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10/6/2008 Breaking
News! FunFlyStick
wins Oppenheim Toy
Portfolio Platinum
Award!
9/15/2008
Steve Spangler
demonstrates
FunFlyStick on 9NEWS.
9/10/2008 FunFlyStick
at Grand Illusions!
9/1/2008 FunFlyStick
won Dr.Toy Best 100
Toys and
Dr.Toy Best 10 Active
Products Awards.
8/15/2008 New
winner of the
Oppenheim Toy
Portfolio Gold Seal
award.
News! FunFlyStick
wins Oppenheim Toy
Portfolio Platinum
Award!
9/15/2008
Steve Spangler
demonstrates
FunFlyStick on 9NEWS.
9/10/2008 FunFlyStick
at Grand Illusions!
9/1/2008 FunFlyStick
won Dr.Toy Best 100
Toys and
Dr.Toy Best 10 Active
Products Awards.
8/15/2008 New
winner of the
Oppenheim Toy
Portfolio Gold Seal
award.
August 15, 2008
San Francisco, California
A big celebration at Unitech Toys has begun with an official announcement of Oppenheim
Toy Portfolio about the new winners. The product has won Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
Gold Seal Award and is running for a Platinum Award. The most innovative toy of the
year, FunFlyStick, obtained the highest ratings from both child and expert testers for
quality and play value. The independent consumer organization Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
announces its annual Platinum Awards at the Today Show. The list of the winners is a
summary of annual work and the segment is usually aired on NBC around the holiday
time. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio is one of the most trusted sources in the toy industry.
A recognition from this organization is a dream of any toy manufacturing company.
FunFlyStick has already won a Gold Seal and is running for a Platinum Award.
We are anxiously awaiting further results and keeping our fingers crossed!
San Francisco, California
A big celebration at Unitech Toys has begun with an official announcement of Oppenheim
Toy Portfolio about the new winners. The product has won Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
Gold Seal Award and is running for a Platinum Award. The most innovative toy of the
year, FunFlyStick, obtained the highest ratings from both child and expert testers for
quality and play value. The independent consumer organization Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
announces its annual Platinum Awards at the Today Show. The list of the winners is a
summary of annual work and the segment is usually aired on NBC around the holiday
time. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio is one of the most trusted sources in the toy industry.
A recognition from this organization is a dream of any toy manufacturing company.
FunFlyStick has already won a Gold Seal and is running for a Platinum Award.
We are anxiously awaiting further results and keeping our fingers crossed!
September 1, 2008
San Francisco, California
FunFlyStick wins Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products for 2008 and
Dr. Toy's 10 Best Active Products for 2008!
The annual selection of best toys for 2008 is completed at Dr.Toy. Excited award winners
receive their certificates and prepare Press Releases.
Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD, has been for many years one of the nation's and world’
s leading experts on play, toys, and children's products. With 30 years of direct
experience, Dr. Auerbach includes educationally oriented, developmental and skill building
products from the best large and small companies in her annual award programs.
This year, new to the market FunFlyStick has been recognized as one of the 100 Best
Children's Products and one of the 10 Best Active Products.
Here is what Dr. Toy has to say about FunFlyStick:
"Incredible combination of magic and science feature this unusual, totally innovative toy.
Never before it was possible to create instant effect of magic and levitation similar to the
one possible with FunFlyStick. FunFlyStick is a portable levitation wand that emits static
charge just by pressing a button. It works with special precut shapes (flying toys or flyers)
that are able to receive the static charge off the wand on a contact. Receiving the charge
makes the flyers expand and repel from the wand. Beautifully expanded metallic-looking
flying toys will “magically” float above the FunFlyStick and can be controlled by it.
Touching the floating flyer with a hand causes instant static discharge and the flyer
collapses into a pile of tinsel. Touching it again with the wand will bring the flyer “into life”.
