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Toy Guide
Choosing the right toy for someone might be stressful sometimes and we understand that, so we've put together a list of ideas to help you. Below you'll see some toy suggestions that we think you'll love.
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Artkive
Perfect for parents with children of all ages
The #1 solution for preserving and celebrating kids' art!
We transform your piles of kid art into Art Books and Framed Mosaics.
4 Easy Steps: 1. Order an Artkive Box & Send Us Your Art 2.Professional Photography & Editing 3.Make Final Payment 4.Design and Enjoy!
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Acrylic MiniBlox Photo Cube
Perfect for all ages
Looking for a great gift for the grandparents, godparents, special aunt or uncle? Check out My Photo Cubes. The mini boxes, 2 inch cubes, are $15 and you can upload any photo and send it out.
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Tegu Magnetic Wooden Blocks
Ages 1+
I absolutely LOVE Tegu building toys. They have cars, trains, planes and fun shaped blocks , but I especially love the blocks in a bag for having at the table when waiting for a meal. The edges are rounded and the colors interesting. Magnetic blocks are a fun way to introduce your child to engineering, architecture, design and just fun building. This improves motor skills, teaches organizational skills by sorting and stacking and helps with problem solving. These are great for 1 year olds and up.
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Tegu Magbot Magnetic Wood Block Set
Ages 1-4
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Fast forward your play into the next millennium with Tegu's FUTURE sets; Fully compatible with ALL other Tegu Magnetic Wooden Blocks. Brilliantly simple and premium heirloom-quality toy that will last for generations
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SpinAgain
Ages 1+
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Here's a "twist" on the traditional stacker. This oversized and innovative toy features a corkscrew pole that spins and twirls each disc as it slides down the wobbly base! Big, durable plastic pieces are easy for little hands to grip. Lots of movement provides visual stimulation while encouraging hand-eye coordination, and it's fun!
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Ranger Rick Magazine Subscription
​Ages 2-12
Ranger Rick Magazine is for children as young as 2 years old and up until 12, there are different magazines for different age groups. It is produced by the National Wildlife Federation and includes articles about animals, jokes, photo contests and crafts. Give them a gift that they'll be excited to get year round!
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National Geographic Play Sand
Ages 2-8
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Or how about National Geographic’s 6 pound bag of Play Sand? It comes with Castle and Pyramid Molds and it sticks to itself and not to you!!! This is hypoallergenic and non-toxic and good for 2-8 year olds, boys or girls.
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LIDZY
Ages 2-3
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A simple machine becomes a sensory adventure! Each lid features a unique shape and textures to feel. But then, unscrew them and little ones discover even more excitement to explore. Sensory and tactile skills grow fast as little ones twist, untwist, and learn with Lidzy!
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Bath Crayons
Ages 2-8+
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Bath crayons are a fun and colorful way to change up the usual bath time routine. Children can use the 7 vibrant colors to doodle masterpieces in the bath. At the end of the bath, the drawings can be removed with warm water and stored in a handy container until the next session. Best of all, the tin has holes in the bottom to drain out all of the water!
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Reusable Wall Decal Chalk Wall
Ages 2-8+
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Designed with kids rooms, classrooms, kitchen, shops and all of the spaces in mind, the self-adhesive, grid-backing makes for ease of application to any flat surface. Our Reusable Wall Decal comes paired with a set of 4 award-winning dust free ButterStix®. Simply wipe clean with a damp cloth to erase and reuse.
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hand2mind MathLink Cubes Numberblocks 1-10 Activity Set
Ages 3+
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Friendly Numberblocks from the hit TV series bring math learning to life. Children see how numbers really work as they build their own Numberblocks from One to Ten and master key early learning math skills through hands-on discovery and play. Each set can build all the friendly characters from Numberblocks so you can follow along with the show, or play on your own! Each set includes 100 MathLink Numberblocks Cubes, 59 faceplates, 54 stickers, 11 numberlings, 11 character cards, 15 double-sided Write 'N' Wipe Activity Cards, 1 stand for zero and 1 activity guide.
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Boogie Board
Ages 3+
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The Boogie Board® brand’s Magic Sketch™ collection now offers a mess-free glow-in-the-dark play option designed for use in the day or night! With “lights on,” use the eight drawing templates and included stylus to reveal Colorburst™ Writing. With “lights off,” use the included Magic Light Pen to make doodles and drawings glow.
