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2018 TAGIE Awards Finalists Revealed!

Toy & Game Innovation Awards, November 16th, 2018

TOY INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

Seven Towns ltd
Who's the Dude
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KID Group
Ultra Dash
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Latham Gaines
Power Dough for Canal Toys
latham2 copy - Laura Gaines.JPG
power_dough1 - Laura Gaines.jpg
Shoot The Moon
Wrapples for Moose Toys
paul-and-david - David Small.jpg
wrapples-01 - David Small.jpg
wrapples-02 - David Small.jpg
Sydney Wiseman
Fingerlings for WowWee
SydneyWiseman2018 - Dave Buzz(1).jpg
WowWee_Fingerlings_original6monkeys-on-t

GAME INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

Bang Zoom
Chow Crown for Hasbro
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chow crown - Steven Fink.jpg

Don Ullman and Bob Driscoll

Don't Step In It for Hasbro
DSII - Bob Driscoll.jpg
Don Ullman Bio Pic - Don Ullman.jpg
bob photo - Bob Driscoll.jpg
Jeff Foxworthy
Relative Insanity for PlayMonster
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Foxworthy with game - playmonster.jpg
Justin Headshot - Justin Jacobson.png
Rob Headshot2 - Justin Jacobson.png
FireballIsland BoxTop - Justin Jacobson.
Rob Daviau and Justin D. Jacobson
Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar for Restoration Games
Seven Towns
Greedy Granny for Goliath Games
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Greedy Granny Final - eizabeth moody.jpg

YOUNG INVENTOR OF THE YEAR

Ethan Klein
3duxdesign House Architecture Set
ethan1 - 3dux design.jpg
modern-house-mproduct - 3dux design.jpg
DreamPillow-306 - Megan Grennan.jpg
TDP box (1) - Megan Grennan.jpg
Harper Miller
The Dream Pillow
Michael Nixon
The Amazing Annoyatron
Annoyatron Alt - Michael Nixon.png
Michael Nixon_3I7A0944-Edit_PRINT - Mich

RISING STAR INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

Adam Borton
Flushin' Frenzy for Mattel
Flushin_ Frenzy - Product Image - Adam B
Adam Borton - Creating Unique Toys Ltd.
2018DarylBio - Daryl Andrews.jpg
OregonTrailBoxComponents - Daryl Andrews
Jeff Lai
Maki Stack for Blue Orange
818u0Q3tDZL._SL1500_ - Jeff Lai.jpg
IMAG0462 - Jeff Lai.jpg
Art, Joe, and Jim Seymour
Circuit Blox, Power Blox, & Story Blox for E-Blox
E-Blox_Team - Jim Seymour.jpg
Story Blox - The Cave.jpg
Daryl Andrews
The Oregon Trail for Pressman Toy/Goliath
Jillian Lakritz
Yoee Baby Original Line
JL_Kitty - Jillian Lakritz.png
Image 7_Puppy L-curlyBOX_YB014_Blue - Ji
Krissa Watry
playPORTAL
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Nick Metzler
Hall Hydra for Spin Master
MAIN PRODUCT - Nick Metzler.PNG
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Marissa Louie
Animoodles
1C6A6237 - D Varilias.jpg
Marissa-Animoodles-Headshot-1C6A7406_hir

INNOVATIVE ART AND VISUALS OF THE YEAR

Headshots-with-names - Witt Godden.jpg
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CatGameTeam - Chris Wickman.jpg
Cat Game - Chris Wickman.jpg
Elan Lee and Matt Inman
Bears vs Babies for Exploding Kittens
Geizi Guevara, Mike Freeth, Patrick Murray, and Chris Wickman
The Cat Game for Spin Master
Jakks Pacific, Seven Towns,  Steve Lomas and 
Make-a-Mask  
 FanHeads™
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Prospero Hall
Disney Villainous for WonderForge
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Sabrina Miramon.jpg
Shado-1052-HiResSpill - Cristina Lucas.j
Sabrina Miramon, Chris D’Angelo, Greg Stata, Kelly Miele, Kathy Beyerle 
Shadows in the Forest for ThinkFun

INNOVATIVE MARKETING TEAM OF THE YEAR

JMP Creative SOCIAL TEAM_Jim McCafferty
JMP Creative's Social Media Team
Orbeez Wow World Campaign - Maya Toys
WowWorldWowzerSuprise JMP Creative - jim
PlayMonster 5 Second Rule Marketing Team
5 Second Rule
PM 5SR marketing team - Beth Muehlenkamp
7434_5secondrule_pkgcontents - Beth Mueh
Lee Parkhurst, Jennifer Jens, Sunny Choi, and Nicole Younger
Educational Insights for Sculptapalooza's Online Campaign
EI_Logo_Horizontal_Blue-1 - Sculptapaloo
1936-01 - Sculptapalooza.jpg
Hasbro Marketing and Rhett and Link
Online Influencer Video Campaign
HG GMM - Pete Bognanno.PNG
Sydney Wiseman
Fingerlings for
WowWee
SydneyWiseman2018 - Dave Buzz(1).jpg
WowWee_Fingerlings_original6monkeys-on-t
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