FunFlyStick set includes 5 flying toys of different shapes: three spheres, one butterfly,
and one hourglass shape. The wand demonstrates repulsion of alike charges, instant
discharge, slow dissipation of static charge, and interaction between charged and neutral
objects. Included in the set is a detailed brochure with instructions, tips and tricks, and
more. Teachers and parents can download lesson plans and suggestions for the subject
of static electricity. This is a fun toy for the whole family to enjoy."
San Francisco, California
FunFlyStick wins Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products for 2008 and
Dr. Toy's 10 Best Active Products for 2008!
The annual selection of best toys for 2008 is completed at Dr.Toy. Excited award winners
receive their certificates and prepare Press Releases.
Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD, has been for many years one of the nation's and world’
s leading experts on play, toys, and children's products. With 30 years of direct
experience, Dr. Auerbach includes educationally oriented, developmental and skill building
products from the best large and small companies in her annual award programs.
This year, new to the market FunFlyStick has been recognized as one of the 100 Best
Children's Products and one of the 10 Best Active Products.
Here is what Dr. Toy has to say about FunFlyStick:
"Incredible combination of magic and science feature this unusual, totally innovative toy.
Never before it was possible to create instant effect of magic and levitation similar to the
one possible with FunFlyStick. FunFlyStick is a portable levitation wand that emits static
charge just by pressing a button. It works with special precut shapes (flying toys or flyers)
that are able to receive the static charge off the wand on a contact. Receiving the charge
makes the flyers expand and repel from the wand. Beautifully expanded metallic-looking
flying toys will “magically” float above the FunFlyStick and can be controlled by it.
Touching the floating flyer with a hand causes instant static discharge and the flyer
collapses into a pile of tinsel. Touching it again with the wand will bring the flyer “into life”.
FunFlyStick set includes 5 flying toys of different shapes: three spheres, one butterfly,
and one hourglass shape. The wand demonstrates repulsion of alike charges, instant
discharge, slow dissipation of static charge, and interaction between charged and neutral
objects. Included in the set is a detailed brochure with instructions, tips and tricks, and
more. Teachers and parents can download lesson plans and suggestions for the subject
of static electricity. This is a fun toy for the whole family to enjoy."
September 10, 2008
San Francisco, California
FunFlyStick (Fun-Fly-Stick) at Grand Illusions!
“This is by far the best toy I've seen in 2008!”, says Tim Rowett, the world famous toy
collector. He’s in a pretty good position to judge: he’s spent the best part of forty years
travelling the globe digging out the world’s best toys. Along with Hendrik Ball, an equally
enthusiastic former BBC TV science producer, he’s the reason Grand Illusions has
become one of the world’s very best online toy shops.
To have your toy spotted, appreciated, and selected by Grand Illusions is the dream of
every science toy inventor. FunFlyStick made it beyond our dreams - in the UK it became
a Grand Illusions exclusive item for Christmas 2008.
“The FunFlyStick (Fun-Fly-Stick) is the ultimate children’s toy that adults will want to play
with,” says Hendrik Ball, who set up Grand Illusions a decade ago with Tim Rowett.
Like many of their toys FunFlyStick is brilliantly simple. Hendrik explains, “You remember
the Van de Graaff generator at school, hair standing on end, mad scientists and all that
wonderful stuff. It’s based on that ...” Essentially a small Van de Graaff generator in the
handle powered by the smallest of batteries creates an electrostatic charge that allows its
user to seemingly levitate and control the movement of wafer-thin metallic three
dimensional shapes.
The ”magic” of the FunFlyStick (Fun-Fly-Stick) is holding in your hand a wand that can
levitate and then control the movement of a metallic shape in mid-air.
Harry Potter really couldn’t ask for more from his wand! “It’s fantastic,” repeats Tim. ”By
far the best toy I’ve seen all year.” The FunFlyStick sums up so many of their toys: an
almost addictive way of capturing the fascination, the wonder, but most of all the fun of
what essentially is some really quite serious science.