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The Lemonade Stand Puppet Show
Ages 3-8
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Easily reversible sign for both a lemonade stand & puppet show. 2 bright, colorful and fun stages to let your little one's explore their imagination, encourage their social skills, vocabulary & speech.
The playhouse comes with a padded front stage, made of fabric and foam. Your kids can put their little, lovely play toys on the front stage. With back door and without bottom, Easy for kids to get in & out. Light-weight, perfect indoor & out.
Durable PVC poles are long lasting, making this pretend playhouse stable for tons of fun. No tools required! Setting up this Tent is a fast, easy process by connecting rods together.
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Learning Resources - Gears! Gears! Gears! Toy Set
Ages 3+
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Build imaginative creations that twist, turn, and move with the STEM building fun of the Gears! Gears! Gears! Super Building Set from Learning Resources! Set your little engineer's imagination in motion. Fun, bright colors and easy-to-assemble pieces help build fine motor skills and make this hands-on construction super set a whole new building experience. Set includes 150 pieces, storage tub and activity guide.
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I Am Elemental - Female Action Figures
Ages 3+
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Seven 3 ¾ inch Mystery Packs that make up the building blocks of Courage
Definition: Courage contains: Bravery, Energy, Honesty, Industry, Enthusiasm, Persistence, and Fear.
Superpower: She employs the powers of each of the Elements of Power action figures that combine to create Courage.
The Courage series is inspired by the Medieval French Heroine, Joan of Arc.
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Alpha-Bots
Ages 3+
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Ordinary letters one moment...extraordinary robots the next! With just a few twists and turns, our chunky letters transform into super-cool robots that kids can’t resist. The 26 Alpha-Bots each change into a different letter of the alphabet—helping kids boost letter skills as they play! Letters measure 2 1/8".
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Rubies II LLC
All Ages
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Rubies II is the largest designer, manufacturer and distributor of Halloween costumes and accessories in the world!
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We remain the market leader by continually offering innovative products and a variety of styles for the whole family to enjoy, including pets! With a large and diverse license portfolio and a continually trendsetting product line, we are confident Halloween with Rubies II will continue to flourish for years to come!
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Step2 Space Capsule Swing
Ages 3-7
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DOUBLE THE FUN: Ideal for 2 riders ages 3-7, 50 lbs. per child for a total weight capacity of 100 lbs.
PRETEND PLAY: Fun decals, molded interior details, and two see through blue porthole windows for your little space explorers to view the galaxy
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Tonies
3+
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One little box.
Countless big adventures.
The Toniebox is an imagination-building, screen-free digital listening experience that plays stories, songs, and more.
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Melissa & Doug Alphabet Wooden Lacing Cards
Ages 3-5
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Includes 26 wooden cards and 26 laces
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Lacing set with a card and lace for every letter of the alphabet
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Each card features a full-color picture on one side; label and upper-/lowercase letters on the other.
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Lace colors coordination with cards for matching and sorting fun.
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Great for letter recognition, vocabulary, fine motor skills, and hand-eye coordination
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Melissa & Doug Pattern Blocks & Boards
Ages 3+
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The Melissa & doug pattern blocks and boards classic toy is a set of 120 wooden blocks in various shapes and colors, inspiring kids to assemble colorful patterns on 5 boards. Our pattern blocks and boards set lets kids enjoy a classic math manipulative and learning activity. It’s great for spatial awareness, color recognition, hand eye coordination, and problem solving
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MathLink Cubes Numberblocks Activity Set
Ages 3-6
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A seen on TV: Friendly TV series Numberblocks, an award winning show from BBC, brings math learning to life with Numberblocks MathLink Cubes!
Numberblocks meets linking cubes: Children see how numbers really work as they build their own Numberblocks from One to Ten, by connecting them with classic mathlink cubes.
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Squigz
Ages 3+
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Squigz are fun little suckers!
Apply pressure to two Squigz. Air rushes out and the fun rushes in!
Connecting to each other and to any solid, non-porous surface - Squigz are a species all their own. They flex. They stick. They suck people into creativity.
