People of Play Reveals Finalists for 17th Annual TAGIE Awards

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Folks of Play simply dropped the curtain on the finalists for the seventeenth annual Toy & Sport Worldwide Excellence (TAGIE) Awards.

Set to happen on November 8, 2024 at Joe’s Stay in Rosemont, Illinois, this yr’s TAGIEs follows a “Toys By Time” theme and can honor winners throughout 9 classes. Moreover, the occasion will honor Mary Danby and Dan Romanelli because the Lifetime Achievement recipients and Alan Dorfman because the Trade Sport Changer.

We’re excited to kick off the vacation season by celebrating the innovators who encourage us and are the driving drive of the toy business whose creativity and fervour encourage us every single day. The TAGIEs are our alternative to have fun these excellent achievements. Make sure you mark your calendars!”

— Karri Bean, TAGIE Awards Host and Senior Licensing Supervisor, at Disney Shopper Merchandise, Experiences & Shopper Merchandise

Public voting begins Sept. 25 at this location.

And the nominees are…

TOY INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

JMP Inventive’s Jim McCafferty and Sky Fort Toys’ Josh Loerzel and Lev Nelson for Sky Fort Toys’ Sticki Rolls
KidToyology’s Peter Wachtel and Jazwares for Batter Batter Fetch
Liran Ganor and Yigal Liven for Hasbro’s Nerf Higher Than Balloons
Made Actual Design’s Ciaran Larkin for Hasbro’s Spider-Man Actual Webs Final Net Blaster
Seven Cities’ Workforce for Hasbro’s Hydro Pods
Streamline Design’s David Yakos for Thames & Kosmos’s Pinball Machine Maker Gumball Rally
Assume Blue Marble’s Ste Smith for Nationwide Geographic’s Motorized Fashions Line
Wild Republic for Earthkins
Yair Shilo and Nextoy for Goliath’s Energy Saber
ZipString’s Stephen Fazio and Austin Hillam and Product Counsel’s Robert Yusim for ZipString

GAME INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

April Mitchell for Foxmind’s Slanguage (co-designer Ed Gartin), John Adam’s Am I a Dirtbag (co-designer Carine Rosalia), MoCo Video games’ Hazard Hugs (co-designer Serena Fadlun), Hootenanny Video games’ Thrilling Sport (co-designer Ed Gartin), Martinex’s FormWorms and Life is Higher Outdoors’s BamzBall
Bang Zoom Design and Moose Video games Design Workforce for Moose Video games’ Pickleball Blast and for Mattel’s Barbie Pop Reveal Rise and Shock Reward Set with Mattel Toy Workforce
BlueMatter Video games’ Rebecca Bleau and Nicholas Cravotta, Identification Video games’ JM Duparc and Buffalo Video games for Identification Video games’ Medical Mysteries
Brainy Chick Inc.’s Kim Vandenbroucke for Mattel’s Scrabble Collectively
Disney’s Alex Wilde for Star Wars Digital Dejarik Board Sport
Grey Issues Video games’ Joe Barron, Sophia Ricciardi and Alena Lyons with Creators Brady Peterson, Tim Swindle, SIO Video games, Danielle Standring and Grant Lyon for Slip It In and The Donut Problem
KID Group’s Dan Klistner, Brian Clemens, Gary Levenberg for KID’s Sling It and Spin Grasp’s Snackasauraus Rex
Marcus Carleson for Jumbo Group’s Hitster: The Music Get together Sport
Peggy Brown Inventive and Moose Video games Design Workforce for Moose Video games’ Wild Flowers
Streamline Design’s David Yakos and West Paw’s Spencer Williams for West Paw’s The Canine’s Greatest Buddy Sport

RISING STAR INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

Brad Owen with Fats Mind’s Mark Carson for Fats Mind’s Air Toobz
Disney’s Sung Park for Mattel’s American Woman Disney Princess 18″ Dolls
Escape Tabletop Video games for Goliath’s Psycho Killer Sport
Hasbro’s Ava Garfinkel for Monopoly Go! Board Sport
Hasbro’s Maja Elliott for Licensing Lego Duplo Peppa Pig Development Toys
Hasbro’s Samuel Howes Peppa’s Dance Get together Stay Tour and PEPPA PIG Amazon Model Shops (U.S., U.Ok. and Germany)
Henry’s Toy Field’s Frank (Rongzhi) Cui for KidsCleanCar
Spin Grasp’s Keith Chan for 4D Construct
Tectonic Toy’s Eric Jacoby for a Line of Distinctive Toy Design
The Culturorama’s Kusuma Reddy for Empowerment of Rural Artisans

