TAGIE Awards 2018 winners revealed

The winners of the 11^th annual TAGIE Awards honouring innovation and excellence in the toy and game have been revealed.

The TAGIE award winner are as follows:

Game Innovator of the Year
Don Ullman and Bob Driscoll for Don’t Step In It by Hasbro

• Bang Zoom for Chow Crown from Hasbro
• Jeff Foxworthy for Relative Insanity from PlayMonster
• Rob Daviau and Justin D. Jacobson for Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar by Restoration Games
• Seven Towns for Greedy Granny by Goliath Games

Toy Innovator of the Year
David Fuhrer, Richard Kimbrough, DiscoNifty​ for Twisty Petz by Spin Master

• Bang Zoom for Lil’ Gleemerz by Mattel
• Latham Gaines – Power Dough by Canal Toys
• Shoot The Moon for NERF Laser Ops by Hasbro
• Sydney Wiseman for Fingerlings by WowWee

Rising Star of the Year
Nick Metzler of Spin Master for Hail Hydra

• Adam Borton for Flushin’ Frenzy by Mattel
• Art, Joe & Jim Seymour for Circuit Blox, Power Blox and Story Blox by eblox
• Daryl Andrews for The Oregon Trail by Pressman Toy/Goliath Games
• Jeff Lai for Maki Stack by Blue Orange
• Jillian Lakritz for Yoee Baby Original Line: Puppy, Kitty, Fox, Lion, Monkey, Bunny
• Krissa Watry for playPORTAL by Dynepic
• Marissa Louie for Animoodles: Iris Unicorn, Hazel Sloth, Randy Orangutan, Brady Lion, Miguel Frog, Sophie Elephant

Innovative Art & Visuals of the Year
Elan Lee and Matt Inman of Exploding Kittens for Bears vs Babies

• Geizi Guevara, Mike Freeth, Patrick Murray, Chris Wickman of Spin Master for The Cat Game
• Jakks Pacific for Fan Heads
• Prospero Hall for Disney Villainous by WonderForge
• Sabrina Miramon (Illustration), Chris D’Angelo, Greg Stata, Kelly Miele (Graphic/Packaging Design) and Kathy Beyerle (Product Design) of ThinkFun for Shadows in the Forest

Innovative Marketing Team of the Year
Sydney Wiseman for Fingerlings by WowWee

• JMP Creative’s Social Media Team for Orbeez Wow World Campaign with Maya Toys
• PlayMonster 5 Second Rule Marketing Team for 5 Second Rule
• Lee Parkhurst, Jennifer Jens, Sunny Choi, Nicole Younger of Educational Insights for Sculptapalooza’s Online Campaign
• Hasbro Marketing and Rhett and Link for their online Influencer video campaign

Young Inventor of the Year
Harper Miller for The Dream Pillow by Architec® Brands

• Ethan Klein for House Architecture Set by 3duxdesign
• Michael Nixon for The Amazing Annoyatron by EduKits International

Inventor Advocacy Honoree – Mike Meyers

Lifetime Achievement Award – David Small and Paul Rago of Shoot the Moon

Hassenfeld Family Humanitarian Award – #MyShotAtEpilepsy Challenge

Start-Up of the Year – Jochem van Rijn and Thijmen de Schipper of Yulu Toys

Most Innovative Toy Store – Leslie & John Chiaverini of Adventure Toys & Teachers’ Supplies

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