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• - Guide on how to choose children's toys and games which are fun, safe and educational.
  
• - Comprehensive site with consumer reviews, tips, and advice on both toys and games. Search by type, character, price or brand name.
  
• - Covers importance of play, safety tips, and toy suggestions.
  
• - Provided by the Institute for Childhood Resources, this comprehensive site has tips, articles, evaluations, company links, toy history, "100 best toys", web links.
  
• - What's a Kid 2 Do? and, What's a Teen 2 Do? provide computer children's software, toy, games, and sports reviews for consumers. Site focuses on products that are currently popular and in demand.
  
• - Non-profit organization that lists toy hazards and a "10 worst toys" list.
  
• - Toy recalls from the Consumer Product Safety Commission back to 1975.
  
• - Toy of the Year Awards, voted upon by the general public and the toy industry. Data is available seasonally, generally around Christmas.
  
• - Role playing and other games reviewed. Includes forum, articles and links.
  
• - IGN Sci-Fi focuses on science fiction toys, particularly action figures, with reviews and notices of what is new and on the market.
  
• - Photographic tour of the Magna Doodle, shows how the liquid dispersion medium is used in a toy that allows children to draw and re-draw pictures and words without wasting paper or creating chalk dust.
  
• - Classic toys that are still on the market, along with their first year of introduction and their current manufacturer. Compiled by the American Toy Institute.
  
• - Month by month list, and archives of previous years, of top selling toys, compiled by the American Toy Institute.
  
• - Publications from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
  
• - In-depth description with many inside-view photos of a popular seasonal motorized novelty item.
  
• - Animated article shows inner workings of water pump guns capable of shooting 50 feet.
  
• - Choosing safe toys, organized by age of the child.
  
• - Reviews of toys and games by consumers.
  
• - Zillions (Consumer Reports for Kids) includes advice, ratings of toys and other things kids buy, and fun features like Fad Alert. Accepts no advertising from companies.
  
• - Reviews and guide to the best children's "edutainment" toys, videos, software, music, and video games.
  
• - Offers specifications and information on many sporting goods and toys geared towards young children and teens.
  
• - Reviews of popular children's toys with specifications and price range.
  
• - Annual survey and video demonstrations of unsafe toys. Tips for choosing safe toys.
  
• - Independent parent testers review, test, and give seals of approval to toys, games, books, software, educational products.
  
• - Non-profit, charitable organization that offers evaluations of toys tested by children in everyday settings, to assess design, function, durability and play value.
  
• - Toy reviews, game reviews, resources for parents and kids.