Wild Creations makes Inc.'s 500 Top Companies List

In today's tough economy, establishing a successful company is a major accomplishment. But becoming one of the top 500 fastest growing companies in the country while doing so, is an achievement beyond expectations. South Carolina-based Wild Creations has achieved that mark by being ranked in Inc. magazines 500/5000 list.    Ranked 259 out of the top 500 fastest growing companies in the nation, Wild Creations has shown that is possible to succeed despite hard times.   We thank all our customers for helping us achieve this milestone, and we fully intend to continue our growth by hard work and striving to provide the best products and service that we possibly can.  We're South Carolina proud!

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Flipoutz a hit at the Teen Choice Awards

Getting your foot in the door to a high visibility event like the Teen Choice Awards is a major score, getting the chance to show our interactive funwear to the entertainment industry is even better. We did just that, and made some great friends to boot! Erin, Lachlan, & Jake Johnson, stars in their own right, were wonderful spokespersons, at ease with meeting and presenting Flipoutz to some heavy hitters in TV, Music, & Film.

There's some big names sportin' Flipoutz Coins & Bracelets in Hollywood right now!


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New Thinking might be for the Birds

An age-old question has gained a new twist with new theories on how modern birds & dinosaurs have much more in common than previously thought. Assumptions about the fossil record has been called in question by new discoveries, particularly the belief that certain dinosaurs are more closely related to birds than to modern lizards.

Kentucky Fried T-Rex anyone? One study has concluded that protein from T-Rex collagen is more closely related to collagen protein found in birds than it is to collagen protein found in crocodiles & alligators. This adds to previous skeletal evidence attesting to a dinosaur / bird common ancestor.
With fossils found in China of "feathered" dinosaurs, the distinction between what was bird, what was dinosaur, is becoming even more blurred. So much so that new theory's have been put forth that has even spawned revisions of how dinosaurs may have looked & behaved.

Old science textbooks once showed drab green dinosaurs with thick elephant hide, or alligator scales, and described them much like large, slow herds of prehistoric cows.

But adding bird-like qualities, the look and feel is now quite different... dinosaurs now have plumage.

It's like an artist pallet has been applied. Bold colors, spots & stripes, like what is found in the bird world is now applied to dinosaurs. Plus, like birds, a deftness & quick inquisitiveness, now define a dino's movement. Two
Velociraptors in a modern kitchen in the movie Jurassic Park did more to change our perceptions of how dinosaurs could behave, than anything else.

It's still a lot of speculation, but from it all, a more realistic image of these ancient creatures is emerging. A new image about dinosaurs has been hatched.

Sizzling Hot New Products come to wildcreations.com

Kicking off the summertime season are firecracker new products arriving to the Wild Creations website! Three new products, that have proved popular on their own, are now ready to purchase on our online store.

Roll-Up Roads, the floor & table friendly road tapes are now available in six different colorful styles. Turn any floor or table into a cityscape, railway yard, airport or a busy highway. Available in single rolls or City-planner six-packs.

A little new technology, a dash of imagination, and a whole lot of excitement, and you end up with the E-BIRDS RC Flight Series flying toy. The Radio Controlled Bird,flies like the real thing with it's amazing opposing dual wing design, only that you are in control as it climbs, dives & turns it's way in flight both indoors & out.

Quickly becoming a national phenomena, we're going to help it along by bringing it to the Wild Creations webstore. We're talking about FLIPOUTZ, interactive funwear! The kid-invented bracelet & trackable coins have started to take the country by storm as more & more have fallen under FLIPOUTZ FEVER and begun collecting, trading & tracking the colorful coins. Now you can buy them right here!


It's a sizzling summer of new products now available at the Wild Creations On-line Store!

Creative Child Awards come to more Wild Creations Products

Wild Creations recently garnered more Toy Industry Awards, as Creative Child Magazine's 2011 Awards Program held a number of Wild Creations Products in high regard. Creative Child Magazine's Awards Program is unique in that all products submitted are reviewed by parents, educators and professionals alike. Products are not reviewed by any one person. They are reviewed by many people-the very people who purchase them.

