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Thursday, November 06, 2008

The toy industry has been taking note of ZinkoTek and some of the prestigious awards we’ve been honored with in the past year include:

Creative Child Magazine’s Top Toy of the Year Award

In this competitive awards program, all toys submitted are reviewed by moms and early childhood education professionals. Only one product per category can win a Toy of the Year Award and ZinkoTek took the honors in 2008 under the Builder Construction Toy System catgory.

Dr. Toy’s 100 Best Children’s Products for 2008

Only toys that meet Dr. Toy’s high standards of evaluation are chosen to be featured in The Dr. Toy Guide.

2008 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Winner

In the NAPPA awards program, products are judged by independent experts and ZinkoTek was named among the best products available to children and families in 2008.

San Diego Family Magazine’s Summer’s Hottest Toys

Coming in as one of the top toys out of 60 submissions, ZinkoTek thrilled the adult and kid testers with creativity and durability, scoring a 9 out of 10.

AblePlay

*Received high ratings on AblePlay, an independent toy rating system which examines toys for children with special needs. View ZinkoTek’s full report card. (Search for ZinkoTek under Manufacturer)

Toy Tip’s Report Card

ZinkoTek has also received an “A” as an overall score on Toy Tip’s Report Card. View ZinkoTek’s full report card.

In The Media

In February 2008, Chris Byrne aka The Toy Guy recognized ZinkoTek as one of the Top Ten Toys of the 2008 Toy Fair and featured us on Live with Regis & Kelly during Toy Week.

ZinkoTek continues to get noticed by the specialized toy press, the latest is a spotlight article by TDMonthly

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