The Good Toy Awards 2007

The Mini-Micro scooter won a prestigious Gold Award at the NATLL Good Toy Awards on Monday 18th June 2007.  In its category of Outdoor and Large Play, the Mini-Micro outshone all competitors to scoop the top prize.

In the UK, the Mini-Micro is the success story for Micro Scooters Ltd, set up by two mothers, Anna Gibson and Philippa Gogarty in 2004. It was initially sold around the country by a network of mums and is now stocked in stores nationwide, including John Lewis and Fenwick's.  “We are thrilled that the Mini Micro scooter has won this prize.  It proves what we all know, that the scooter really is a must for every child under the age of 6 years,” say Anna and Philippa.

The Mini-Micro is manufactured by The Swiss company Micro Mobility Systems to the same exacting technology and standards as its older sibling, the world famous Micro Scooter.  With two wheels at the front and made from reinforced plastic, the scooter is light-weight and ideal for younger children to develop their balance and coordination.  Designed to literally surf the pavements, the school run has never been so stress-free.

The “Mini-Micro” is suitable for 3-6 year olds.

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Prize of Prizes Nominee 2008 – "Design Preis der BRD" 17.06.2007

Spiel Gut, "This toy is recommended by "spiel gut"(Good Toy)"

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Companies cannot enter for the Design Award; instead, they are nominated by the Ministries and Senators for Trade & Industry of the German States or by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.

It is a precondition for this, however, that a product has already been awarded a national or international prize.

This is the case of G-BIKE. No other Design Award sets its entrants such a strict criterion. Because of this the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany is called the "prize of prizes" by many opinion leaders in the world of design.

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Since 1954, educationalists, psychologists, doctors, technicians, experts in design, chemistry, electronics … and parents – scientific and practical people – have been examining and assessing toys – from babies' rattles to material for experimenting.

They work on an honorary basis and are independent of the toy industry and retailers. Their spiel gut recommendation signifies that this toy has been tested with children and examined by experts with a positive result. Their criteria are: play value, material, workmanship, construction, durability, safety, design, size, quantity, quality of the instructions for playing or making, suitability for the appropriate age group ..