[1]The Toy Man Product Guide [1] has selected Gold Mine [2] as one of the top 50 products of the year 2010. The selection is based on a comprehensive evaluation process that includes "random public hands-on evaluation, independent evaluator reports, analysis of functionality and psychological response results in addition to multiple other evaluation elements." The selected products are "voted upon in a joint effort by The Toy Man® Guide staff and indepedent evaluators who choose to participate in the selection process."
The 2010 Top 50 Award list can be found here [1]. The full details of the evaluation will be published soon on the Toy Man website.