Raving Toy Maniac

Target Reveals Top Toys for the Upcoming Holidays and Announces New Assortment of Boutique Brand Toys

Annual list blends favorite brands and Target exclusives, while new assortment focuses on learning and creative play benefits

MINNEAPOLIS - September 16, 2014 - Target Corp. today unveiled its annual list of top toys for the upcoming holidays, as well as a new and expanded assortment of boutique brand toys that are designed to inspire creative play.

Through partnerships with dozens of specialty toy brands, including Wonderology, Hape, Mindware and more, Target is offering hundreds of toys in stores and at Target.com that have traditionally only been found at small boutiques. The boutique brand toys focus on play patterns such as discovery, exploration and imagination that promote child development. First available in August, the assortment boasts high quality construction and includes animal figures and play sets, wooden toys, arts & crafts, science kits and more.

September 7, 2014 - It's been a few months since we did this, so it is also time to check Target's printable coupons and Cartwheel app for new deals!

Their Cartwheel has 25 deals available in the "toys and sports" category, including these deals of interest to action figure collectors:

• 25% off Captain America Marvel Legends
• 25% off Captain America Battle Helmet
• 25% off Captain America Shield
• 25% off Captain America Shield Storem Figure
• 25% off Guardians of the Galaxy Titan Hero Series figures
• 40% off Transformers Tokens

April 6, 2014 - Target's Cartwheel app has a new deal in their toys section: save 10% off toys!

Check out the details at this link - you can use the deal on up to four items and some exclusions apply. The deal expires April 12th.

If you don't have a smartphone to use the Cartwheel app, you can log in via Facebook or with your email address and print out a code to hand to the cashier and still get the same deals.

October 13, 2013 - Time to again check Target's printable coupons and Cartwheel app for new deals!

The printable coupons offer 23 coupon in the toys category, including these that have been added since last time:

• $5 off Imaginext Batcave
• $10 off Imanginext Rescue City Center
• $10 off Monsters U Scare Factory

Their Cartwheel has 31 toy deals available, including these two new deals:

• 20% off Angry Birds GO! Pig Rock Raceway Set
• 20% off B-Daman Battlefield Set - Crossfire Bomber Set

The Cartwheel is also offering 40% off the Magic Jinn Guessing Game toy, which sounds like they would very much like you to buy one soon.

If you don't have a smartphone to use the Cartwheel app, you can log in via Facebook and print out a code to hand to the cashier and still get the same deals.

October 6, 2013 - It's a new month, so it is also time to check Target's printable coupons and Cartwheel app for new deals!

The printable coupons offer 18 coupon in the toys category, mostly on Hasbro items, including:

• $5 off KRE-O Cityville Invasion Police Station Zombie Defense building set
• $3 off Transformers Construct-Bots

Also check the HasbroRewards.com site for more printable Hasbro coupons, as well as the SmartSource insert for the October 6th Sunday newspaper. We get the Denver paper and there were several Hasbro coupons in it. In theory, Target will let you stack a manufacturer's coupon with one of their Target coupons, so you might be able to double up on a few of the deals. You can also "triple-stack" the two kinds of coupons with the Cartwheel app when those deals happen to align.

Their Cartwheel has 36 toy deals available, including these deals of interest to action figure collectors:

September 16, 2013 - Time to check Target's printable coupons and Cartwheel app for new deals!

The printable coupons offer eight coupons in the toys category, including:

• $5 off Beyblade Samurai Cyclone Battle Set
• $5 off B-Daman Battlefield toy
• $3 off NERF Zombie Strike Sledgefire Blaster

Their Cartwheel has 21 toy deals available, including:

• 15% off Transformers Predacons Rising toys
• 10% off My Little Pony Toys
• 10% off My Little Pony Equestria Girls - deluxe dolls
• 10% off NERF Zombie Strike Sledgefire Blaster
• 15% off Playskool Heroes Hulk Smash toys

September 3, 2013 - It's a new month, so it is also time to check Target's printable coupons and Cartwheel app for new deals!

The printable coupons offer four coupon in the toys category:

• 20% select Hasbro games
• buy one, get one 50% off B-Daman toys
• buy one, get one 50% off Beyblade toys
• 20% off a Disney's Sofia the First toy

Their Cartwheel has 14 toy deals available, including these deals of interest to action figure collectors:

• 50% off Power Ghouls Spectra Monster High Doll
• 50% off Power Ghouls Clawdeen Wolf Monster High Doll
• 10% off Playskool Heroes Hulk Smash toys

If you don't have a smartphone to use the Cartwheel app, you can log in via Facebook and print out a code to hand to the cashier and still get the same deals. We've used the Cartwheel printout three times now and have saved a whopping $5.68, which was enough to pay for the clearance Roadblock action figure shown above.

August 5, 2013 - It's a new week and a new month, so it is also time to check Target's printable coupons and Cartwheel app for new deals!

The printable coupons offer only one coupon in the toys category - 20% off a Disney's Sofia the First toy.

Cartwheel has twelve toy deals available, including these deals of interest to action figure collectors:

• 10% off Imaginext Justice League toys
• 10% off Playskool Heroes figures and vehicles
• 10% Fisher-Price Little People figures and playsets
• 10% off Barbie Mariposa dolls

If you don't have a smartphone to use the Cartwheel app, you can log in via Facebook and print out a code to hand to the cashier and still get the same deals.

And for you clearance hunters, we visited our local Target on Friday the 2nd and the clearance section was marked down to 70% off. The only memorable thing at that location was Laser Pegs.

August 1, 2013 - As if the online coupons for the grocery store weren't annoying enough to keep up with, now Target is also doing it. They've added a thing called Cartwheel for more coupon options. If you have it, you can "stack" the Cartwheel discounts with your regular paper coupons and also any Target-issued coupons.

Smartphone users can install the Cartwheel app and then let the cashier scan their phone, or low-tech folks (myself included) can log in via Facebook and then print out a scanner code for the cashier to use. The printout also includes a nice checklist to remind you of what exactly you've loaded onto your account, what the discount it, and when it expires.

I noticed Cartwheel when I was checking their printable coupons for new toy coupons - they had a big banner at the top of the page that all but clicked itself for me.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products Partners with Wonder Forge, Inc. to Create Exciting New Justice League Games

Seattle, WA (February 10, 2013) – Wonder Forge, Inc.™, ranked one of Washington State's fastest growing companies(1) and a stand-out in the game aisle, has teamed up with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, on behalf of DC Entertainment, to debut an innovative new lineup of Justice League games at the New York International Toy Fair this month.

Each table top game will feature favorite DC Comics characters such as Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and The Flash, designed for kids ages 8 and up.

"Wonder Forge has an inventive style and passion for family-friendly entertainment that makes them the perfect match to develop games for our loyal Justice League fan base," said Karen McTier, executive vice president of Domestic Licensing and Worldwide Marketing for Warner Bros.