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The Toy Man® News & Views
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Product Reviews / Evaluation Report Summaries (ERS) |
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Induction Certificate Number:
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Induction Date:
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October 21, 2011
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You've Been Sentenced Word Game
by:
Rev. James G.W. Fisher - Editor / Product Evaluation Specialist
Evaluation Report Summary Date:
10/21/2011
The multi award-winning You’ve been Sentenced! word game uses pentagon-shaped
cards with conjugations of funny words, famous names, and familiar places. Each
player uses his or her hand of 10 cards to build a grammatically correct sentence,
racing the other players while also trying to score the most points per round.
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Target Gender
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New Inductees |
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Consumer |
8 years + |
Female/Male
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 Evaluation Report Summary (ERS) - Index
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Evaluation Report Summary (ERS)
Category Rating Scores |
Category rating scores are based on scale from 1 to 5. Rating score must be 3 or higher to pass in each evaluation category.
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Creative Agenda |
funQuotient™ |
Learning Curve |
Marketability |
Skill Development |
Visual Appeal |
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The final product and service rating is averaged from the sum total of ALL applicable evaluation category scores. Only scores of "3" or higher are published.
There are a total of 357 evaluation categories which are used in our evaluation process. (Not all categories are applicable to any one product or online service.)
Only 6 of the evaluation category rating scores for this New Inductee's evaluation are featured for public view.
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Critical Evaluation Information
These icons represent important attributes with which this product / service
is associated, contributes to, or encourages development of.
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CE Marked | UL Approved | JPMA Certified |  | (Not Applicable) | | | | ASTM Compliant | eco-Friendly | eco-Conscious |  | | |
| UPC Code / ISBN# | Manufacturer SKU | Age Grading | | 0 85283 10010 4 | | Labeled/Appropriate |
| Manufactured In | Safety Hazard/Warnings | | China | |
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| Before you buy a product, it's generally common practice to be familiar with what it does, the branding, and other details. We feel that the same rule applies to our "New Inductees" we announce each week, so this section is titled "About Our New Inductee." The information in this section will provide you with a quick yet accurate glance of what the product or service is all about. |
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You've
Been Sentenced is a fabulous word game that incorporates the
use of pentagon-shaped cards with a whole set of inflected verbs
in the forms of funny words, famous names, and familiar places. Each player uses
his or her hand of 10 cards to build a grammatically correct sentence,
racing against the other players while also trying to score the
most points per round.
To add even more challenge and excitement to the game, sentences
also have to be justifiable in meaning, making players use both
creativity and common sense. The end result is nothing short of
uproarious FUN!
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the unique features of the game that sets it apart from many other
forms of card games is the pentagon-shaped playing cards. According
to one of our independent evaluators, "The pentagon-shaped
playing cards play a significant role in cognitive skill development
and maturation. They serve to act as a trigger to stimulate the use
of multiple skills simultaneously. A marvelous concept in game structure." |
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 Additional Details & Perspectives
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| While it's great for some people who just want a cursory glance at what a New Inductee is all about, there are many others who have a greater appetite for more information. This section is titled "Additional Details & Perspectives". and will provide you with additional details an perspectives associated with the product or service being featured here. |
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In this section we have called upon the assistance of top industry professionals to evaluate the product in this evaluation summary.
These scholars form their own opinions from extensive analysis and produce detailed, in-depth reports connected with their own personal study and evaluation of the products submitted for independent evaluation.
The information to follow is comprised of excerpts from the independent evaluator reports that have been paraphrased, posted verbatim, or a combination of both in order to encapsulate an accurate presentation of the primary details conveyed in each report. This approach provides a completely independent perspective in the evaluation each product. |
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| PRODUCT | ONLINE SERVICE |
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| You've Been
Sentenced Word Game |
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8 Years + |
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3 -10 |
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Extremely Short |
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30-40 minutes |
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Neuroscientist / Doctor of Behavioral Study,
PhD.
Professor / Special Needs Treatment Coordinator
"You've Been Sentenced is an adult creative strategy card game
that reminds a player of the excitement of true challenge in a good card game.
