Wednesday, February 20, 2008

My feet hurt!!!!! But, I am still smiling

Why my feet hurt…

There are 630,000 thousand reasons why my feet hurt, and it is the square footage of the exhibition space occupied by this year’s Toy Industry Association's Toy Fair at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.

We managed to cover most of Toy Fair in two days. If we had a third day, I am sure we would have seen everything and talked to everyone. As it was, we prepared ourselves in advance with a list of manufacturers and reps, and we mapped out exactly where we wanted to go. While we were very focused with our plan, we were able to see a lot more than what was on our list, and we met a lot of really nice and very helpful people.

All-in-all we had a great experience, the only major disappointment was the arrogant attitude we encountered at the Ganz Webkinz booth. Our visit to their booth really was a not nice experience.

On a high note, we are adding to our product line many quality items, and several being Made in USA. We are adding Made in USA Scientific Explorer Kits, Harrisville Designs weaving kits, Find It Games, and Do A Dot Art books and kits. Madame Alexander is another US Company we will be carrying. European additions include Steiff plush dolls, and Pustefix Bubble products. Canadian additions include Blue Orange games. There are a bunch more toys, games, and manufacturers we have added to our offerings, so please visit our store or check us out at http://www.goheidi.com/ to see what we have added.

See you soon – Heidi and Jim

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