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A sampling of some of the awards current Thames & Kosmos products have received.
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The Amazing Tightrope-Walking Gyrobot 2020 – ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Finalist 2020 – The Toy Association’s Specialty Toy of the Year Finalist Architectural Engineering 2019 – ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Finalist 2019 – Parents’ Choice Gold Award Candy Claw Machine 2021 – The Toy Insider’s STEM 10 List 2021 – The Toy Association and Clamour’s Best of Holiday Influencer Choice List 2022 – Toy of the Year Finalist (STEAM Toy category) CHEM C1000 2004 - Parents’ Choice Gold Award 2004 - TNPC Seal of Approval CHEM C2000 2005 - Parents’ Choice Silver Award CHEM C3000 Named “Best Overall Chemistry Set” by The Wall Street Journal Chemistry C500 2007 - Parents’ Choice Silver Award Creatto (Series 1) 2020 – ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Finalist (Arts & Crafts category) 2020 - The Toy Insider’s Spring & Summer Gift Guide 2020 – Good Housekeeping, a winner of one of 2020 Best Toy Awards (under $50) Creatto (Series 2) 2021 – The Toy Insider’s Spring & Summer Gift Guide 2021 – The Toy Association and Clamour’s Spring & Summer Influencer Choice List The Crew 2020 - Kennerspiel des Jahres Winner 2021 – The Dice Tower Awards, Best Cooperative Game of 2020 2021 – The Dice Tower Awards, Most Innovative Game of 2020 2021 – The Dice Tower Awards, Game of the Year for 2020 The Crew: Mission Deep Sea 2021 – ASTRA’s Best Toys for Kids Finalist (Games category) 2021 –The Pop Insider’s Holiday Gift Guide
EXIT: The Sacred Temple 2021 –The Pop Insider’s Holiday Gift Guide EXIT: The Game – Season 5 Bundle (includes 2021 EXIT releases: The Cursed Labyrinth, The Gate Between Worlds, Kidnapped in Fortune City, The Sacred Temple, The Deserted Lighthouse) 2022 – Toy of the Year Finalist (GrownUp Toy category) Fangs 2021 –The Pop Insider’s Holiday Gift Guide EXIT: Theft on the Mississippi 2020 – The Toy Insider’s Spring & Summer Gift Guide Geckobot 2016 - ASTRA's Best Toys for Kids 2016 - The Toy Insider's STEM 10 List Giant Dinosaur Skeleton Dig 2018 - Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide Gravity Bugs 2021 – ASTRA’s Best Toys for Kids Winner (Science category) 2021 – The Toy Insider’s Spring & Summer Gift Guide 2022 – Toy of the Year Finalist (Construction Toy category) Gross Gummy Candy Lab 2018 - Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide Gumball Machine Maker 2019 – ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Finalist 2019 – The Toy Insider’s Holiday Gift Guide 2019 – Parents’ Choice Silver Award 2020 – Toy of the Year Finalist Happy Atoms 2017 – Parents’ Choice Silver Award Hydropower 2009 - Parents’ Choice Recommended I Dig It! Dino Excavation Kits 2018 - Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award I Dig It! Treasure - Pirate Treasure 2020 – Parents’ Choice Recommended Award
Crystal Growing 2013 - Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award
Imhotep 2016 - Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2016 - Parents' Choice Gold Award 2017 - Toy of the Year Finalist
Dimension 2015 - Parents’ Choice Silver Award 2015 - Oppenheim Platinum Award
Incredible Inflatable Aero Dancer 2021 – ASTRA’s Best Toys for Kids Finalist (Build & Play category)
Drop It 2018 - Parents’ Choice Silver Award 2018 - NAPPA Award
Kids First Aircraft Engineer 2015 – Parents’ Choice Gold Award
Easy Electric Circuits 2021 – The Toy Insider’s Spring & Summer Gift Guide Electricity & Magnetism 2012 - Parents’ Choice Gold Award EXIT: The Catacombs of Horror 2020 – Popular Mechanics Game and Toy Award
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EXIT: The Game (Series 1) 2017 - Kennerspiel des Jahres
