Union Label Committee

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

In an effort to assist you with your christmas shopping here is a list of toys.This list is not all inclusive and some of these products may have changed recently.If in doubt Check The Label.If you have a question please contact me or anyone on the Union Label Committee.

List of known U.S.A. toys.

ALWAYS CHECK THE LABEL AS THESE ITEMS CHANGE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN QUICKLY!!!!

Automobile Identification:
A VIN beginning with "1", "4" or "5" identifies a U.S.-made vehicle; "'2:' identifies a Canadian-made vehicle.
Not all vehicles made in the United States or Canada are built by union-represented workers.

Olevia televisions assembled in California. available at Kmart, hhgreg, sears, etc. Flat screens start at $400.

Scotts lawncare products made in Ohio

Ridgid lawncare tools made in USA but check label to be sure as some are soon to be imported.

Briggs and Stratton lawnmower and tractor engines made in USA if buying a new mower ask what engine it has

UAW union made toys
Fabriform UAW Local 2024, Ohio Sandbox Playhouse Brand: Fisher Price

Golden Family Entertainment, Inc. UAW Local 1007, Wisconsin Activity boxes Cloth blocks for infants Commercial printing Games Puzzles

Leister Games UAW Local 12, Ohio Games Gag gifts

Testor Corp. UAW Local 1023, Illinois Testor hobby kits Testor hobby supplies

Rallye bicycles are still assembled in USA available at Fredricks on Lorain ave. other bicycles are imported Already assembled.

AMERICAN MADE TOYS most not union made but still USA

Aaron's Balloon Animals Amazen Marbles Jabo Marbles (Ohio) Anadex Bead Roller Coaster Antlantis Bimini Ring Game Berlin Flyer Wagons Blues Clues Coloring Books BoNZ Wooden 3D Dinosaurs Breyer Horses Briarpatch Games Bubble Party Bubble Tumbler Bubble-Go-Around Claytoon Colorforms Crayola Crayons Creativity for Kids Curiosity Kits Dino Works Easel Paper Eye Witness Kits Fabulous Fiddlestix Fun Ride Francis Family Toys Great American Puzzle Factory Jig Saw Puzzles Holdale Baby Bingo Bed Holdale Big Wooden Beads Hug-A-Planet Lauri Travel Packs Magic Cloth Toy Collection Magic Science Marshall Brodien Magic kits Monster Puppets Nature Net
Paint-A-Tyra-Dino and Wooden T-Rex kit Perler Beads Pipsqueak Playhouse Playground balls Play Doh (the original by Hasbro) Radio Flyer wagons and vehicles. (not Flexible Flyer sleds) Remo Brand Drums Replogle Globes Rock Tumbler Sand Castle Creations, doll clothes from soggy Newport, Oregon Scientific Explorer Kits Sculpy Brand Clay Simplex Play Board Wooden Puzzles Slinky Sportsfun Hi Walker Stilts Sportsfun Hop-A-Roo Hoppy Ball Sportsfun Scooteroo (skateboard/scooter) Sportsfun Pogo-A-Roo (pogo stick) State to State Game Stomp rocket Toobers and Zots Tweber Backyard exploring gear, Children's nature products. University Games Visible Man or Woman Anatomy Models Volcano Kit Wilson Sports Equipment (check Label some now china) Wild Goose Science Kits Wild Wood of West Virginia (wooden figures on rockers) Wonder Board Magnetic Set Wood Krafter Kits

AMERICAN TOYS SOME INTERNET ONLY SOME FOREIGN COMPONENTS

Building Toys
ImagiPLAY cardboard building blocks and Little Reader blocks made in Wisconsin. Other products imported. Available at Kazoo Toys

K'NEX (Hatfield, PA): plastic construction toys made in U.S. (though motor components and other special parts made in China)

Taurus Toy Co. (Biddeford, ME): Block-N-Roll marble maze construction blocks and No-Ends building sets

Zome Tool (Denver, CO): Zome is a wonderful construction toy for kids, composed of spherical nodes and colorful plastic struts

Craft Kits
Imagination Box Co. (Sandpoint, ID): paintable Cottage Dollhouse comes with its own set of non-toxic watercolors (paints also made in USA)

Sculpey Polymer Clay, by Polyform Products Co. (Elk Grove Village, IL): oven-bake clay great for artists of all ages. Available at Polymer Clay Express or Clay Factory

Secrist Doll Co. (Midland, MI): manufacturers of vinyl doll kits that artists can use to create beautiful custom dolls.

Skullduggery, Inc. (Tustin, CA): in addition to museum- quality fossil replicas and science kits, this company makes Cast & Paint race cars, army men, animals, and
magic creatures. Kits come with everything you need....plaster powder, molds, paints, and magnets for display.