The game encourages a strong level of strategy development and use of higher
level cognitive skills."
"The pentagon-shaped playing cards play a significant role in cognitive
skill development and maturation. They serve to act as a trigger to stimulate
the use of multiple skills simultaneously. A marvelous concept in game structure."
"A surprisingly amusing point of interest was the title of the game. It
causes a potential buyer at a store or a player to make a sub-conscious connection
with a familiar phrase that represents finality and strong emphasis. The
title You've Been Sentenced engages the curiosity of a buyer while generating
a desire to learn more about the game.
You've Been Sentenced is designed
for multi-player use with instructions and players roles easily understood and
retained. This initialization of the learning curve adds great value to
the marketability of the game. This allows the players to
begin their actual play rapidly. This proved in my evaluation to be a vital part
of maintaining a consistent level of response from all players in every testing
segment performed in my study."
"The platform within the box made the components of the game easy to
access while still retaining a good visual appeal. This simple yet appealing
impression gained from the game continued throughout all phases of my evaluation. Careful
and strategic planning was put into the development of this game from conception
to the retail market." |
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* PLEASE NOTE: At the request of our independent evaluators their names are not disclosed to protect their personal and professional privacy. Their labors are provided at no charge to assist us in providing a well-balanced and accurate product or service evaluation summary. All opinions and or statements from the independent evaluator(s) featured here do not represent the opinion of The Toy Man® Product Guide, any member, division of, or Epiphany Communications itself.
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Consumer Hands-On Evaluation
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| Nothing is more powerful than hands-on experience by a consumer with a product when it is under evaluation. Based upon that fact we put a number of products we currently are slated to evaluate at the mercy of consumers in a hands-on evaluation where anything goes. The information to follow will explore the responses from the participants in our spontaneous hands-on consumer evaluation of the products available for their review. |
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You've
Been Sentenced was quite successful in pulling more attention in
our consumer hands-on evaluation than most any other game product
we had available. While the game itself was a show stopper for
many, the add-on packs put the icing on the cake.
In this consumer hands-on evaluation event we were unable to take photos due
to privacy issues with the school district that graced us with the opportunity
to use their facilities. To provide a glimpse of what the experience was like
for the families participating, we are using an image from the You've
Been Sentenced web site. |
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 A Sampling Of Our Evaluation
Category Ratings
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The rating of a product is useless if you do not fully understand and comprehend how the ratings is reached or what the value of the rating represents. This need for clarity encouraged us to have this section titled "A Sampling Of Our Evaluation Category Ratings." To assist you in gaining a greater understanding of the evaluation category ratings we use, a small sampling of the individual category titles & rating
scores from the complete product review itself for
this product or service are featured here.
The categories which have been selected to be
featured in this evaluation report summary for public view, specify some of
the primary points of how and why each specific rating score was reached. |
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| The Featured Category Ratings Sampling For This Evaluation Summary Are Listed Below: |
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CREATIVE AGENDA: Rating Level - [5] 
Creative Agenda is undoubtedly a common consideration in the evaluation
of a game whether it be board, video, or card based. For You've
Been Sentenced, creative agenda was one of its strong points.
The game is unique in how it plays a dual role. On one hand
it inspires a person to create a narrative to win based upon
desire, not skill comparison. On the other hand
the creative agenda stimulates the desire to learn. This in turn
influences emotions to develop a narrative with which the newly
acquired knowledge
gained from game play is harnessed to develop new strategies from skill
comparison.
To understand the full value of the Creative Agenda, the following
information is a brief definition of what the Creative Agenda is. "The Creative
Agenda of a player represents what the player hopes to achieve by way of exploration
in their game experience"; in this case being applicable to You've Been Sentenced.
You've Been Sentenced
pulled a perfect score of [5] Stars in this evaluation category for CREATIVE AGENDA. |
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funQuotient™ : Rating Level - [5] 
You've Been Sentenced was in top form as far as funQuotient™
is concerned. The experience each player has with You've
Been Sentenced in this evaluation category is always nothing but
the highest degree. You've Been Sentenced delivers a
reciprocal balance of fun and skill development. As expected, there
is always going to be a constant shift of one
more than the other yet the balance is still maintained.
