ASTRA - The website for the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association. Founded in 1992, ASTRA's premise: to bring members of the independent toy industry together to help each other succeed has grown to be the largest association for companies in the toy and children’s products. The ASTRA website includes information and links to independent toy retailers, specialty toy manufacturers, manufacturers’ representatives, industry affiliates, suppliers and service providers, and other children’s businesses including furniture, equipment, publishing and entertainment companies.
CPSC - This link brings you to the homepage of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission which is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.
CPSC Toy Recall Information - This link brings you directly to the CPSC's Toy Hazards Recall webpage. Here is the most current list of the CPSC's toy recalls.
Dr. Toy - (from the "About Dr. Toy" webpage) "Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD, has been for many years one of the nation's and world’s leading experts on play, toys, and children's products. With 30 years of direct experience, Dr. Auerbach includes educationally oriented, developmental and skill building products from the best large and small companies in her four annual award programs. Many parents, teachers and toy buyers use Dr. Toy’s guidance in making selections." Dr. Toys website provides a significant gateway to explore many resources available the toy buyer.
goHeidi Online Toy Shop - Here is a link to our eCommerce site where you can find and buy many of the award winning toys referenced in many of the resource links provided on this page.
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio - (from their "about us page" on their website) "The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio was founded in 1989 as the only independent consumer review of children's media. [The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio] newsletter is published quarterly and is an ad-free subscription-based periodical for parents, grandparents, libraries and childcare providers. How We Select the Best. [The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio] test and review products for children the year-round-only we get to do what most parents wish they could do before they buy. We open the toys, run the videos, read the books, play the music, and boot up the software. We send the best of these products on to our families of testers for further evaluation."
Toy Industry Association - (from their "about us page" on their website) The "Toy Industry Association™, Inc. (TIA) is the not-for-profit trade association for producers and importers of toys and youth entertainment products sold in North America, representing over 500 companies who account for approximately 85% of domestic toy sales. Associate members include licensors, designers, inventors, safety consultants, testing laboratories, communications professionals and the media." Their website provides access to many toy industry resources.
USPIRG Toy Safety - (from the "about us page" on their website) "U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), takes on powerful interests on behalf of the American public, working to win concrete results for our health and our well-being. With a strong network of researchers, advocates, organizers and students in state capitols across the country, we stand up to powerful special interests on issues where powerful special interests stand in the way of reform, like product safety, identity theft, political corruption, prescription drugs, and voting rights." The USPIRG Toy Safety webpage contains relavent news and links on the subject of toy safety.
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