Kids First Biology Lab 2013 - Academics’ Choice Brain Toy Award Kids First Big & Fun Microscope 2018 - Parents’ Choice Recommended Kids First Boat Engineer 2017 – Parents’ Choice Gold Award
Kids First Botany 2012 - Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award Kids First Coding & Robotics 2018 - ASTRA Best Toys for Kids 2018 - NAPPA Award 2018 - Parents’ Choice Gold Award 2019 - Toy of the Year Finalist (Tech Toy) Kids First Engineering Design 2015 – Parents’ Choice Gold Award Kids First Robot Safari 2019 – Parents’ Choice Recommended Award 2019 – The Toy Insider’s Holiday Gift Guide Kids First Robot Engineer 2016 - ASTRA Best Toys for Kids 2016 - Parents' Choice Gold Award 2017 - Toy of the Year Finalist Kids First Science Laboratory 2016 – Parents’ Choice Gold Award Kids First The Human Body 2012 - Creative Child Preferred Choice
Pepper Mint - Treehouse Adventure 2018 - Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide 2018 - Parents’ Choice Silver Award 2019 - Toy of the Year Finalist (Specialty Toy) Physics Pro 2007 - Parents’ Choice Silver Award Physics Workshop 2005 - Parents’ Choice Silver Award Rabbit’s Hat Magic Tricks 2019 – Toy Insider’s Spring/Summer Gift Guide Rainbow Gummy Candy Lab 2019 – The Toy Insider’s Holiday Gift Guide ReBotz: Rebooted Robots 2021 – The Toy Insider’s Holiday Gift Guide Remote-Control Machines 2011 - ASTRA Best Toys for Kids (Science) 2011 - People’s Play Award Nominee
Kinetic Machines 2018 - Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide
Remote-Control Machines: Space Explorers 2015 – Parents’ Choice Gold Award
Lost Cities: The Card Game 2019 – Parents’ Choice Gold Award
Robotics: Smart Machines 2016 – Parents’ Choice Gold Award
Magic Hat 2017 – Parents’ Choice Recommended 2017 - Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide
Robotics: Smart Machines – HoverBots 2020 – ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Finalist
Master Detective Toolkit 2015 - Parents’ Choice Gold Award
Robotics: Smart Machines - Tracks & Treads 2019 – Parents’ Choice Silver Award
Mechanical Engineering: Robotic Arms 2017 – Parents’ Choice Silver Award
Robotics Workshop 2017 – Toy of the Year Finalist
Mega Cyborg Hand 2020 – ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Winner 2020 – The Toy Insider’s STEM 10 List 2021 – The Toy Association’s STEAM Toy of the Year Finalist 2021 – Toy of the Year Winner (STEAM category) 2021 – TIME’s Best Inventions of 202
Simple Machines 2019 – Parents’ Choice Gold Award
My City 2020 – Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2020 - GeekDad Approved
Solar-Powered Rovers 2020 – Parents’ Choice Gold Award SolarBots: 8-in-1 Solar Robot 2020 – Popular Mechanics Game and Toy Award 2021 - The Toy Association’s Construction Toy of the Year Finalist
My Discovery Telescope 2020 – Parents’ Choice Recommended Award 2020 – The Toy Insider’s Spring & Summer Gift Guide
Structural Engineering 2017 – Parents’ Choice Gold Award
My Robotic Pet: Tumbling Hedgehog 2019 – ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Winner 2019 – The Toy Insider’s STEM 10 List 2020 – Toy of the Year Finalist
Ubongo 2015 - Parents’ Choice Silver Award 2015 – Good Housekeeping’s Best Toy Awards 2015 – Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award
Ooze Labs: Alien Slime Lab 2019 – Parents’ Choice Recommended Award 2019 – The Toy Insider’s Holiday Gift Guide Ooze Labs: Soap & Bath Bomb Lab 2019 – Parents’ Choice Recommended Award 2019 – The Toy Insider’s Holiday Gift Guide Ooze Labs Chemistry Station 2018 - Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide 2018 - Parents’ Choice Silver Award
TKx400i Dual-LED Microscope 2017 – Parents’ Choice Silver Award
Ubongo 3D 2021 – The Toy Insider’s Holiday Gift Guide Wind Power 4.0 2021 – The Toy Association’s Outdoor Toy of the Year Finalist
2021 New Product Awards
