LaQ:Innovative and Creative

The LaQ Hamacron Constructor RED/BLUE kits were designed especially for the US market. These new LaQ kits come with bonus Hamacron parts and an instruction guidebook to make cool models such as a Race Car, Jet Fighter, Dragster, Helicopter and other exciting models. Collect both RED and BLUE kits to make a Super Chopper Motorcycle! Dr. Toy’s Best Products Programs provide a unique, original, copyrighted review of children’s products. One program, Dr. Toy’s 100 Best Children’s Products, was featured in Early Childhood News (1992-93) Family Circle (1986) Parenting Magazine (1987) King Features Syndicate, and every year since 1994 on www.drtoy.com. Dr. Toy’s Guide on the Internet is visited by over 80,000 visitors a day. Dr. Toy’s four annual programs include: Best Classic Toys, Best Vacation Products, 100 Best Children’s Products, and Smart Play Products of Excellence. LaQ Hamacron Constructor RED and BLUE kits have been chosen for Dr. Toy’s 100 Best for 2011. Dr. Toy’s Best Picks Children's Products Awards Program 2011 was developed by noted play and child development authority, Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D. (a.k.a. Dr. Toy). "I have seen the continuous, essential need for more year-round resources for consumers to identify and choose the most appropriate, safe and engaging learning and developmental products for all children. Children learn best through play,” says Dr. Auerbach, “and these smart new toys and products encourage children to maximize their potentials.” Through play, the "work" of children, they learn and practice essential skills in every season, but especially they benefit from summertime. Building projects are always fun, and an extension of creative play. - Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD. The new basic Hamacron is an ideal kit for creative play at home, and on vacation fun! 650 LaQ parts and 30 moving Hamacron parts come in a blue easy storage plastic case for traveling. The Hamacron parts open up possibilities to create construction models with expressive movements such as robots and cars and other fun ideas a child can imagine! A classic toy is simple to enjoy, has a lot of play value, and its desirability has been proven over many years. The attributes to choose a classic toy are "durability", "consistency" and "creativity"-quoted from Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD.
LaQ Free Style Colors is a 400 piece kit including all 7 types of LaQ parts in the basic colors of red, blue, green and yellow. The Free Style Colors kit was the very first LaQ kit announced 17 years ago, and is still one of the best selling kits! A quality product is designed with the child in mind. It should be easy to use, be completely safe, well designed and interesting. Products should fit the child’s development, mentally, physically, socially, and emotionally. Of course, it must be something the child can have fun with, made to last and not break from reasonable use during active play. The company should be dependable and stand behind its product. In summary, our criteria include: safety, age–appropriateness, design, durability, lasting play value, cultural and ethnic diversity, good transition from home to school, educational value, learning skills, creativity, improvement in the understanding of the community and the world, good value for price, and, naturally, fun.- Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD, is one of the US and world's leading experts on play, toys, and children's products. With over 30 years of direct experience, Dr. Toy’s report features information about l00 wonderful new toys and products selected for design, durability, price, quality, safety, and value. Dr. Toy comments “Let’s not forget that play is children’s work and should be respected and understood by all adults. We should be thinking: What products or“tools for play”can we obtain to provide wholesome experiences for children and provide plenty of positive play interactions. Dr. Toy's Best Picks are new products for this year that were carefully chosen from among thousands of products that she has reviewed at toy fairs, catalogs, and through many other sources, and by using extensive criteria she has developed over many years. Among the criteria used are: safety, age-appropriateness, design, durability, lasting play value, cultural and ethnic diversity, good transition from home to school, educational value, learning skills, creativity, improvement in the understanding of the community and the world, good value for price, and, naturally, fun. Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD, is one of the US and world’s leading experts on play, toys, and children's products. With over 30 years of direct experience, Dr. Auerbach includes educationally oriented, developmental and skill building products from the best large and small companies in her four annual award programs. Many parents, teachers and toy buyers use Dr. Toy’s guidance in making selections. Dr. Auerbach is also the author of many books such as “Smart Play Smart Toys” translated and sold in over 14 countries. Creative Child Magazine is a national bi-monthly publication that provides parents with the latest information on how to nurture their child's creativity. Creative Child Magazine's Awards Program is unique in that all products submitted are reviewed by moms, music educators and early education professionals. Products are not reviewed by any one person. They are reviewed by many people-the very people who purchase them. Creative Child Magazine is a national bi-monthly publication that provides parents with the latest information on how to nurture their child's creativity. Creative Child Magazine's Awards Program is unique in that all products submitted are reviewed by moms, music educators and early education professionals. Products are not reviewed by any one person. They are reviewed by many people-the very people who purchase them. Thousands of products are introduced to the toy industry every year, but only a limited number are good enough, playable enough and innovative enough to garner an award. The TD Monthly Top Toy Winners were reviewed based on various criteria, including play value, safety, price point vs. quality, factors of social or environmental awareness, favorable review from retailers, consumers, experts and/or TDmonthly staff, and successful presence in or availability to the specialty market.

Toy Directory was rated as the most popular directory of toy manufacturers and wholesalers by Yahoo for the past 5 years and rated #1 Whole Trade Directory as of September 2008 by Google. LaQ was chosen winner for The Right Toy Award, a local toy award program in the Czech Republic. It is an honor to be chosen for this award because it is very rare for a plastic material toy to be chosen from the numerous wooden toys which are valued in Europe. LaQ was chosen for its unique creativity and high quality. The Parents' Choice Award is the oldest non-profit program in the US presented by the non-profit Parents' Choice Foundation to recognize "the very best products for children of different ages and backgrounds, and of varied skill and interest levels”. It is considered a "prestigious" award among children's products, and has been described as the industry equivalent of an Academy Award.

The Parents’ Choice Awards committees look for products that entertain and teach with flair, stimulate imagination and inspire creativity. Judges are interested in how a product helps a child grow: socially, intellectually, emotionally, ethically, physically. Products must be free of bias. Above all, products must not extol violence. Adhering to rigorous standards, Parents’ Choice honors material that respects a child’s age, interests and abilities, and adheres to universal human values. The Parents’ Choice Awards Committees look for products that close the Generation Gap, looking for material to help parents and kids connect. The NAPPA recognition signifies that the winning product has been rigorously evaluated by NAPPA’s team of independent expert judges and family testers as standing out among hundreds of other products from all around the world, as the most entertaining, appealing, safe, educational, age-appropriate and enduring products. Only the best products win the prestigious NAPPA Gold and Honors Award. As NAPPA enters its 20th year serving families, the NAPPA seal has come to symbolize the innovation, usefulness and high quality that parents trust.