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Jaq Jaq Bird & Friends Doodle It and Go Erasable Book
Ages 3-8
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Fun, mess-free coloring
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Compact, flexible & lightweight
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Erasable & reusable, reducing waste
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Simply wipe clean with damp cloth
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Set of 4 non-toxic ButterStix® included
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8″ x 8″ when folded
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Many other styles and themes available
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Make No Mistake! Erasable Markers
Ages 3-8+
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Didn’t mean to make that green unicorn pink? Well, erase it! The Make No Mistake Erasable Markers fix your mistakes in an instant. No-stress coloring unleashes powerful creativity in your inner artist! Just flip the Make No Mistake Erasable Marker over and erase it if you go outside the lines. Create unique designs by using the eraser end to add detail or texture to your coloring. The chiseled tips allow for either broad or narrow strokes. With twelve colors included, it’s all the variety you need.
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Crayola 10ct Clicks Retractable Markers
Ages 3-10+
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No more lost caps or dried out markers! Crayola Clicks Washable Markers are retractable with special ink that is designed to resist drying out. Their conical tips make it possible to create thick and thin lines, while the easy-click design makes them ideal for coloring on-the-go! Prepare for school projects, crafts, and homework assignments with vibrant colors that wash from skin as well as most washable clothing.
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Mudpuppy Transportation Puzzle Sticks
Ages 3-6
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Introduce a unique style of puzzle to kids ages 3-6 with Mudpuppy Transportation Puzzle Sticks. Rather than a jigsaw style of puzzle, this puzzle uses double-sided flat sticks that kids can arrange to reveal a transportation-themed image including a train engine, rocket ship, fire truck, dump truck, boat and hot air balloon.
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Melissa & Doug Wooden Building Blocks Set
Ages 3+
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Hours of educational fun: The Melissa & Doug wooden building blocks set includes 100 durable wooden blocks in 4 different colors and 9 shapes; it’s a classic educational toy that provides hours of hands on, screen free play and learning.
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Kinetic Sand - The One & Only Sandcastle Set
Ages 3-5
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The one and only Kinetic Sand! It's the squeezable sensory sand where you can FEEL the fun. You’ve seen play sand before, but you’ve never felt anything like this! Pack it, pull it, shape it and love it. Kinetic Sand is such a cool sand you can’t put it down. It’s kinetic – meaning it sticks to itself and not to you allowing you to shape and mold create impressive pieces of art with great detail! It's unique formula makes it soft and stretchy, great to touch and play while delivering non-stop fun.
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Sea Turtle Legend Plushie
Ages 4-10
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Meet Sam the Sea Turtle plushie! Sam is soft, loves to cuddle, and enjoys short walks on the beach. Take Sam home with you and help rescue sea turtles.
We have partnered with the Olive Ridley Project whose mission is to help save injured sea turtles and remove plastic ghost nets from our ocean.
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Little Rebels Dolls | 4 Styles
Ages 4-10
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Get to know Malala Yousafzai, Marie Curie, Amelia Earhart, and Mary Jackson's stories with our dolls! Prepare to dive into a world of adventures with them. Download the Little Rebels App, scan their faces, and access endless possibilities! Plush material.
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MayaFlya
Ages 2-18
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The MayaFlya is a handmade disc that provides hours of fun, education and skill development. Made by Mayans in Guatemala, a feel good toy that is easy to transport and alway safe. Click here to learn more about Buena Onda Games.
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Coogam Wooden Blocks Puzzle/Brain Teaser
​Ages 4-8
This wooden tangram puzzle is colorful indeed. It’s painted really well therefore the color of the wood doesn’t come off at all. Also all the puzzles fit perfectly and there’s no problem in fitting it in different ways. This wooden puzzles and board is very sturdy that when it’s dropped on the floor no parts are broken.
Let the puzzle impress you and how it’s sturdy and colorful.
Click here to purchase one
Snaps Circuits Beginner
​Ages 5+
Elenco's Snap Circuits® makes learning electronics easy and fun! Just follow the colorful pictures in our manual and build exciting projects such as FM radios, digital voice, recorders, AM radios, burglar alarms, doorbells, and much more! You can even play electronic games with your friends. All parts are mounted on plastic modules and snap together with ease. Enjoy hours of educational fun while learning about electronics. Snap Circuits® are endorsed by educators worldwide and used in schools, libraries, museums, STEM programs and creating with Snap Circuits®. The Circuit Safe™ patented safety device unique to Snap Circuits® branded products makes learning circuitry safe.
