Thames & Kosmos

Today's the day! TIME revealed its annual list of the Best Inventions and we are thrilled to share that Gecko Run: Marble Run is on it! 🥳 One of three inventions in the Toys & Play category, we are humbled beyond belief to learn how much our fun twist on the classic marble run has resonated with so many people, including the many editors and correspondents at TIME who painstakingly evaluated countless worthy innovations to narrow it down to "a list of 200 groundbreaking inventions (and 50 special mention inventions) that are changing how we live, work, play, and think about what's possible."   A huge thanks to everyone who's supported us (and Gecko Run in particular!), and a big congrats to all the other inventions on this year's list. We are so excited to be in such great company! #TIMEBestInventions #geckorun #STEM

WOW. Humbled, thrilled, appreciative, supported, grateful, speechless...these are just a few words to describe how every member of the Thames & Kosmos team is feeling right now. We want to extend our most sincere gratitude to our partners in the Learning Express Toys & Gifts community, who not only bestowed the title of 2024 Best Toy Award upon two of our products, Hydraulic Boxing Bots and Spy Labs: Night Vision Goggles (in a tie for the Science category!), but also named us Vendor of the Year! After seeing so many worthy and outstanding vendors win this award year after year, we truly understand how much of an honor it is and we're having a major "pinch me!" moment as a result! Words cannot fully express our thanks, not just for this amazing honor, but for all the trust and support Learning Express has given us over the years. THANK YOU!

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Alliteration is great, but we just can't wait until Motivation Monday to share this story... Here at T&K, we're motivated daily by the kids who use our products and actively seek out knowledge for no other reason than a true love of learning. Today, we want to share about 13-year-old Grayden from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, who, as a result of his genuine interest, curiosity, and unbelievable hard work, was selected to send two experiments to space through the highly competitive (and amazingly cool!), Cubes in Space program. Grayden chose to send a Gecko adhesive pad from our Nanotechnology STEM Kit, as well as a nano-adhesive pad from the #GeckoRun Marble Run Set in a rocket that will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Chincoteague, VA, at FlightFest 2024 later this month. He chose these items in particular so that he could investigate whether the adhesion properties of these materials could be incorporated into a technology used to collect space debris, an increasing issue for the space industry with no known solutions. Grayden will present his experiment to over 450 attendees at FlightFest, including NASA professionals! Once the samples return from their space voyage, Grayden will conduct further analysis and will have final data to share this fall. And we'll be sharing updates every step of the way! To start, take a peek at these pictures to see how Grayden prepared the materials and the different testing methods he'll use to compare the samples that'll fly to space with Earth-based control experiments (adhesion force test, angle test, material compatibility test, and weight test). Way to go, Grayden! 🥳 #space #STEM #LetKnowledgeGrow #spaceresearch #NASA #cubesinspace

The newest EXIT games are at our warehouse, including one for kiddos ages 5 & up! Thanks to The Toy Insider for spreading the word about EXIT: Kids - Riddles in Monsterville, a perfect intro to the world of EXIT for the youngest puzzle solvers! #exitthegame #kosmosgames #thamesandkosmos #exitstrategies #puzzles #weknowplay #boardgames #cardgames #familygames https://lnkd.in/eFKWX5gj

The newest EXIT games are at our warehouse, including one for kiddos ages 5 & up! Thanks to The Toy Insider for spreading the word about EXIT: Kids - Riddles in Monsterville, a perfect intro to the world of EXIT for the youngest puzzle solvers! #exitthegame #kosmosgames #thamesandkosmos #exitstrategies #puzzles #weknowplay #boardgames #cardgames #familygames https://lnkd.in/eFKWX5gj

Thank you to The Toy Insider and SHERRI for including #GeckoRun in a segment about the hottest #toys for the summer! So many great products featured. If you're at ASTRA and you haven't stopped by booth #2700 yet, make sure you do before the day is through! We won't drop a marble through your ear like we did with Sherri ;-) but we WILL show you why Gecko Run is a must-have summer activity! https://lnkd.in/g8yn4Gm7 #astratoys #toys #geckorun #thamesandkosmos #sherri #toyinsider

Earlier this year we shared the news that we'd teamed up with trailblazing podcast studio Wondery Kids to create classic science toys, leveled up with unique and engaging podcast content from Wow in the World, the #1 science podcast for families. Today, you can get a first look at real-life prototypes of all 7 toys in the line! Swing by booth #2700 at ASTRA Marketplace & Academy and check them out! https://lnkd.in/erwF_7fs #stem #wowintheworld #wonderykids #wondery #podcasts #thamesandkosmos

Happy ASTRA Marketplace & Academy, everyone! For any first-timers out there, here's a tip: DON'T be a dodo and forget to stop by our booth, #2700 😉 DO visit us to demo our forthcoming children's game, Dodo, and be prepared to take part in the most exciting slow race you'll ever witness! #astratoys #astra #thamesandkosmos #toys #toyindustry #games #childrensgames #kosmosgames

Who's headed to ASTRA's Game & Kit Event later today? We're looking forward to showing you one of our "coolest" (and yes, we mean that literally and figuratively! 😉) toys that'll be in stock in just a couple of weeks, the Mega Cyborg Hydro Blaster; come try it out yourself and see why this summer's water battles are destined to be epic! #astratoys #toys #toyindustry #stem #thamesandkosmos #megacyborg