Visit FunFlyStick (Fun-Fly-Stick) at Grand Illusions and watch incredible demonstration by
Tim Rowett.
San Francisco, California
FunFlyStick (Fun-Fly-Stick) at Grand Illusions!
“This is by far the best toy I've seen in 2008!”, says Tim Rowett, the world famous toy
collector. He’s in a pretty good position to judge: he’s spent the best part of forty years
travelling the globe digging out the world’s best toys. Along with Hendrik Ball, an equally
enthusiastic former BBC TV science producer, he’s the reason Grand Illusions has
become one of the world’s very best online toy shops.
To have your toy spotted, appreciated, and selected by Grand Illusions is the dream of
every science toy inventor. FunFlyStick made it beyond our dreams - in the UK it became
a Grand Illusions exclusive item for Christmas 2008.
“The FunFlyStick (Fun-Fly-Stick) is the ultimate children’s toy that adults will want to play
with,” says Hendrik Ball, who set up Grand Illusions a decade ago with Tim Rowett.
Like many of their toys FunFlyStick is brilliantly simple. Hendrik explains, “You remember
the Van de Graaff generator at school, hair standing on end, mad scientists and all that
wonderful stuff. It’s based on that ...” Essentially a small Van de Graaff generator in the
handle powered by the smallest of batteries creates an electrostatic charge that allows its
user to seemingly levitate and control the movement of wafer-thin metallic three
dimensional shapes.
The ”magic” of the FunFlyStick (Fun-Fly-Stick) is holding in your hand a wand that can
levitate and then control the movement of a metallic shape in mid-air.
Harry Potter really couldn’t ask for more from his wand! “It’s fantastic,” repeats Tim. ”By
far the best toy I’ve seen all year.” The FunFlyStick sums up so many of their toys: an
almost addictive way of capturing the fascination, the wonder, but most of all the fun of
what essentially is some really quite serious science.
Visit FunFlyStick (Fun-Fly-Stick) at Grand Illusions and watch incredible demonstration by
Tim Rowett.
September 15, 2008
San Francisco, California
Steve Spangler demonstrates FunFlyStick on 9NEWS.
"This is the coolest thing you have ever seen", claims Mark Koebrich,
the anchor for 4 o'clock @ 9NEWS. "This is the neatest thing I've ever
seen...", he repeats later.
Treasure diggers at Steve Spangler Science have spotted a new toy at
Toy Fair 2008. They describe Fun-Fly-Stick as an ingenious,
battery-operated static electricity generator that allows you to float tinsel
shapes on a cloud of electrons. The learning curve is about two minutes
and you're ready to amaze everyone with the Fun Fly Stick.
Please watch Steve on TV here...
San Francisco, California
Steve Spangler demonstrates FunFlyStick on 9NEWS.
"This is the coolest thing you have ever seen", claims Mark Koebrich,
the anchor for 4 o'clock @ 9NEWS. "This is the neatest thing I've ever
seen...", he repeats later.
Treasure diggers at Steve Spangler Science have spotted a new toy at
Toy Fair 2008. They describe Fun-Fly-Stick as an ingenious,
battery-operated static electricity generator that allows you to float tinsel
shapes on a cloud of electrons. The learning curve is about two minutes
and you're ready to amaze everyone with the Fun Fly Stick.
Please watch Steve on TV here...
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October 10, 2008
San Francisco, California
BREAKING NEWS: FunFlyStick wins Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award!
After only a few months on the market, FunFlyStick, scoops up the most prominent awards
in the industry. If a toy made the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum list you know the
following to be true: the expert and kid testers thought the toy was outstanding.
San Francisco, California
BREAKING NEWS: FunFlyStick wins Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award!
After only a few months on the market, FunFlyStick, scoops up the most prominent awards
in the industry. If a toy made the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum list you know the
following to be true: the expert and kid testers thought the toy was outstanding.