2018 TAGIE Awards Finalists Revealed!
Toy & Game Innovation Awards, November 16th, 2018
TOY INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Seven Towns ltd
Who's the Dude
Bang Zoom
Lil' Gleemerz for Mattel
Twisty Petz for Spin Master
Latham Gaines
Power Dough for Canal Toys
Shoot The Moon
Wrapples for Moose Toys
Sydney Wiseman
Fingerlings for WowWee
GAME INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Bang Zoom
Chow Crown for Hasbro
Don Ullman and Bob Driscoll
Don't Step In It for Hasbro
Jeff Foxworthy
Relative Insanity for PlayMonster
Rob Daviau and Justin D. Jacobson
Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar for Restoration Games
Seven Towns
Greedy Granny for Goliath Games
YOUNG INVENTOR OF THE YEAR
Ethan Klein
3duxdesign House Architecture Set
Harper Miller
The Dream Pillow
Michael Nixon
The Amazing Annoyatron
RISING STAR INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Adam Borton
Flushin' Frenzy for Mattel
Jeff Lai
Maki Stack for Blue Orange
Art, Joe, and Jim Seymour
Circuit Blox, Power Blox, & Story Blox for E-Blox
Daryl Andrews
The Oregon Trail for Pressman Toy/Goliath
Jillian Lakritz
Yoee Baby Original Line
Nick Metzler
Hall Hydra for Spin Master
INNOVATIVE ART AND VISUALS OF THE YEAR
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™
Prospero Hall
Disney Villainous for WonderForge
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's Social Media Team
Orbeez Wow World Campaign - Maya Toys
PlayMonster 5 Second Rule Marketing Team
5 Second Rule
Lee Parkhurst, Jennifer Jens, Sunny Choi, and Nicole Younger
Educational Insights for Sculptapalooza's Online Campaign
Hasbro Marketing and Rhett and Link
Online Influencer Video Campaign
Sydney Wiseman
Fingerlings for
WowWee