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Astronaut Starter Kit
​Ages 5+
Blast off into STEM learning with this astronaut starter kit! Build and launch a pair of model orbiter spaceships using the power of pumps. Paint a set of model planets, then construct a miniature solar system that really spins. Explore the ins-and-outs of space travel — from the history of space exploration, to the challenges of astronaut training, to amazing facts about life on the International Space Station. Ready for a space adventure that's truly out of this world?
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​Ages 5+
DEVELOPS SPATIAL REASONING: Players use high precision geometric blocks to construct 3D structures based on illustrations. Equilibrio develops and reinforces STEM skills and problem-solving abilities through captivating gameplay.
GRADUALLY PROGRESSING CHALLENGES: Players progress through 60 structures across 6 levels of complexity, gradually improving their spatial reasoning & dexterity skills. Check out other award-winning titles in the Brain Builder Series for more smart fun!
PART OF THE AWARD-WINNING BRAIN BUILDER SERIES: A Smarter Fun game, Winner of multiple awards, including the Game of the Year Award from Creative Child Magazine (USA), the Seal of Excellence from Consumer Guide (Canada) and other international awards.
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My World Interactive Map
​Ages 5+
An interactive talking world map provides children a simple way to get comprehensive concepts about the 92 countries around the world! Kids can learn geography, official country names, capital cities, national flags, populations, spoken languages, famous landmarks, fun facts and much more! Both kids and adults can enjoy the thousands of facts as well the exciting quiz games!
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Honest History Magazine Subscription
​Ages 6-12
Honest History is the wonderful magazine for young historians from 6-12 years old. It explores the past and tells the stories of people who have changed the world.This magazine brings history to life and the illustrations are AMAZING. Give them a gift that they'll be excited to get year round!
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Electro Fidget Pro | Fast Push Game | Pop It Game Light Fidget Toy
​Ages 6-10
Our push pop game is a fantastic educational toy that helps to improve your child's memory and learning capabilities. It comes in 6 different styles that are both fun and engaging, making it the perfect holiday gift for your little ones.(Batteries Not Included)
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There's Math in My Origami
​Ages 7-10
There’s Math in my Origami is a wonderful gift for 7-10 year olds if you are looking for projects that involve math skills, creativity and small motor coordination. This makes a great gift for boys or girls.
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LEGO® Ideas The Starry Night
​Ages 8+
Inspired by one of the most iconic artworks in MoMA’s collection, Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889), the LEGO® Ideas The Starry Night reimagines the famous painting as a 3D depiction using 2,316 LEGO bricks. Acquired by MoMA in 1941, The Starry Night was the first artwork by Van Gogh to enter a New York museum collection, and it continues to be a visitor favorite in the Museum’s galleries. This set was conceived by Truman Cheng, a 25-year old Hong Kong-based LEGO fan, through a submission on the LEGO Ideas platform, and has been created in conjunction with The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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Create Your Own Comic Book Kit
​Ages 8+
This set contains everything you need to turn your original comic book drawings into a bound book.
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The Week Junior US Magazine Subscription
​Ages 8-14
This is an amazing yearly magazine subscription that will feed your child’s curiosity, confidence and knowledge base. It keeps kids reading, learning and exploring with the magazine’s guiding principles of magazine: respect, clarity, balance, trust and accuracy. Boys or girls will love this. Give them a gift that they'll be excited to get year round!
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ThinkFun Gravity Maze Marble Run Brain Game and STEM Toy
​Ages 8+
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Gravity Maze is one of ThinkFun's most popular stem toys for boys and girls, and was a Toy of the Year Award winner in 2017, in the Specialty Category. It's a gravity powered maze game that comes with 60 challenges of increasing difficulty, from beginner to expert, and makes a great birthday or holiday present for kids who like puzzles, smart games and challenging activities. Gravity Maze is made with high quality components, and comes with a very clear and easy to understand instruction manual - you'll be able to play within minutes of opening the box.
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Fashion Studio
​Ages 9+
ULTIMATE FASHION DESIGNER KIT - 50+ pieces! Have you ever dreamed of becoming a fashion designer? This craft kit includes: a lace-covered dress mannequin, sketch book, fabrics samples, swatch booklet, trims, ribbons, tools and embellishments
DRAW AND CREATE - Learn how to sketch out your design, using the markers and sketchbook provided. Test out your fashion design ideas by draping, basting and pinning the fabric, ribbon and embellishments onto the mannikin included.
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