Shrinky Dinks (North Lake, WI): shrinkable plastic that be used to create just about anything...jewelry, charms, sun catchers, key chains. Add designs with colored pencils,
cut in any shape, and heat in home oven or toaster oven. Patterns and ideas also available. A hit since 1973, and still made in USA by K&B Innovations.

Dolls and Dress-up
Magic Cabin: soft dolls, play furniture, and dress-up costumes

Adoptable Kinders (Winter Springs, FL): handmade rag dolls with interchangeable clothes and accessories. These are very sweet dolls!

Greenleaf Dollhouses (Schenevus, NY): wonderfully detailed wooden dollhouse kits. Also available from Miniatures.com

Imagination Box Co. (Sandpoint, ID): paintable Cottage Dollhouse comes with its own set of non-toxic watercolors (paints also made in USA)

Little Capers: Super Hero tee shirts with detachable capes

Secrist Doll Co. (Midland, MI): manufacturers of vinyl doll kits that artists can use to create beautiful custom dolls. Kits and supplies allow you to sculpt facial features, add skin tones and blush with heat-set paints, eye lashes and rooted hair. If you prefer, you may purchase these kits already painted, and select your eye/hair preferences (and even pay for doll assembly) at Apple Valley Doll Works

Flying Toys
Arrowcopter (Hollister, CA): flying helicopter toys

Guillow (Wakefield, MA): balsa wood airplane kits and flying toys since 1926

Stanzel Flying Models (Schulenburg, TX): flying models, airplanes, spacecraft, jet planes and copters

ZooScape.com: flying discs, rings, and boomerangs by Aerobie

Outdoor Play
Jump Rope Store (Portland, OR): the original plastic segmented jump rope, available in custom colors, single or group orders

Louisville Slugger (Louisville, KY): all bats made in USA, as well as the Practice Partner Premium Line and some accessories. (gloves and bags are made in the Philippines).

The Sports Doctor (New York, NY): leather baseball and softball gloves, made in the Bronx

Standard Target & Dart Co. (St. Clair Shores ,MI): Belgian dartboards of basswood, wooden darts with real turkey feathers

Missouri Washer Works: great backyard fun pitching washers (similar to horseshoes)!

Wiffle Ball, Inc. (Shelton, CT): the original Wiffle ball, for batting and putting!

Woodgamz.com (Columbus, OH): the midwestern version of bean bags, apparently, are bags filed with corn! The games involve tossing cornbags into a hole cut in a wooden play board. Give it a try.

Yackle Ball (Troutman, NC): an X-shaped sports ball of fiber-filled vinyl, easy to throw and catch, builds hand-eye coordination. Game rules available online. Outdoor checkers of VT slate, by Crafted in the USA,

Books For Me personalized books with your child's name in the story, printed by Create-a-Book in USA, and personalized and bound by Books For Me

Buffalo Games (Buffalo, NY): inventive puzzles and puzzle games

Carrom Co. (Ludington, MI): famous makers of the tradional Carrom game board, the Carrom Co. acquired rights in the 1990's to Foosball, air hockey, and many other quality games. With its purchase of Drueke Co., Carrom also is the source for beautiful wooden
Chessmen, chess boards, and other wooden game boards. All Carrom products available from InHome Games

Channel Craft (Charleroi, PA): manufacturing classic American toys, games, and puzzles

Finga Zinga: brightly colored plastic twirling toys and glowsticks, made and packaged in USA

Fractiles (Boulder, CO): create an endless variety of geometric patterns with these magnetic tiling toys

Kazoobie Kazoos (Port Richey, FL): kazoos in all colors, in singles or bulk, from the last American manufacturer of plastic kazoos. Also offering wonderful metal kazoos
(tractors, planes, and horns!) made by The Kazoo Company in Eden, NY

Lauri Toys (Smethport, PA): craft kits, lacing kits, and crepe rubber puzzles (with a great replacement piece service). Fun, with an educational purpose. Available from KazooToys.Com.

LoonTune (Minneapolis, MN): a spinning toy that mimics the cry of the Common Loon. Produced with assistance from ABC Inc., a non-profit that provides jobs for people with disabilities in Southern Minnesota

Lucy Hammett Games (Mineola, TX): 17 different picture bingo games, with fun information and beautiful artwork by Lucy Hammett, 100% American-made

Mamopalire of VT, Inc. (Warren, VT): brain-teaser board games

Maple Landmark (Middlebury, VT): classic games, such as cribbage, checkers, Chinese checkers, and puzzle cubes, made of wood in VT

SunsOut Puzzles (Costa Mesa, CA): contemporary jigsaw puzzles for all ages, available from Galaxy Puzzles (keyword "USA")

POOF-Slinky (Plymouth, MI): Slinky toys and many POOF foam balls still made at facilities in Michigan and Pennsylvania. (look for "Made in USA" in product description)

Smethport Toys (Smethport, PA): makers of the classic Wooly Willy and other magnetic drawing faces, plus many magnetic playsets and flip-games. Great for party
favors and as "stocking stuffers." Available from Creative Educational Toys

Tucker-Jones House (East Setauket, NY): Tavern Puzzles® metal puzzles in antique and original patterns, several levels of difficulty (luckily they provide solutions upon request!)

