The Toy Man Product Guide has selected Gold Mine 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. The full details of the evaluation will be published soon on the Toy Man website.