Harumika, Liv Dolls, Printies Design Vie for Top Toy Honors

Three brands which VirtualWorldsNews.com has reported on over the past year --  Harumika/Harumika Online from Bandai, Liv Dolls/Liv World from Spin Master, and Techno Source's Printies Design Studio -- have come in for nomination nods from the Toy Industry Association in its annual Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards competition. The ballot voting for TIA members runs through Jan. 12, 2010 with winners being announced during the upcoming TOTY Awards presentation ceremony. The awards event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, at Manhattan's Chelsea Piers/Pier 60 during the American International Toy Fair. VirtualWorldsNews.com parent company, Engage Digital Media, is partnering with the TIA for the first ever Engage! Expo at Toy Fair. Playthings magazine has the full list of TOTY nominees.