VT Pewter (Brattleboro, VT): hand-crafted pewter chess pieces made from a 17th Century pewter formula

United States Playing Card Company (Cincinnati, OH): high-quality, coated Bee and Bicycle brand playing cards, plus new designs (Barbie, Spiderman, NASCAR,
Coca-Cola...)

Ride-Ons
Rolli-Rider (Cupertino, CA): a self-powered, sit-down riding coaster intended for children between two and six years old, made from birch plywood and maple wood, with hard rubber tires

Step2 (Streetsboro, OH): high-quality ride-on toys, climbers, playhouses, and wagons, manufactured for the U.S. market at factories in Streetsboro and Perrysville, OH and Fort Valley, GA. ("Main Street Village" products are imported.)

Little Tikes (Hudson, OH): many wonderful products still made in USA, but check country of origin.Some are now made in china

Stuffed Animals
Big Plush (Pelham Manor, NY): over-sized plush animals for room decor, displays, or just for play

'Em Bears (St. Lawrence County, NY): bears, lambs, bunnies, dogs and penguins (including baby-safe)

Kathy's Kreations (Phoenix, AZ): deluxe stuffed animals, made in USA Organic cotton stuffed animals made in VT

Stuffington Bear Factory (Phoenix, AZ): lots of fun bears, plus bunnies, lambs, monkeys, camels...and clothes for them too! Factory tours and birthday parties if you are in the area.

Wooden Toys and Dollhouses
Animals and Arks (Trumansburg, NY): wonderful wooden pull-toys, puzzles, and ark sets

BEKA (St. Paul, MN): wooden art easels, weaving looms, puppet theaters, play furniture and blocks

Cubbyhole Toys (West Dundee, IL): wooden name puzzles, toy boxes, trains, and Big Belly Banks

Elves and Angels (ME): beautiful wooden castles and knights, dollhouses and doll furniture, barns and stables

Greenleaf Dollhouses (Schenevus, NY): wonderfully detailed wooden dollhouse kits. Also available from Miniatures.com (keyword "Corona")

Holgate Toys (Bradford, PA): since 1929, makers of quality wooden toys and kid step stool chairs, and even the Mr. Rogers' trolley!

Laughing Moon (Ventura, CA): hand-made jumping jack toys and clocks

Maple Landmark (Middlebury, VT): more fabulous wooden toys from Vermont, including trains of all sorts

Our Green House: retailer of natural and organic products, with a special page of toys made in USA

Roy Toy Manufacturing (Machias, ME): classic wooden log building sets

Stack & Stick (Goshen, IN): wooden building toys that slot together for a unique building experience, made in USA from American-grown hard maple

TAG Toys (Compton, CA): quality wooden manipulative toys for children from birth to 6 years old, including children with learning disabilities

Turner Toys (Morrisville, VT): wood play-kitchens, dollhouses, and more

Uncle Goose Toys (Grand Rapids, MI): wooden nursey rhyme and alphabet blocks, building toys, and puzzles

Under the Green Roof (Tuscaloosa, AL): handcrafted wooden toys, including wooden puzzles, letters, and animals, and some unique jumping jack toys.

Wooden Tool Kit, handmade wooden tools for play, including toy hammer, screwdriver, saw, square, and old fashion hand drill. Available from Tree Hollow Toys

Whittle Shortline Railroad (St. Louis, MO): handpainted wooden railroad toys, including trains, tracks, bridges, and buildings. Compatible with Brio and Thomas the
Tank Engine toys.

EZ 2 Love (Bellwood, PA): beautiful wooden cars, trucks, trains (though a difficult web site...)

GAMES
Scrabble (scrabble.com) Board Games

Late for the Sky (lateforthesky.com) Board GamesMade In USA (per box labeling 8-08-02) San Francisco in a Box.Late for the Sky (lateforthesky.com) Cincinatti, OH

University Games (universitygames.com) Board Games Made In USA (per box labeling)
Cat in the Hat Game, Green Eggs and Ham Game, and more.

Milton Bradley (hasbro.com) Board Games Made in the USA (per product box labeling, as of 4-30-99) Scrabble Junior (Made in USA) Trouble (Made in USA, Die made in China)
Milton Bradley Company Springfield, Mass, 01101 A division of Hasbro, Inc. (hasbro.com)

Independent clothing store called Brigade sells american made clothing

Dad's dogfood made in USA (pennsylvania) with american components.

Watch out for: board games and other games made and/or assembled
in another country.

ASK AT TOYS -R-US for a made in USA list at the store, while you shop.

Fraternally,
Your Union Label Committee.

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