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ASTRA 2019 Best Toys for Kids Winners Revealed

The American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) unveiled its 2019 Best Toys for Kids award winners today. The list includes 17 winning toys across 17 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.”

 

Here are the 2019 winners:

Arts & Crafts 7+

Y’Art Craft Kit – Puppy

Kahootz Toys

 

Arts & Crafts Under 7

SloFlo Motion Magic

Play Visions

 

Classic

Lite-Brite

Schylling Inc

 

Construction

Magna-Tiles House 28-Piece Set

Valtech

 

Games: 7+

Planet

Blue and Orange Games

 

Games: Family

MORPHY

Fat Brain Toy Co

 

Games: Under 7

Yeti or Not!

Fat Brain Toy Co

 

Infant & Toddler

RollAgain Sorter

Fat Brain Toy Co

 

Outdoor & Active Play

Pop & Pass

Hog Wild

  

Outdoor & Active Play: Ride-On

PRIMO

Ambosstoys LLC

 

Preschool

Hape Sunny Valley Adventure Dome

Hape International

 

Pretend Play: Imaginary

Timber Tots Tree House

Fat Brain Toy Co

 

Pretend Play: Role

Reversible Dragon/Knight Cape

Great Pretenders

 

Pretend Play: Vehicles

Playviator

Fat Brain Toy Co

 

Puzzles

Shashibo – The Shape Shifting Box

Fun in Motion Toys

 

Puzzles: Jigsaw

Escape Puzzles – Space Observatory

Ravensburger

 

Science & Discovery

My Robotic Pet – Tumbling Hedgehog

Thames & Kosmos

 

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.”