Spielwarenmesse ToyAwards finalists revealed

Spielwarenmesse has revealed the 15 finalists of this year’s coveted ToyAwards as it prepares to welcome guests to the 70th anniversary edition of the show.

This year sees the introduction of a new raft of categories with ToyAwards presented in the StartUp category and four age-specific categories Baby and Infant, Pre-School, SchoolKids and Teenager and Adults.

This year, 433 exhibitors entered a total of 838 innovations. The products that made it through the preliminary round were sent to Spielwaremesse for further evaluation. A jury then considered the remaining entries at a meeting to select three exceptional innovations.

The nominees for this year’s ToyAwards are:

Baby and Infant:

Lawn Mower Baby Walker – Legler small foot company

Magic Touch Piano Musical Toy – Hape International

My First RC – Revell

Pre-school

Bworld theme sets – Bruder

Deluxe Scientific Workbench – Hape International

My Magic Castle – Buki

Schoolkids

Magical Mermaid World – Playmobil

The slow motion race game – Hasbro

Toi+ – Ravensburger

Teenager and Adults

Die drei ??? Krimipuzzle

kNOW! – Ravensburger

Sound Jack – Hutter Trade

Start-ups

Mabot – Shenzhen Bell Creative Science and Education

Pikoko – Brain Games

Qbitoy – Qbi Globe

The winners of this year’s toyAwards will be announced on January 29th during the Opening Ceremony marking the beginning of the 70th Spielwarenmesse.