Maker Studio won the Techlicious Best of 2015 NY Toy Fair Award!
Maker’s Studio made quite the impression during it’s release at the 2015 New York Toy Fair this February, winning the Best of Toy Fair award from Techlicious, making numerous Top 10 Lists (listed below), and receiving glowing reviews for its take on open-end play. Co-inventors David Yakos, of Salient Technologies, Inc., and maker Parker Thomas teamed up with toy and game producers, ThinkFun to create the open-play concept toy. Three Maker Studio sets have been released: Propellers, Gear and Winches, and the included Engineering Challenge Cards encourage kids in problem solving and thinking outside the box. Built by engineers for budding engineers, ThinkFun’s Maker Studio puts creativity back in play.
Check out some of the great reviews at these links:
April 14, 2015: No Monsters In My Bed Blog Review of Maker Studio
April 13, 2015: The House of Boys…And a Girl Blog Review of Maker Studio
April 13, 2015: Cummin’s Life Blog Review of Maker Studio
March 6, 2015: KBZK News Piece on Bozeman local, David Yakos & the invention of Maker Studio
February 20, 2015: Maker Studio named in the CNET “Most Amazing Stuff of Toy Fair 2015” list
February 19, 2015: Maker Studio named in GeekDad’s Top 10 of NY Toy Fair 2015
Techlicious Best of Toy Fair 2015 Award
February 19, 2015: Makezine is all about Maker Studio promoting the make-movement
February 19, 2015: The Maker Studio pieces “feel great, fit together well, and demand open-ended play”, says Amy Kraft of Makeroni
February 18, 2015: Kidscreen ranks Maker Studio in their favoriate non-tech toys
February 18, 2015: DadDoes places Maker Studio on the “Good” end of his article, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Toy Fair 2015
February 16, 2015: Out of 150,000 products, Maker Studio is awarded Techlicious Best of Toy Fair 2015 List along with 7 others
February 11, 2015: Reuter’s Magazine lists ThinkFun’s Maker Studio as a great toy for kids who want to “build, do and explore!”
February 7, 2015: The Making of and Inspiration behind Maker Studio
If you’re into videos, check out the Made by Bella series – where Bella and her Friends work through the Engineering Challenges of Maker Studio
Made by Bella – creating a Princess Carriage with Maker Studio
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