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Welcome to "Our
Timeline" history
page. This is where you can discover the following:
- when
we first started
- see a copy of our product guide from
the very first year of publication
- learn about historical
events we have been a part of
- and where The Toy Man® Product
Guide is going in the future.
Since
1971 we have been dedicated to proper education
for all children. As part of this effort we continue
to provide an exclusive, credible, and unbiased method
of giving recognition to products designed for education
and consumer use. Recognition is given to those which
"have what it takes™"to
receive The Toy Man® Seal
of Approval.
We invte you to take a peak at our timeline
and discover more about the history of The Toy Man® Product
Guide and it's original parent company, International Parenting
Institute™. |
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The International Parenting institute™ is
formed.
11 January, 1971 |
The Toy Man® Product Guide first
published
11 January, 1971 |
CSI™ announces
formal sponsorship of
The Toy Man™ Product Guide
14 June, 1974 |
The Toy
Man® Product
Guide debuts in public libraries.
3 June, 1981 |
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The Toy Man® Product
Guide goes from hard copy to online status
21 May, 1994 |
The Toy Man® is
keynote speaker at the Global Child Safety Summit - Orlando, Florida
11 January, 2001
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The Toy Man® was
a nominee for The World Technology Network Summit and Awards 2005
- Ethics Category -
15 November, 2005 |
"PROJECT:
Education Outreach™" was launched at Crestwood-Edison
Elementary
3 December, 2008 |
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Official launch
of new web site design for The Toy Man® Product Guide
1 January, 2009 |
The Toy Man® Product Guide completes
the first" hands-on" product evaluation conducted
at a public school during Open House.
14 February, 2009 |
The Toy Man® Product Guide
becomes a division of
GreyWolf
Corp™
4 July, 2009 |
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The Toy Man® eco-Recognition
Seal™ and eco-Recognition
Project™ are introduced to support greenBusiness™.
17 August, 2009 |
Apparel and Home
Furnishings menu options are added. | New
product evaluation guidelines are adopted for a greater level
of accuracy in product evaluation ratings.
1 September 2009 |
HABA dedicates
their home
page to The Toy Man® Product Guide Seal &
Awards for induction of their Cory
Caterpillar product.
HABA also provides an additional Seal/Award
analysis page.
3 September 2009 |
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HABA dedicates
their home
page to The Toy Man® Product Guide Seal &
Awards for induction of their Wiggling
Cow product.
1 December 2009
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The historical launch
of PROJECT:
Education Outreach - Chicago was completed at Jesse Sherwood
Elementary School and
Francisco I. Madero Middle School.
Spontaneous hands-on evaluation was done on the train ride to
Chicago and continued around the schools and the city ending
on the 21st. 15-21 November
2009 |
Merry
Christmas Chicago!™ took place at the Rauner Family
YMCA. Rev. James Fisher from The Toy Man® Product Guide, and
Mr. Joeseph
Balcuk hosted the event as
part of a YMCA Christmas program.
17 December, 2009 |
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Host
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International BBS Summit
Cannes, France – 1992
| The Children's Educational Summit
January 2006
New York |
"A ChildSafe Christmas"
November 2006
Las Vegas, NV |
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"Creative Toys Conference"
September 2007
Long Beach, CA |
"Understanding A Buyers
Mind Seminar"
June 2008
San Francisco, CA |
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