Individuals of Play simply dropped the curtain on the finalists for the seventeenth annual Toy & Recreation Worldwide Excellence (TAGIE) Awards.
Set to happen on November 8, 2024 at Joe’s Reside in Rosemont, Illinois, this 12 months’s TAGIEs follows a “Toys Via 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 Business Recreation 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 keenness encourage us every single day. The TAGIEs are our alternative to rejoice these excellent achievements. Be 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 Artistic’s Jim McCafferty and Sky Citadel Toys’ Josh Loerzel and Lev Nelson for Sky Citadel 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’ Crew 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 Recreation (co-designer Ed Gartin), Martinex’s FormWorms and Life is Higher Outdoors’s BamzBall
- Bang Zoom Design and Moose Video games Design Crew for Moose Video games’ Pickleball Blast and for Mattel’s Barbie Pop Reveal Rise and Shock Present Set with Mattel Toy Crew
- 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 Recreation
- 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 Celebration Recreation
- Peggy Brown Artistic and Moose Video games Design Crew 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 Pal Recreation
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 Recreation
- Hasbro’s Ava Garfinkel for Monopoly Go! Board Recreation
- Hasbro’s Maja Elliott for Licensing Lego Duplo Peppa Pig Building Toys
- Hasbro’s Samuel Howes Peppa’s Dance Celebration Reside 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 Recreation 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 Crew 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 Crew, Disney International Franchise Crew, Disney International Advertising and LEGO Artistic Company LEGO
- Moose Video games’ Pickleball Blast PR and Advertising Crew led by Laura Daroca and Dana Moncrief
- PLAYMOBIL & Freeman Public Relations for PLAYMOBIL Massive Pirate Ship
- Rubik’s fiftieth Anniversary by The Spin Grasp Rubik’s Advertising Crew: 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 Citadel 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 Crew for Airbrush Plush Neon Unicorn
- Brady Lang and Brittney Hassinger for Moose Video games’ Wild Flowers
- EXG Professional Digiplates Crew for Collectible Steel Digiplates
- Hasbro’s Scot Getchonis for Life in Reterra
- Unbelievable Dream Studios’ Katarzyna Bekus, Sandra Chlewińska, Weronika Kozyra and Kate “Ves” Vesner Redesiuk for Kinfire Delve: Vainglory’s Grotto
- Lars Besten for Zookini
- Deadly Rooster 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 Pal Recreation
- ST8MNT Model Company’s Kelsie Swift for Hootenanny Video games’ SIXEM, Floats McGoats, Snarkas and SIXEM Bitter Patch Children
MOST INNOVATIVE SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
- Barry and Jason Video games and Leisure
- Design Edge
- Ceaselessly Stoked Artistic
- Product Counsel
- Candy Spot Studio
- The Artistic Fold
- The Recreation Crafter
- White Citadel 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 Crew
- 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 Crew: 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 Children and Hootenanny Video games
YOUNG INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR (beneath 18 years outdated)
- Liam Clift for Dangerous Plumbing: The Stability Recreation
- Evelyn H. for EcoFrenzy
Tickets for the seventeenth annual TAGIES can be found for buy here.
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