You've Been Sentenced has all of the right elements successfully
and so intricately connected as in a symbiotic relationship to create
the highest level of funQuotient™ that pulled
it to the top in this week's final stage of evaluation. You've
Been Sentenced came
zooming in the gates with a perfect score of [5]
Stars in this evaluation category for funQuotient™. |
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LEARNING CURVE: Rating Level - [5]
With You've Been Sentenced the LEARNING CURVE was very reasonable and
simplistic. In all instances of our evaluation where the You've Been
Sentenced was
being used, the players were able to familiarize
themselves with the game in less than 5 minutes on average.
Having a game designed with a short learning curve adds greater value to the
game. It creates a stronger inspiration for players to play a series of games.
not just one or two, holding that desire to win. You've Been Sentenced proved
its true worth with a perfect score of [5]
Stars in this evaluation category for LEARNING CURVE. |
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MARKETABILITY: Rating Level - [5]
You've Been Sentenced proved it has all the proper attributes needed
in regard to MARKETABILITY. You've Been Sentenced appeals to a generous
range of age groups as well as being a hybrid product. Once
a consumer get their first experience with You've Been Sentenced,
they will not only play the game again but will share their experience with others.
There are so many points we could bring to your attention that make You've Been Sentenced so well deserving but that would take up far more space to read than would really be considered acceptable. You've Been Sentenced comes through in this evaluation category with a perfect score of [5] Stars in this category for MARKETABILITY. |
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SKILL IMPROVEMENT: Rating Level - [5]
You've Been Sentenced was quite the marvel when it comes to
SKILL DEVELOPMENT. Fine
Motor, Gross Motor, Cognitive, Social/Emotional and Language are
but a small few of the many skills in which You've Been Sentenced contributes
to further development. Being a Hybrid-Use game it is
suitable for use use in both the consumer and education environments. We
found this especially so with home schoolers.
A rapid progressive rate of skill development and improvement for players
of all ages is inevitable with repetitive play. It is more than obvious
to see that You've Been Sentenced makes a substantial contribution
to skill development in this evaluation category. You've Been
Sentenced pulls a perfect score of [5]
Stars in this category for SKILL IMPROVEMENT. |
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VISUAL APPEAL: Rating Level - [4]
You've Been Sentenced provided a simple challenge for us to
overcome in our evaluation for VISUAL APPEAL. The game box is well
above average in visual appeal with its pentagon shape. It will draw
attention on a store shelf with the unique combination of color, shape,
footprint, and title.
You've Been Sentenced is a game that wasn't designed to be
flashy, over priced, or holding a short period of interest with the
players. Rather, it was designed to maintain an acceptable level of
visual appeal while focusing upon the game play design. The word cards
are easy to read and identify, just above average in clarity and
visual appeal. You've Been Sentenced pulled well above the
average with a final rating score of [4]
Stars in this category for VISUAL APPEAL, missing a perfect score by
a single digit. |
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The products and online services which become recipients of "The Toy Man® Award of Excellence" achieved an evaluation category rating average of [5] Stars, the highest level of rating available on a 1-5 scale evaluation model.
The "Evaluation Category Rating Average, ECRA™," is
based upon the overall average from all applicable
evaluation categories, not just the 6 evaluation categories
featured in this evaluation report summary."
* There are a
total of 357 evaluation categories with a minimum of
231 being applicable to any one product or online service. |
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The
Toy Man®  Award serves as an emblem of recognition for products & online services that contribute substantially to positive skill growth and/or productivity.
This distinguished award is exclusive as well as unique, with the editor's signature which represents a product being selected as an  .
PLEASE NOTE: The eChoice™ Award images which were used from 1971-1984, 1984-2007, 2007-April 2010 have been retired. Although the former versions of the eChoice™ Award have been retired, they still remain valid. |
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