootie $5.95>> Buy this toy on Amazon: Cahootie Wishes & Dreams Game Disney Princess Tiana $24.50>> Website: www.disneystore.com UberStix Pirate Ship $19.95>> Website: www.fatbraintoys.com Fashion Angels Silk Screen Fashion Design Set $27.99>> Buy this toy on Amazon: Fashion Angels Project Runway Silk Screen Designer Monopoly City $34.99>> Website: www.hasbro.com Tier Toys Stackers…

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Hot new toys from the toy tester

By Toy Tips Inc | February 24, 2009

The 2009 International Toy Fair just ended and I know the first thing everyone wants to know is…. What’s hot? Well, the answer is simple. What’s “hot” for one child is not “hot” for another. Age, skills and interests are the most important thing to consider before making a smart toy purchase. Click here for…

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Hot new toys from the toy tester

By Toy Tips Inc | February 24, 2009

The 2009 International Toy Fair just ended and I know the first thing everyone wants to know is…. What’s hot? Well, the answer is simple. What’s “hot” for one child is not “hot” for another. Age, skills and interests are the most important thing to consider before making a smart toy purchase. This is the…

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