MOST INNOVATIVE PR AND MARKETING TEAM OF THE YEAR

All is Truthful in Monopoly Marketing campaign with Hasbro’s Sarah Madey, Jennifer Boswinkel, Keeley Tobin, Heather Burns, Tori Helm, Kim Ferry, Ally Simpson, Shara Dube, Amanda Roy, Stacey Forgang, Caleigh Crocker, Marissa Toselli, Lauren Stanley, Jen Burch, Kristen Toole, Jess Murphy, Julia Eisler, Amanda DiSanto and Anne Marie Horne
FMK Board Sport Marketing campaign with Hasbro’s Paul Strickland, Rosalie Rubenstein, Julia Eisler, Jess Murphy, Patrick O’Rourke, Krystal Sekula, Stacey Forgang, Caleigh Crocker, Jen Burch, Kristen Toole, Lauren Haxell, Ashley Mule and Ally Pizzi
Hasbro’s Furby PR and Advertising and marketing Workforce led by Holly Myhre for the Furby Launch Marketing campaign
Hey Buddy Hey Pal & Freeman Public Relations for PEEPS® EggMazing Egg Decorator
LEGO and Disney Spark Pleasure Marketing campaign by LEGO International PMD Workforce, Disney International Franchise Workforce, Disney International Advertising and marketing and LEGO Inventive Company LEGO
Moose Video games’ Pickleball Blast PR and Advertising and marketing Workforce led by Laura Daroca and Dana Moncrief
PLAYMOBIL & Freeman Public Relations for PLAYMOBIL Giant Pirate Ship
Rubik’s fiftieth Anniversary by The Spin Grasp Rubik’s Advertising and marketing Workforce: Sam Susz, Thompson Clarke, Kurtis Wong and Megan Thomas
Schleich’s Share Your Tales Marketing campaign with Schleich’s Kelli Masilun, Scott Hepburn, Elisha Jernigan and Karen Broome with Litzky PR
Sky Fort Toys’ Lev Nelson and Josh Loerzel with Freeman Public Relations for Sticki Rolls

MOST INNOVATIVE ART AND DESIGN VISUALS OF THE YEAR

Abacus Model’s Steve Rad for DK Digital Actuality World Artwork!
Angela Achtner, Nicole Vena and Canal Toys International Workforce for Airbrush Plush Neon Unicorn
Brady Lang and Brittney Hassinger for Moose Video games’ Wild Flowers
EXG Professional Digiplates Workforce for Collectible Metallic Digiplates
Hasbro’s Scot Getchonis for Life in Reterra
Unimaginable Dream Studios’ Katarzyna Bekus, Sandra Chlewińska, Weronika Kozyra and Kate “Ves” Vesner Redesiuk for Kinfire Delve: Vainglory’s Grotto
Lars Besten for Zookini
Deadly Hen Video games’ Alex Mackey and Mike Szalajko for Little Pig Little Pig
Streamline Design’s David Yakos and West Paw’s Spencer Williams for The Canine’s Greatest Buddy Sport
ST8MNT Model Company’s Kelsie Swift for Hootenanny Video games’ SIXEM, Floats McGoats, Snarkas and SIXEM Bitter Patch Youngsters

MOST INNOVATIVE SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR

Barry and Jason Video games and Leisure
Design Edge
Perpetually Stoked Inventive
Product Counsel
Candy Spot Studio
The Inventive Fold
The Sport Crafter
White Fort Video games Company

MOST INNOVATIVE RETAILER OF THE YEAR

Amy Saldanha for kiddywampus
Daybreak Dawson for Studying Categorical Glen Ellyn
Elizabeth Whitelam for Whitelam Books
Frances Hull for Hometown Comics & Video games
Hilary Key for The Toy Chest
Jody Everett for Beanbag Books
Julie Burczyk for Instruments 4 Instructing
Michael Kristula for Treasures Naperville
Rick Derr for Studying Categorical Toys
Theresa Duncan for Villa Villekulla Toys

MOST INNOVATIVE LICENSE OF THE YEAR

BBC Studios and Moose Toys for Bluey
Disney and Spin Grasp Bitzee Model Workforce
Disney Lorcana and Ravensburger’s Terrell Gentry, Brian Godlewski, Emily Colon, Alex Maher, Adam Reed, Shaun Shishido and Jean Nichols
Simply Born High quality Confections and Hey Buddy Hey Pal
Mattel’s Alena Niu for Polly Pocket’s thirty fifth Anniversary
MrBeast and Moose Toys
NFL and Mattel’s UNO Workforce: Ray Adler, Brian Yu, Nick Hayes and Aaron Weil
Panini, NBA and Hasbro’s Dave Moccia, Richard Sands, Alex Forti, Sam Weiser, Kim Ferry, Ally Simpson, Missy Miceli, Mel Soares, Sara Walsh, Rosalie Rubenstein, Heather Burns, Tori Helm and Adam Winzens
Smurfs and Maestro Media’s Antoine Bauza, Corentin Lebrat, Ludovic Maublanc and Théo Rivière
Bitter Patch Youngsters and Hootenanny Video games