Most noteworthy is the Product of the year award given to Flipoutz®, the interactive funwear product designed by kids for kids. Since it's inception, and most recently it's debut on the popular ABC TV show Sharktank, Flipoutz is gaining a tremendous following, showing all the signs of becoming a major hit. "Flipoutz Fever" is catching on as more stores are stocking the Flipoutz® coins & Bracelets each day. Check out the growing list of retailers on the Flipoutz Google Map.

Another new toy that has captured the imagination is Roll-Up Roads, the long-lasting, reusable roadway tape. As long as there has been toy cars, trucks, trains, & airplanes, children have often designed imaginary roadways of travel. Roll-Up Roads takes it one step further with it's tacky-back tape that can transform a tabletop into a downtown cityscape, a railway terminal or a busy jetport. And parents can rest easy knowing that the family dining table won't end up with permanent strips of tape all over. The tacky-back tapes leaves no mess, no "goo". UPDATE:Roll-Up Roads is coming to stores & on the Wild Creations website July 1st.

Take modern RC technology, lightweight & durable materials, and a spark of inspiration, and you end up with a RC Toy that will delight and amaze. You get Wild Creations RC Skybird, a remote controlled toy that flies like a real bird under your control, this years Toy of the Year in the RC Toy Category. UPDATE:Look for the RC Skybird in stores & on the Wild Creations website July 1st.

You can experience the thrill of discovery by uncovering the bones of a long lost animal ancestor with the Ice Age Excavation Kits by Geoworld, this years Preferred Choice Award winner for the Educational Science Kits category.
Encased in a block of soft chalk stone is the faithful replica bones of a Woolly Mammoth, Cave Bear, or Saber-tooth Tiger. It's your task to uncover the bones just like a real palaeontologist with the included hammer & chisel, and assemble them together into a museum quality skeleton replica.

It is our mission at Wild Creations to provide products that Inspire, Educate, & Entertain. We're proud to receive these awards, but we're equally proud to bring a level of quality to the products we provide.

Wild Creations - Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist

Wild Creations is proud to be awarded a finalist of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year. Peter Gasca & Rhett Power launched Wild Creations on it's path 4 short years ago as a prominent company in the toy industry. From it's entry to the national market with it's EcoAquarium line, Wild Creations has expanded it's product line-up to include a popular string of toys that inspire play, imagination, and exploration. Today, Wild Creations continues it's growth with more products like the imaginative Roll-Up Roads™ road building tapes, that can turn a tabletop into a bustling cityscape, as well as the kid-inspired Flipouts® Interactive Funwear, with it's collectable trading coins & innovative, child-friendly social networking website. Being a Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist is a honor that Wild Creations shall hold dear, and will continue to treasure for years to come. Finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year line the stage at the recent Awards Gala

WCTV connects a smart way to Inform, Educate, & Entertain

Wild Creations foray into streaming video, Wild Creations Television, has been established to give free access into interesting science & nature based programming. It is our intention to offer exposure to science, nature, & exploration to everyone. This week we kick things off with one of the most informative historical documentary series ever presented... Episode 1 of Connections by James Burke.

Connections is a ten-episode series created, written and presented by Burke, and was produced and directed by Mick Jackson of the Science & Features Department and first aired in 1978 (UK) and 1979 (USA). Connections explores the surprising and unexpected ways that our modern technological world came into existence. The entire ten-episode series is available to view online, as well as the web-based incarnation of the series with the Knowledge Web by the James Burke Institute. If you wish to purchase the entire series on DVD, you can do so here.

We're honored to present this historical series, and bring programming of this caliber to Wild Creations Television.
ALSO ON WCTV THIS WEEK: 2 featured shorts... The Nature of Light & Squeaky the Squirrel. Enjoy WCTV!